Sara…

This place (2.307544, 111.820744)…

Sara Cafe Sibu

…in the vicinity of Simpang Tiga, Sibu is walking distance from my parents’ house, some 100-200 metres away and even though it has been around for quite a while now and we virtually drive past every day on our way home after visiting my parents, for no apparent reason, we never stopped by to check the place out.

They certainly have a lot of things on their menu…

What's available

– you can check their Facebook page for a glimpse of some of those that they have in store…and these western delights…

Western menu

…are available any time of day – most places serve these in the evenings – right up to when they close at around 5 or 6.00 p.m.

The coffee here was really very good…

Sara Cafe kopi o peng

…a far cry and a lovely change from the ones at most of the Malay eateries where it is mostly extremely sweet with hardly any coffee fragrance.

I had their nasi lemak special (RM5.50)…

Sara Cafe nasi lemak special

…but all I got over and above the usual…

Sambal, peanuts and salted fish

…one would expect when ordering this was this fried chicken wing…

Fried chicken wing

…which certainly looked kind of small compared to those elsewhere. The rice was nothing great despite the nice tint of green because it was not lemak but of course, when eaten with the sambal and everything else including the somewhat over-fried egg…

Fried egg

…I thought it was all right but the one I had here was much nicer and costs 50 sen less.

My missus had their ayam penyet (RM7.00)…

Sara Cafe ayam penyet

…and yes, she did enjoy it and they even gave a few pieces of tempeh

Ulam & tempeh

…by the side but what won her over was the very nice and spicy sambal

Sambal

She loved that!

Well, considering the convenience of its location, we may drop by time and time again to try whatever else they have on their menu.