Mashed potato time…

When my girl was home last weekend, she mentioned that she loved the mashed potatoes here…

…so very much, much more than the ones we make ourselves at home. I guess this place needs no introduction now and despite being hard pressed for time, shuttling between my parents’ house and our own and the medical centre and trying to cope with every little thing in between, I made it a point to take her there for that (RM8.00)…

I guess nothing pleases a father more than seeing his child enjoying something that is made available to him or her.

I noticed that they had mushroom soup (RM5.00)…

…on their menu and I ordered that to try. Yes, it was so very nice and no, you will not catch us eating those in the cans and packets ever again after this. We did check the ingredients to make sure it was gluten free and indeed, it was – just mushrooms, potatoes and milk, the boss said – no flour was used in the making.

We got one huge bowl of the soup but of course, that was specially for us. I understand that the usual serving would not be so big. We enjoyed it a lot, thick and rich and nice and we imagined adding prawns and squid (sotong), clams (lala) perhaps or mussels and we would have one very delightful bowl of seafood chowder.

Other than our usual pomelo salad (RM8.00)…

…I also wanted to try their sour chicken (RM16.00, with rice)…

…which is their variation of the Cantonese sour duck. No, it was not the same as the sour duck that I had before – it had all those herbs and other ingredients so as to make it a cut above the rest. I wanted to try it as I saw an article in a Chinese newspaper sometime ago – they interviewed Peter, the boss and this dish was the main feature in that publication. Personally, I would go for our favourites here, the spicier and stronger tasting delights that they serve, but I thought this would be all right sometimes for a change, a good option for anyone who is not into anything hot and spicy.

After that quick lunch, we had to rush off quickly to…where else but the medical centre.