What I saw…

When we were here around a week or so earlier, I saw some ladies having what looked really nice so I made up my mind there and then that I would be back to give it a try.

My missus headed straight for the nasi campur (mixed rice) that we had on our previous visits and obviously, she liked their sotong (squid)…

…as that was what she picked again this time around along with the paku (wild jungle fern) and this, her favourite – bamboo shoots…

I wouldn’t touch that as I just ate three thin slices once and I came down with a gout attack – I never had that since. Altogether, the total for all that came up to RM5.60, RM2.30 for the sotong, RM1.00 each for the two veg and RM1.30 for the rice.

I saw somebody having their teh tarik ais (pulled tea, iced), RM2.30…

…and it looked kind of different from the usual with the colour of tea on top and that of the milk in the bottom half so I ordered that to try. It was all right, nice but nothing to get excited about.

So if you’re wondering what it was that I saw that attracted my attention, it was this…

– their mee jawa special (RM10.00).

If you go for the regular, it is only RM5.00 so one is actually paying RM5.00 extra for the two freshwater udang galah (bamboo prawns)…

…RM2.50 each and they were not really all that big.

I would say, however, that it tasted very nice. The gravy was different from the rest that I had before. Their gravy was pinkish orange from the use of sweet potatoes in the making and it was kind of thick and sweet. The one here did not have that shade and I liked how it was not sweet and all things considered, I would say that I enjoyed it.

Other than the prawns, they also gave one fried egg and slices of fried chicken…

…but RM10.00 for that sure is not cheap. Besides, you probably would need to have the patience of a saint as I had to wait a mighty long time and that probably was because the coffee shop was full and everybody seemed to be having something different from the rest. I would just go back to their nasi campur the next time we drop by here.

For your information, it is now the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan so they are closed during the day and will only open at 5.00 p.m. till 2.00 a.m. which seems just right for iftar but unfortunately, they close a little too early for suhur/sahur.

MIA CAFE & RESTAURANT (2.308507, 111.820287) is located among the shops at Jalan Bunga Normah 4, around Simpang Tiga, Sibu, facing inwards overlooking the houses along Jalan Kuda, off Jalan Kampung Nangka.