When the night comes…

This place…

…was undergoing some major renovations last year but it has reopened for quite sometime now. I’ve long wanted to drop by to see what they have in store but I never got round to doing that. For one thing, it only opens when the night comes and if you go too early, only a handful of stalls would be open. On the other hand, if you go a little later, it would so crowded and you may have to park your car quite a distance away.

This popular satay place…

*Archive photo – from 2015*

…has moved here now but when we were there that night, they had yet to light the fire so in the end, I decided to go to another stall…

…which I did try before when they were at the Ramadan bazaar in that same vicinity.

I ordered five sticks of each (RM12.00 altogether)…

…and yes, they were all very nice. They did not quite taste the same as all the rest – probably they had their own ways of marinating the meat, for instance, the chicken had a stronger taste of the kunyit (tumeric) and the lamb, unlike some, was not so over-marinated that one can hardly tell whether it was lamb or beef. I dreaded ordering the beef these days because it had been so very tough but the one here, though not exactly tender, was not too bad.

I did buy some satay for my brother and his children when they were back here from Auckland, New Zealand and he said that a stick like this would cost NZD2.00 each and I guess theirs would not taste as nice. The daughter had more than her fair share of the ones I bought and declared outright that it was the best satay she had ever had!

The teh-c special a.k.a. tri-colour tea…

…that I ordered from one of the drinks stall was rather disappointing though.

We also had this plate of midin (wild jungle fern)…

…from one of the stalls that were open a little earlier than the rest…

…and I could not believe my ears when told that it was only RM4.00, that plate of greens.

The ikan bakar (grilled fish), what they call black and white or hitam putih in Malay or oh pek in Hokkien…

…was only RM12.00 and yes, it was very nice too…

I certainly wouldn’t mind going for this…

…again the next time I drop by here.

That sure was a delightful dinner and it was so very cheap too! We would be back here again soon, of course but perhaps, I would like to check out some of the many other stalls there to see if they have anything good to offer. I was also told that they have karaoke on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. You think I should give that a go? LOL!!!

The DEWAN MUC HAWKER STALLS (2.313658, 111.825056) are located along Jalan Jasmin, off Jalan Bandong, more or less opposite the primary school there, on your left if you turn left into that road from Bandong Walk.