Container…

Somebody went and put together some containers…

…right next to the Giant Hypermart here…

…to be used as shops.

The place wasn’t quite ready yet and there were some people working that day when we dropped by.

I loved the elaborately decorated washrooms, the exterior…

…and the use of the petrol pump nozzles and oil drums for their water taps and wash basins…

Right now, there is a stall selling some Korean delicacy…

I did go and ask what it was, this what-they-call gyeran-ppang thing, and the nice and friendly girl said it was something like kuih bahulu (egg cake) with its special filling, cheese or lava whatever but she said it was RM5.00 each so I had second thoughts about buying any to try.

There were also one of those (bubble) tea places, a watering hole…

…which probably only opens at night, a hair salon and this stall selling plants…

Well, I was there to check out this place…

…that someone was telling me about. It is air-conditioned inside but I chose to sit outside under one of the fans and enjoy the fresh open air.

They serve western dishes at night (but somebody went to try their lamb chop and was not in the least impressed) while for lunch, you can get the usual stuff they serve at the Malay coffee shops here…

My missus had their ayam penyet rice (RM8.50)…

…that she enjoyed very much but we were wishing that the sambal had been spicy…

I ordered this add-on, our very own Sarawak delight, the daging masak hitam (RM2.00)…

…and it was very good though the beef could have been a little bit more tender.

I tried the nasi lemak (RM5.00)…

…and yes, it was quite lemak (rich in coconut milk), very fragrant and somehow, I thought it tasted something like the pulut (glutinous rice) in the bottom layer of the serimuka/kuih salat.

I would give them two thumbs up for their fried egg…

– done the traditional way, how my mum used to do it and there was fried chicken by the side as well. I certainly would not mind having another go at it…

…again should I happen to be in the vicinity, especially when we feel the food is good and the prices are more or less what they would charge at the not-as-nice Malay coffee shops.

JUNEWESTERN is located at No. 4J on the 1st floor of the container shops (2.324531, 111.853105) along Jalan Ling Kai Cheng, between Giant Hypermart and SMK Bandar Sibu.