Good company…

I got a call from my friend/ex-classmate, Robert, inviting me to dinner here…

…and of course, I happily accepted as with all that has been going on in my life, I hardly have time to socialise, get together with friends so this would be a welcome break.

Robert’s wife, Angela, brought this special dish…

…of phak lor (five-spice braised) pig’s tongue that she cooked at home. I love this delicacy but I hardly get to eat it anymore. In my younger days, it would be among the selections in the leng pua (cold dish) at every Chinese banquet and I used enjoy this at what they called the “roadside cocktails”, the stalls outside the pubs in PJ where they have everything on toothpicks and after one had had one’s fill, they would count the number of toothpicks and pay accordingly. The very small eggs were the first-laid ones, just a little bit bigger than quail eggs. Needless to say, I feasted on both and loved them so much.

Robert ordered the salt-baked fish…

…that I did say I would go back and try. It was very nice but towards the end, it got kind of salty with all that loose salt underneath so we did not enjoy it all that much.

We also had the kampung pork…

…which, of course, meant that the meat was organic like what people call the kampung chicken or kampung eggs. It may be tough if one buys and cooks one’s own but what we had that night was very nicely done.

Their own-made tofu…

…was a hit too. The way they cut it in slices like that made it look like French toast.

We had the sweet potato leaves…

…and the cangkuk manis fried with egg…

…for our vegetable dishes and both were good.

Our friend, Philip, who runs the coffee shop here treated us to these finger foods, the fried sotong (squid/calamari)…

…and the fried mushrooms…

They were great. We did ask the guy and he said they would use tapioca flour, not wheat flour so we certainly would be going back there again for these – my girl loves them a lot!

We were already very full when we heard it mentioned in passing that they had wat tan hor here so Robert insisted on ordering it…

…to share so everybody could try. Yes, it was good, as nice or nicer than many that we have around town but no, like most of our so-called Penang char kway teow, our KL Hokkien mee or Kuching kolo mee here, it was not quite the same as the real thing and the one I had here would win hands down – too bad they do not have it on their menu.

Of course, most importantly, the company was good and I sure had a great time enjoying the food and chatting with everybody – there were 8 of us altogether that night. Thank you so much, Robert, and thanks also to you, Angela – that pig’s tongue dish was awesome!

DRAGON DOOR (2.279520, 111.839882) is located along Jalan Aman, among the (new) shops on your left if you are coming in from Jalan Wong King Huo or on your right if you are coming from Lanang Road.