I’ve been waiting…

…for the chance to come back here and try the mantao with mui choy stewed pork (RM5.00)…

BATARAS FOOD COURT mantao with mui choy stewed pork

…ever since I tried the one with plain stewed pork (RM4.50)

BATARAS FOOD COURT mantao with stewed pork
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…and liked it a lot. I thought this one was just as good – I did not think there was a world of difference in the taste but it looked like there was not that much meat…

BATARAS FOOD COURT mui choy stewed pork

…while on the other hand, one can get to enjoy the mui choy added.

In the meantime, I spotted this stall…

BATARAS FOOD COURT nasi ayam gorneg stall

…that looked like the one at the other side of the food court before and I had tried the guy’s nasi daging hitam (black pork rice – RM6.00, chicken is a ringgit cheaper at RM5.00 only)…

BATARAS FOOD COURT nasi daging hitam

…before and I rather enjoyed it when I had it way back in September 2015 so that morning, I decided to have a go at it again. That old location is now occupied by the Malay stall from the other side so all this time, I thought he had moved elsewhere or called it quits.

It is still that same price as before but looking back, I had a stewed egg (RM1.00) with it then…

BATARAS FOOD COURT nasi babi hitam with stewed egg
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I did not see any that morning at the stall or maybe, I just wasn’t looking otherwise I would surely have asked for one.

My missus ordered the braised pork fried kway teow (RM6.00) from the chu char (cook & fry) place at the back (to the right of the food court) and even though the bits of meat were barely visible…

BATARAS FOOD COURT braised pork fried kway teow 1

…it was very nice and had that lovely wok hei fragrance…

BATARAS FOOD COURT braised pork fried kway teow

…and she enjoyed it very much. I did try a bit and yes, I would say that I did agree with her on this.

BATARAS FOOD COURT (2.297349, 111.824644) is located among the shops opposite Kin Orient Plaza (where the “old’ Sing Kwong Supermarket is) along Jalan Tun Abg Hj Openg, right after Coffee Code and Gabriel’s Recipe, immediately before Kampung Grandma.