Pool…

I saw somebody sharing a post on Facebook about the roti bakar kacang pool available here…

…and since I had no idea what that was, I went and googled. It seems that kacang pool is a middle-eastern dish known as foul medammas made from fava beans, whatever those may be.

I wonder if the name pool is the result of the mispronunciation of foul as, as far as I know, it is also spelt as phool, probably pronounced as fool – generally, the Malays, those here especially, will pronounce f as p so Sharifah will become Sharipah and lagu “Feelings” will become lagu “Peeling”; they never pronounce the s in plural nouns as well.

Of course I wasted no time at all in dropping by the place to give it a try. I liked this poster on the wall…

…and I had their kopi-o kao kao (RM1.60)…

…which was at best, just all right and I thought it was a tad expensive if we compare that with the prices elsewhere. Luckily I did not order the peng (iced) in which case it would become too diluted and would not be nice at all but at least, it was not sweet – most of the coffee in the Malay shops here is all sugar, hardly any coffee fragrance and taste.

The roti bakar kacang pool (RM6.00)…

…looked decent with three slices of roti bakar (toast)…

…which I felt was rather under-toasted and an egg…

…that was burnt whilst still uncooked around the yolk.

I did go to see the boys doing the cooking…

…and yes, the one frying the egg did look like he would need a lesson or two.

The kacang pool gravy…

…with the beans and bits of minced beef and everything else was very nice and I did enjoy dipping the bread/toast in it to eat.

I hear they have kambing bakar (roast lamb)…

…at night and looking at the orders for their rojak ayam…

…it sure seemed mighty popular so the next time I drop by here, I would want to give that and whatever else they may have a try instead.

UNCLE ZAX STATION (2.294366, 111.820866) is located along Jalan Kampung Datu among the shops opposite Sri Pelita Islamic Cafe and Paramount Hotel, the first shop in the block behind Serai Wangi.