All day long…

This was when the ladies were out of town and I was on my own that night. I happened to be walking past the coffee shop and I noticed that the stall was open…

Gee!!! They sure keep very long hours, the people here – it looks like they are open all day long from around 8.00 a.m. in the morning till God-knows-what-time at night. If I am not mistaken, they are closed on Tuesdays, just one day in a week.

So far we had been here around lunchtime only and so far, we had had to stick to the dishes that were gluten-free. I had my eyes on their stewed pork…

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…the first time I was here but I had never ordered it because of the soy sauce.

Well, since I was alone that night, I wasted no time in ordering that…

…but I can’t say that it swept me off my feet. I was wishing they had given me a lot more of the fat…

…instead of all that lean and taking into consideration the taste as well, I would much sooner go for the stewed pork leg here – I certainly would enjoy that a lot more.

I spotted the fried pork ribs…

…in the cabinet and decided to give it a try. Well, it was all right – it sure did not get me jumping with delight and generally, I would prefer to order spare ribs or what they call in Hokkien, pai kut ong as that would be all meat, no bones.

The long beans fried with egg…

…was so very fragrant – how come we do not get that when we fry our own at home, I wonder. I would prefer slicing the vegetable more thinly though so it would be much easier to chew.

I don’t know if they thought the ladies would show up later or what but the servings were rather big for one person and they did give me two sets of the fork and spoon initially…or maybe, like some places, the smallest serving they would serve would be for two persons. That was why it came as no surprise at all that the total came up to a whooping RM20.00, inclusive of one plate of rice. I guess that was quite reasonable considering that there was enough food for two or three persons but since I was alone, I could not help thinking of some of the nice things I could go for elsewhere with that kind of money and enjoy a lot more.

SYARIKAT KIONG CHUONG CAFE (2.291062, 111.827381) is located along Jalan Kampung Nyabor at the bend where one turns left or right when coming from Brooke Drive, a stone’s throw from Malaysia Hotel in the next block.