I can remember…

I can remember this place…

…as clear as day as I did drop by here a few times before and I do remember also that I liked the fried kway teow (flat rice noodles) from the chu char (cook & fry) place at the back.  I used to teach one class at a tuition centre in the vicinity and other than coming here to eat, I did tapao home a number of times – it seemed that it is open all day unlike many places that open till noon and they may or may not open again come evening time.

Well, it so happened that I was around that part of town the other morning so I decided to go and try their Foochow fried noodles, wet/with sauce or gravy (RM4.00)…

…instead of going for the kway teow, for a change.

It did not look that great initially. I thought it was rather dark, a lot darker than usual but when I had tossed the noodles with the sauce/gravy…

…it sure looked very good and it tasted great too…

…and what I liked was they were quite generous with the ingredients – there were quite a lot of meat (though that looked like chicken) and green vegetables unlike at a lot of places around here. I sure wouldn’t mind having that again if ever I happen to be around here.

The kopi-o-peng (iced coffee, black) that I had that morning was good too and it was only RM1.50 a glass, a lot cheaper than a lot of places around here…and yes, I did try the kampua mee stall here too before, long ago, but it looked like somebody else is running it now, a guy. There used to be a woman here…and that morning, I noticed that a lot of people were ordering from him.

I spotted an ex-student from an earlier former school where I taught here – she goes to the same church so I would get to see her quite often. She and her family members were having the kampua mee, red in colour probably due to the char siew sauce added. I asked her if it was any good and she said yes. “I am here almost every day,” she added. I sure would want to go back there and give it a try one of these days.

AH PING CAFE is located in the vicinity of the Dewan Suarah, Sibu right across the lane from AROMA BAKERY (2.311151, 111.831515) after the Maju Tyre shop at No. 36 (G/F), Taman Damai along Jalan Dewan Suarah.