…well!
Of course I had to take my car to the workshop right away the following day, Monday, and I had a new license plate fixed. However, they could not get the replacement for the cover of the fog/spotlight by the side so they had to place an order for a set to be sent over from Kuching. Once it arrived the following day, Tuesday, the workshop boss contacted me and I took the car over the second time and in no time at all, it was done…
They did not have the original so they sent the ones (including the lights) for a newer model of the Proton Wira and I actually thought that they look a whole lot nicer. Those lights never worked – if they did, it was only for a while after I had bought the car before it called it a day…and I did not think I had any need for those so I never got them fixed and finally, they are working again! I certainly hope I will not encounter such a storm ever again, touch wood but should I do, I would be able to switch these on – they are definitely brighter than my low lights and would be a lot more visible to on-coming vehicles. They also helped me to fix my wipers – they made such a loud and horrible sound and that really got on my nerves as I drove through the storm. All in all, I had to fork out RM145.00 only, a small price, I must say, for a job well done and I sure am glad and relieved that everything’s fine again.
I did mention that the workshop that I go to does not keep their own stock of spare parts and would have to order from some place whatever they need. Unfortunately, those suppliers seem to take their sweet time to deliver so at times, I would have to wait like…forever! Well, as the English proverb goes, “Every cloud has a silver lining!” The boss or his brother or son and the employees would go here for breakfast/brunch every morning and without fail, one of them would invite me to join them.
That morning, it was the brother who asked me to come along and he had the pian sip mee pok (RM3.00)…
…from the kampua mee stall there.
I went and ordered the fried kway teow…
…from the Muslim stall at the back and when it was served, I was delighted that it came with the sambal belacan…
…that I enjoyed so much the first time I had this here but no, it was not the same and though it was quite all right, I did not think it was as nice.
It was RM3.50 a plate that time and for an extra 50 sen, I could get one fried egg with my plate of noodles. That morning, I did not ask for an egg nor did I ask for the special but I got a huge slab of fried chicken, anyway and I was stunned when the boss’ brother picked up the tab – it was just RM4.50! I thought that was VERY cheap especially considering that a plate of Foochow fried noodles would set one back by at least RM4.00 these days and the meat and vegetable in it would be barely visible to the naked eye.
The employee that came along with us ordered the fried mee (RM4.50)…
…and like me, he too got the chicken.
Gee!!! Looking at the prices that I have had to fork out here and there these days for stuff not all that nice, I certainly would much sooner come back here for this instead.
UNCLE LAU CORNER (2.328131, 111.840397) is located back to back with Udak Kitchen which is to the left of Everwin, Sg Merah along Lorong Sungai Merah 2C, off Jalan Teng Chin Hua, across the road from the St Teresa’s Catholic Church and the SIB Church next to it.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 
The fried kway teow and fried mee look good with the fried chicken. Price is very good considering the fried chicken is quite a huge slab.
That would be around SGD1.50, I think. Dirt cheap!
All looks good and price reasonable. Plus point for them for using porcelain plates and bowls instead of plastic ones to serve their food. The fog lights are definitely much brighter and are good to use especially during heavy rain and night time.
Glad that they got it fixed after all these years, can get to use it now…finally! Yes, I noticed the lady did not use plastic plates too – I wish those still using them would get rid of them – some already so discoloured, still want to use.
Make me hungry now especially the fried noodle. My hubby would enjoy this as well.
The light indeed looked nicer. Sporty. Hehehe. Good that it didn’t take long to replace it.
Yes, I’m thankful that I found a reliable workshop – will never go elsewhere. Any problem I would just drop by and I’ll be sure my car will be in good hands. They will keep at it till I’m 100% satisfied…and even Chinese New Year, they are willing to come to my house to see to my problems.
ahhh, sambal belacan, my favourite kind of sambal. when i was a kid growing up in malacca, i always used to think it was only found in malacca, and i didn’t realise you could find it all over malaysia 😉
Come on over and try our Bintulu belacan. You will never look at it that same way again!
Those lights do look pretty good.
Yes, I thought so too.