Distracted…

My girl told me that she liked the Big Breakfast here…

…a lot more than what she had here that morning so of course, I had to make my way there to give it a try.

My regular readers would know jolly well that I am not into these franchise places and I really can’t really remember the last time I stepped into one of their outlets and that too was probably at KLIA while I was waiting for a plane or someone to arrive (and I usually picked Colonel Sanders’ as the outlet was closer to the departure gate) or sending somebody off. I used to go to the one here at their former location when my girl was little/younger simply because she loved it here. Somehow or other, kids and young people are drawn to such places.

That morning, as I approached the counter…

…to order, I was distracted by this…

…and of course, that called for a last-minute change of plans and I had that instead, RM5.65 with one complimentary iced Milo plus 6% SST.

I’m sure everyone would be able to tell why I was not in the least impressed when I opened the paper cup/bowl. That fried egg was an absolute disaster…

…but thankfully, everything underneath…

…looked pretty good.

Of course, the test of the pudding is in the eating and I thought the rice was not quite lemak, not by my standard but it was very nice, bursting with the flavours of whatever was used in the cooking, the  ginger, pandan and what not. The sambal was very good too and it was super spicy – my missus would love it, I’m sure!

All in all, I would say that despite the egg, I did enjoy it very much. If they can’t give hard-boiled egg, the standard authentic nasi lemak condiment, with it, perhaps they can consider sliced omelette instead (like what one gets in Sarawak laksa) – I think I would prefer that instead. For one thing, at least, it wasn’t that nasi lemak burger that took the region by storm not very long ago. I simply could not understand how something without nasi could pass off as nasi lemak – thankfully, it died a natural death soon enough, no longer on their menu.

Well, it certainly looks like I will have to come back here again soon…for the big breakfast.

MCDONALD’S SIBU (2.290644, 111.826028) is located at Shop Lot No. 2 (Ground & 1st Floor) and Shop Lot No. 4 (Ground Floor), Causeway Road (now Jalan Sanyan), directly opposite Wisma Sanyan (Parkson).