Older now…

This is probably the oldest, longest-surviving kampua mee coffee shop…

…in Sibu. We call it Dr Xavier kampua as in our growing up years, there was an Indian doctor here by that name and his clinic was right next door.

I did blog about it 10 years ago in 2009 and again in 2011, that time when I went there with my uncle and his family from Kuching – his son, my cousin, would have TWO plates at one go and they would buy no less than 5 packs home to take home to eat and enjoy it there.

The old man…

…a bit hunchbacked now, is still there with his wife helping him out. She was at a table wrapping pian sip (meat dumplings) when I arrived that morning while her husband was busy cooking at the stall. Later she got up and walked around with the aid of a cane walking stick to help with the serving and the calculating and the collecting of the money. They sure have grown much older now but as far as I could see, they were both very mentally alert.

There was a younger couple helping out with the drinks and the serving as well, probably the son and the wife or the daughter and the husband but I had people telling me that if it is not the old man doing the cooking, it is best to go elsewhere as it will not be as nice.

I did order a cup of coffee (RM1.00)…

…but I had it hot as it was too early to have it with ice – it was still dark outside! My goodness, it does look like it is so much cheaper without ice, usually in the region of RM1.80 a glass! I think I will have it this way from now on – after all, people always say that one should not drink cold drinks or drinks with ice, bad for health.

I saw that there was liver and beef tripe too so I had the kampua kosong (without meat)…

…with this big bowl of liver soup…

…which was very good. I could not detect the traditional Foochow red wine in it but it was very strong with the taste of the liver plus I liked the special  chili dip that came with it. The set was RM5.00 so with the drink, the breakfast I had that morning was RM6.00 altogether.

As for the noodles, well, it was all right – good ol’ authentic kampua mee, the favourite of many in town as well as those living overseas – they would come all the way here to enjoy this love of their childhood/younger days.

LIANG YEW CAFE (2.288205, 111.825892) is located along Island Road (now Jalan Pulau), directly opposite the Masland Methodist Church, in the block of shops to the left of the Inland Revenue office.