Shortcut to somewhere…

It is virtually impossible to find a parking space around this part of town…

…at any time of day except in the early morning around 6 something after I have dropped off my girl at her school. It is very convenient to just walk through the food garden/hawker centre to the Sibu Central Market – the fish and other seafood section.

There is one drawback though – the early bird does not always catch the worm. Most of the stalls at the ethnic/native jungle produce section do not open so early, maybe just a sprinkling so there will not be much to see and to buy. The rest of the stalls at the market, on the other hand, would be in full swing already though so I would stop by to walk around and buy a thing or two sometimes.

Another disappointing thing is how most of the stalls at the hawker centre would not be open for business yet except for a few drink stalls and all you can get to eat would be some toast and half-boiled eggs. I noticed, however, that this Malay/Muslim stall to the right…

…usually opens very early so that morning, I decided to give it a try.

The kopi-o-peng was decent, RM1.50 a glass, not the best nor the worse in town and I would say the same about their mee goreng (fried noodles)…

…which did not come cheap, RM5.00 a plate, RM1.00 more than what I had here and that one had a lot more (chicken) meat in it….or maybe it was RM4.00 and the coffee was a whooping RM2.50  – the guy collected RM6.50 from me in total and I didn’t ask for the breakdown of prices. Anyway, at best, I would say it was all right, nothing to shout about…and I sure would think twice about going for it again.

KHOO PENG LOONG FOOD GARDEN (2.286751, 111.827785) is located along Jalan Khoo Peng Loong, commonly known around here as Pulau Babi, facing the former express boats wharf where the one I took from Kanowit in the late 70’s and early 80’s would berth.