It wasn’t us…

A long long time ago, probably in the 70’s, we used to go to this coffee shop…

…very regularly because there was a guy there – if I remember correctly, word had it that he was from Kuching and his kampua mee was very nice but the star attraction was his soup, something like what one would find at some places in Kuching, like here or here.

There was a chicken rice stall…

…to the right that was very popular too. I asked the lady, probably the wife of the kampua mee guy, and she said that it wasn’t them – they were not in any way related to the aforementioned but yes, that same chicken rice business is still going on, run by the children now.

I did drop by here not too long ago but I was way too early and the guy said that the water had not started boiling so he was not quite ready to start his business for the day. Well, somebody told me that the kampua mee was nice – that was why I went back again to give it a try.

I ordered what I wanted at the stall…

…and sat down to wait.

The coffee was decent but it was only RM1.50, with ice, cheaper than a lot of places around here and yes, the kampua mee (RM3.00)…

…was very good but of course, there are other good ones elsewhere too.

It was the piansip (meat dumplings) soup (RM2.00, small)…

…that impressed me the most. I thought it was really very nice, much nicer than many/most of the rest. I watched the guy making it – it looked like he mixed the dumplings with the seasonings first before adding the bone stock soup while usually, they would just add the soup to the seasoning, dump in the dumplings when cooked and serve…and yes, I would give the people here a pat on the back as well for not using any plastic plates and bowls.

Something on the menu caught my attention – mee sua sup hati babi (mee sua in liver soup). I’d probably would want to try that the next time I drop by here.

皇京饮室 HONG KING CAFE (2.290089, 111.829197) is located along Jalan Kampung Nyabor, the second one in the block of shops on your left after the SHELL station.