Familiar…

Yes, I am very familiar with this place…

…at the back of one of the medical centres here.

I know, for sure, that the coffee shop…

…at the back, not visible from the main road, would be open at the break of dawn because during those occasions when my late mum was admitted here and I had to stay there at night to keep her company, I would come down even when it was still dark for breakfast…and yes, I was right!

There were quite a lot of people there already when I arrived – filial sons and daughters bringing their mums and dads downstairs for breakfast. They now have a nursing home upstairs.

These ladies used to be there before, that time so very long ago, but there is a new guy there now. I tried his kampua mee (RM3.00)…

…and yes, it was very good. The complimentary soup was good too and so was the kopi-o (RM1.30).

Actually, I went there that morning because I was thinking of buying these…

…but unfortunately, they were not available. I do not know whether they no longer sell it or I was way too early, I did not ask. I ended up buying the pulut panggang, RM1 each and a variety of the kao teng koi (9-layer cake), 40 sen each a piece and yes, all were pretty good. I sure would not mind dropping by there again to grab more from time to time.

FU XIANG CAFE (2.301083, 111.832589) is located at the back of the KPJ Sibu Specialist Medical Centre at No 52A-G, Brooke Drive at its junction with Oya Road.