Take your place…

I have lost count of the number of people who have taken over this stall after the lady, who was here for a very long time, dating way back to 2008 even, moved to Kuching.

I did like the bai gu mee (pork rib noodles) that I had there when another lady took her place but she did not last very long. After that, somebody else took over and perhaps there was another one, I’m not too sure, before this one…

It appeared to me that she has quite a lot on her menu…

…but of course, whether it is nice or not, that’s another story altogether.

I would give her the double thumbs up for her effort in putting up this banner on the other side of the big coffee shop, the seating area to the left so as to draw people’s attention to her stall in the section on the right hand side that is kind of secluded and quite hard to notice as not many would go that way.

I saw somebody having her lor mee but I did not feel like having that so I ordered the beef noodles (RM6.00)…

…instead. I did not like it so I shall not deliberate further on it, period.

I also asked for one of her bak chang/meat dumplings (RM3.50)…

…to try and I was quite disappointed that it was served cold. I had expected her to heat it up before removing the wrapping (leaves) and serving it.

However, I found it to be really nice, with quite a lot of meat, all lean…

…with the pleasant hint of the taste and fragrance of hay bee/udang kering (dried prawns) and if you’re lucky, you may spot a few bits of shitake mushroom inside. I love how the lady adds a layer of fat in each dumpling so it is more oily, not so hard and dry like most. I would say it was nice enough for me to want to buy some home to store in the fridge and heat up to eat and enjoy whenever I feel like it.

Unfortunately, there were only two…

…left so I grabbed both of them. She did say that she would make them every day so I guess I can always come back another day to buy some more – after all, my house is just around the corner.

MEI LE CAFE (2.313147, 111.846968) is located along Jalan Gambir, a stone’s throw away from the Delta Mall, straight ahead from the first turning to your left as soon as you turn into that road from Jalan Pedada, now Jalan Datuk Wong Soon Kai.