It’s all right…

I went next door…

…the other day to get my road tax slip – I managed to renew my car insurance sometime ago but because of the pandemic, they could not go and pay the former for me until way past the expiry date and finally, when they did manage to do so, they called me to go over and get it from them. It was past 2.30 p.m. and much to my surprise, the coffee shop was still open. They usually close at 2.00 p.m. (and reopen come dinnertime) and they only open in the morning and for lunch on Sundays and they take the day off on Mondays.

The guy asked me to buy what looked like chili flakes (RM20.00) and he said it was very nice but I was not so keen. I noticed that he now has a BIG freezer by the side inside his shop and obviously, he has gone into selling some of his popular dishes…

…frozen.

I liked his daging masak hitam, served by the side with his reasonably good nasi lemak…

…but for reasons unknown, the ladies in the house are not into that original Sarawakian culinary delight.

My girl used to love the curry, beef especially so when she was teaching in the school in the jungle, I would buy for her to take and eat there – it was not cheap though, only a little for RM10.00.

That was why in the end, that day, I decided to buy the lamb curry (RM40.00)…

…to try and see if it was any good.

My girl liked it…

– she said it was nicer than the curries at the Malay and mamak shops and stalls but I was not all that impressed by it. At best, I would say it was all right, not anything to shout about. It had its own taste, quite different from all the rest and no, it was not spicy at all. One good thing about it was the meat was fall-off-the-bone-tender, very nicely done!

I may go back again but no, I shall not be buying this or any of the guy’s curry again – perhaps I would want to try his rendang or masak merah the next time around or whatever else that he has in his big freezer that may tickle my fancy but if it is mutton/lamb curry…

…that I want, I would much sooner drop by here and tapao two servings home.

It is RM21.00 per serving (at least 3 huge chunks of meat) with biryani rice and whatever they give by the side so RM40.00 should be enough for two servings and I am quite sure there will be enough for us for two meals…or perhaps, I can persuade my friends at Payung to cook their very nice Bangladeshi lamb curry…

…or lamb masala – they usually do it around Chinese New Year for sale by the kilo but we can divide it up into smaller servings and eat slowly and derive a whole lot more enjoyment from them.

COLOURFUL CAFE (2.316673, 111.837539) is located in the Renew4U building at the junction of Brooke Drive and Lorong Kwong Ann 8, across the road from the Church of Jesus  Christ of the Latter Day Saints.