Tell it as it is…

The sister-in-law and his brother used to have their fried kway teow stall here but they have since moved here. In the meantime, this guy had his at a coffee shop in the town centre but I heard that owing to some issues regarding the rent, after seven years there, he has moved here…

I was out and about early that morning and I had to head into the town centre for something and I was driving past the area on my way home. I heard from my sister that she had had his fried kway teow and he had cockles (kerang)…

…in the dish so I decided to stop by and tapao home to try.

I got really put off at a lot of places here where they declared in no uncertain terms that they had cockles in their kway teow but when I ordered, they told me that they did not have any that day. Liar, liar, pants in fire!!! I am sure they never had any and had no intention whatsoever of having any at all. Just a sales gimmick to pull wool over the customers’ eyes! Somebody should sue these people for false advertising!!! Tsk! Tsk!

I ordered one dish of fried kway teow with cockles (RM6.00) and sambal (an additional RM1.00) for my missus, hoping that it would be spicy as I felt she would like that. As the guy was frying it…

…I caught the whiff of the fragrance of the sambal and boy, it sure was good. The thought that I should have ordered the same for all of us did creep through my mind at that point in time.

I asked for another two packets, kway teow with cockles (RM6.00) and prawns (an additional RM1.00 as well) and as soon as they were done, I headed straight home so the ladies could enjoy what I had bought for them for breakfast.

I must say that the fragrance that filled the car all the way back was simply awesome but somehow or other, it…

…did not sweep me off my feet, not even the one with the sambal. It sure tasted great with my missus’ own blended chili sauce/dip but on its own, I can think of a number of places around town where the fried kway teow is very much nicer.

23 FOOD COURT (2.297349, 111.824644) is located at No. 13/15, Lorong Tun Abg Hj Openg 1, among the shops opposite Kin Orient Plaza (where the “old’ Sing Kwong Supermarket is) in the vicinity of Gabriel’s Recipe and TowerMas Hotel.