Pass you by…

I have walked past this coffee shop…

…so many times before and I did notice that everytime, there were very few or no customers at all. Normally, people would assume that there would be nothing nice there and opt to go elsewhere but at a time like this when there is a need for physical distancing, I certainly would prefer to go to such places and avoid all those crowded ones and that was exactly what I did that morning.

I sat at a table outside at the pavement and there was another guy at another table there a short distance away and there was nobody inside the shop. However, as I was sitting there, a couple of customers showed up and they sat inside, each at his own table…

There was a young girl manning the kampua mee stall and if I am not mistaken, they do cook some stuff in their chu-char (cook and fry) kitchen at the back.

I placed my order of their gu tor mee (beef tripe noodles) at RM6.00 a set and sat at my table waiting to be served.

I requested for the kampua mee to be white…

…as I am not fond of it black, tossed in dark soy sauce as that would overpower the fragrance of the shallot oil (lard) and everything else.

Much to my delight, it was nice and had that original authentic kampua mee taste and when I added a bit of the chili dip…

…that they gave for the gu tor…

…that certainly brought the taste to a whole new level.

The gu tor was very nice, soft and it did not have any offensive smell, not even a bit unlike what I had here once but I did not really enjoy the soup…

…because of the excessive amount of the traditional Foochow red wine added. I know many who would love it like that but not me as I would like enjoy the sweetness and taste of the clear bone stock soup. I don’t mind a hint of it but not too much so should I stop by here again, I certainly would tell them to skip the wine or just add a bit of it.

Everything else aside, I must say that I would give them my double thumbs up for not using those plastic plates and bowls in all kinds of gaudy colours that you see at a lot of places around here!

QI YUN CORNER (2.284420, 111.832886) is located along Lanang Road to the right of Wisma Chua Chong Seng with Boulevard Motors (TOYOTA) on the left hand side of that building and Prudential Insurance in between.