Classic…

I used to buy their grilled chicken sandwiches…

…for my girl to enjoy. I was thinking that even at RM3.90 each, despite costing more than a plate of kampua mee, with that thick slab of chicken in it, it would be worth it, value for money. Eventually, I stopped buying because my girl said that even though it was nice, it wasn’t exactly anything spectacular that she would want to buy and eat again and again.

Well, the other morning, I was at the shop in our neighbourhood before the break of dawn and the suppliers had not delivered the stuff that they would leave there every day for sale…except these sandwiches. In the end, I decided to buy the other varieties available to give them a try.

I bought their egg mayo (RM2.90)…

…which was all right but nowhere as nice as mine as they only had the mashed egg and mayo with a sprinkling of some kind of herbs inside. The ones I make myself at home have an edge over this as I have cheese and butter in mine plus I am a lot more generous with the filling…

…and as and when available, I may add some thin slices of tomato (or cucumber) and a bit of lettuce as well.

On the other hand, this so-called classic sandwich (RM3.50)…

…turned out to be really very nice with the chicken ham and the slice of smoked cheddar cheese…

…and some lettuce in it except that I have a bone to pick over how, instead of the same, they have their egg mayo filling in the other half of the sandwich.

I liked it so much that I went back again another day and got my girl one to try and yes, she did enjoy it and yes, she thought it was nicer than the grilled chicken one.

I guess for obvious reasons, we call it chicken slices now, instead of ham, the same thing with what we get at the hotel buffet breakfast in the morning…

– sliced beef, not beef bacon any longer. In the words of William Shakespeare, “What’s in a name? A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet!” Some people are so good at making mountains out of molehills.

Well, seeing how we do enjoy this classic one, I guess I shall be buying it time and time again for breakfast or for tea. One thing that I would like to mention here is how nice the texture and the taste of their bread are, very much nicer than all the bread from so many different bakeries available at the shops in my neighbourhood.

SWEE HUNG (2.316161, 111.840441) is located along Jalan Ruby, in the block of shops on the right – next to the hair salon at the extreme end.