I changed my mind…

The last time I was here, there was an Iban family at the next table and I saw the little boy enjoying a plate of mee goreng (Malay fried noodles) that came with a big piece of fried chicken, probably the special, and I decided there and then that I would come back for that one day.

That was exactly what I intended to do that day when I was in the vicinity but when I got to the stall, I saw that they had nasi lemak and I changed my mind right away.

I spoke to a girl there who was not wearing a tudung and spoke very fluent Mandarin that put mine to shame and confirmed that it was indeed a Malay/Muslim stall. There are quite a lot of non-Malay/Muslim stalls around here selling nasi lemak these days.

I asked for their nasi lemak special (RM7.00)…

…and I must say that I was quite impressed by its appearance when it was served.

Uncle Roger called this…

…the perfegg Asian fried egg (9:20), a class above the “white people fried egg“, smooth and white and no texture. Of course, I would insist that the wok and the oil were clean so there would not be any of those black spots on the egg.

The fried chicken…

…was as nice as fried chicken should be, no more, no less but unfortunately, the rice was a bit dry and hard and not lemak and the sambal…

…did not taste a little sweet like what one would usually get with nasi lemak. The fact that it was very spicy did not save the day. I would give them the double thumbs up though for removing the heads and the insides of the ikan bilis (dried anchovies) – most of them here do not bother at all.

All things considered, I think I would try something else the next time I come to this part of the woods. The guy at the next table had the Sarawak laksa from another stall inside the coffee shop and it did smell nice. Perhaps I’d go for that to see if it is any good!

e-CAFE (2.311913, 111.846213) is the first shop right behind Delta Mall, Jalan Pedada – the block a little to your left if you are coming out of the mall via the back entrance.