Maybe not…

I cannot remember who it was that shared a photograph of the beef noodles…

…that he had here so I was thinking of dropping by to give it a try and the other day, after I had shared a photo of the wat tan hor that we had here, my good friend/ex-classmate, Robert, suggested that we went and tried the one there.

I told him about the beef noodles and he said that he never tried because when he and his wife, Angela, dropped by here, they would always order the wat tan hor from this stall…

…nothing else. That sure sounded promising – that it was so very good that they would go for it again and again.

We sure did not waste any time in making our way there last Sunday morning and I ordered a plate for my girl (RM6.00)…

It looked kinda pale – we had quite a few around here and they all looked a lot more appealing. Thankfully, the kway teow looked all right…

As for the taste, it did not get us all excited. My girl said that her favourite in town would be the one from the Seremban guy here but unfortunately, last I saw him at his new location, he was not cooking that anymore.

I ordered the beef noodles (RM12.00)…

…for myself despite the fact that I could see it was the Taiwanese version with the dark soup that I am not entirely fond of. It may be a few ringgit cheaper than the massively-popular one here but no, it was nowhere near as nice as the one there. The soup was a little sweet and spicy too. We did try the beef noodles at this coffee shop once but it was from a different stall, the second one, not this one and no, it did not get us coming back for more.

My missus had their Foochow fried noodles, wet/with sauce/gravy (RM5.00)…

…but no, she did not think it was as good as some of the ones she loves including the one from that guy at the coffee shop in the next lane from my house even though they did seem quite generous with the added ingredients here.

Incidentally, while I was at that coffee shop that morning, I saw a familiar face at this stall in front….

He was the kampua mee guy with the dong quai soup here that I liked a lot and his laksa was pretty good too. Unfortunately, some people took over the coffee shop and he was unceremoniously kicked out so he moved here. However, he could not sell the same things anymore as there was already a stall there selling them. Obviously, he did not like it there so he shifted to this new location.

I chatted with him briefly and promised that I would drop by again soon to enjoy those favourites of mine. Will I be ordering anything from the aforementioned chu-char (cook and fry) stall again? Well, maybe not…

MOTHER CAFE (2.310920, 111.831572) is the last shop in the block on your left along Jalan Dewan Suarah if you are entering from Jalan Melur, the shop right behind the Sibu Civic Centre (Dewan Suarah).