Highly Recommended CKT

I would like to recommend this very delicious Kuching-style char kueh tiaw, that is really worth eating. For one thing, the rice noodles were aromatic, with just a very subtle hint of wok's breath, and not greasy at all. Yet, the noodles weren't dry, and retained moistness that was very pleasant. The flavour was also balanced - just the right amount of saltiness, with bursts of fragrance from the egg.

Then, you can see for yourself the amount of ingredients used, so that every mouthful of the rice noodles will be accompanied the crunch of vegetables or fresh slices of meat! I knew for certain that the pork slices were fresh, unlike some outlets I know of.

And guess how much is my packet here? Only RM4.00.

Delicious CKT

During Grandma's funeral wake, I bought numerous packets of these for my relatives .... and everyone sang praises of it. Mom too was raving about it .... and we had gone back to buy this char kueh tiaw a few times since then.

Stall No. 40 at the Kenyalang Old Market sells only at night. Aside from the fried noodles, it also sells good kolo mee at RM3.00. There are many hidden gems at the old market .... and this stall is one of them. I would truly prefer to eat this than that famous one at Hui Sing Hawker Centre.

Other gems include ....

Sio Bee, RM0.70 each 

 Very famous sweet and savoury cha kueh ... 

Will talk about these next time. :))

Kolo Mee @ Coffee Boy

After our morning walk, Mom wanted to buy beef noodles for breakfast. She loved the one at Coffee Boy, Jalan Sekama ..... but when we went there, we found that beef noodles weren't sold anymore. So we bought kolo mee instead.

Kolo mee, RM3.50

This one was a large packet and uses straight noodles - the amount of toppings was reasonable, and the taste was so-so. I did not like it quite that much.

Lunch @ Munch

I had lunch at Munch Cafe the other day. The food wasn't cheap - but at least they were nice.

Herbal snow fungus with red dates and dried longan, RM4.90
I had this chilled and enjoyed it very much. Plenty of snow fungus and dried longan in the bowl, together with red dates and wolfberries. The syrup wasn't too sweet.

Turkey, ham and cheese ciabatta with lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes, RM7.00

Take a peek inside 

Good quality ham and cheese, very crisp and fresh vegetables and a hint of black pepper. I loved this sandwich very much. Most of all, I loved the freshly baked bread. It was an enjoyable meal for me.

I want to try the scones and bagels next. Can't wait. Will be back. :))

Munch opens from 6.30 a.m. till 3.00 p.m. I think they close on Sundays.

Homecooked Local Fare

My colleague N is a great cook. She cooked for us this local fare which I enjoyed very much.

Yummy homecooked food

There was rice served with :

1) Kedondong, carrot, green apple kerabu - it was sweet and sour and spicy and aromatic with the use of ginger flower in the dish. Loved it.

2) Acar rebung - Bamboo shoots with spices - the thinly sliced bamboo shoots were very crunchy. The spices were quite "heavy" in flavour but they suited the bamboo shoots just fine. Loved it too.

3) Chicken rendang - soft and tender chicken pieces coated with dry rendang paste. Yums

4) Stir-fried mixed vegetables 

 Acar rebung

My first time eating this and how I loved it .... I'm going to ask N for the recipe. 

N even made for us bread pudding!! I'm amazed at how she could have cooked so much food so early in the morning! Didn't she need to sleep??? 

Lovely freshly baked pudding for dessert 

I totally enjoyed the meal so much. Thanks N!! Cook more often ;P

Meeting Up With The Boys @ Sharing Downtown

The 2 boys were in town for the Medsi exam - not sure what that was .... but the test was to determine whether they were suitable to be teachers. Lol.

I brought them to Sharing Downtown for dinner .....

 Chicken Supreme

Cheezyland 

I did not eat because I had eaten my dinner ....... the two boys had their dinner but neither commented on the food .... so hmn .......

Lunch @ Xin Kung Fu

There was buffet lunch at Xin Kung Fu @ Premier 101. Pay RM12.00 and one can eat their fill of the dishes served. We were there at 1.00 p.m. ..... and we glanced at the dishes inside the tray but did not feel like having them. So we sat down and ordered ourselves these dishes ....

Cantonese-style Beehoon, RM7.00

Tasted good! The noodles had a smoky flavour, and the consistency of the sauce was good! There were meat slices, surimi crabsticks, sliced fishcake and vegetables in the gravy. Honestly, I couldn't tell whether the meat was pork or chicken. It tasted too hard to be chicken, so it my guess would be pork. But then, it had a bit of  powdery texture at the end much like chicken breast meat. So my conclusion - the pork slices were unfresh or the chicken was overcooked.

Seafood fried rice, RM7.00

We both did not like the fried rice as it was soggy. The rice wasn't fluffy at all, so the texture was ruined. Then, we couldn't find any seafood at all in the rice. Where were the fish, prawns or cuttlefish? In their places were only surimi crabsticks and sliced fishcake. That accounted for seafood?? There wasn't even any meat (none of those unidentifiable meat from the noodle dish here!) in the dish  ........ sigh .....  

Braised pig stomach with salted vegetables, RM5.50

I did not like this dish too, as I felt tha the pig stomach had a neither here nor there flavour - not really absorbing the flavours from the salted vegetables ..... 

We paid RM27.05 for our meal with 2 drinks - iced lemon was RM3.00 and barley was RM3.00. GST was RM1.53.

Other comments :
1) I walked into the restaurant alone because my friend wasn't there yet. But none of the staff who was sitting around bothered to greet me or asked what I wanted. How hospitable.

2) I enquired about the buffet so they thought that I had wanted to eat that and they left me to my own devices. But in the end I decided to order a la carte ... and had to go and search for the menu and all. I would prefer to have a staff in attendance to see customers to their needs first,

3) I cannot tolerate passing off processed food as seafood. It was deceiving. I felt cheated. So it tarnished my impression of this restaurant. It was stated "Seafood Fried Rice" in the menu - so naturally we would expect morsels of the real thing. There was none whatsoever in the dish. I almost ordered the "Seafood fried beehoon" - which fortunately I did not. Otherwise, I would really have made a scene.

Catching Up @ Bing! Padungan

My favourite girl, CN, was in town. She had to attend an interview or entry to the Law Faculty of UKM. Law? Gasp! She had never said a word and I was taken aback. I never thought she would want to read Law.

So of course, I brought her out for a drink and chit chat. She had to fill me in with the happenings after I had left them abruptly last April. 

We went to Bing! at Padungan.

A pot of chamomile tea, mocha frappuccino, and green tea cheese cake

I did not like the cheese cake ..... smelled egg-y and tasted sour. My girl said the mocha frappuccino was alright. 

The next day, she texted me to say that her interview went smoothly. I was glad for her ... and I prayed that she would be getting the offer that she wanted. All the best, dearie!