My girl had the Cantonese ying yong (RM5.50)…and she was visually delighted the instant it came. When she tried it, it swept her off her feet and she declared it to be the best in town!
Yes, it was very nice. The noodles were perfectly done, not too soft, not soggy and not hard either. It sure tasted great and while I was enjoying it, I could detect the taste of pork fat crusts…and true enough, I managed to locate a few in the dish.
That obviously was not very much so I ordered a plate of kampua mee kosong, tossed in chili sauce (RM2.30)…from the stall at the food court (No.2). I did not want any meat as it was a Friday and I was abstaining from that. I had it before and yes, the one here is pretty decent, nothing to make it stand out above the rest but everytime I go there, I see a lot of people going for it but on my part, I don’t think I’ll be going back for it again here unless they stop using plastic to serve the noodles.
When it was served, one look at its colour…told me that it wasn’t quite what I would expect and as it turned out, I was right.
In the end, I just had the nasi lemak, biasa/regular (RM3.00)… think I do recall Louis saying that someone told him it was nice but no, the rice was not lemak (rich in santan/coconut milk) but it was all right with the very nice and spicy sambal.
Going back to the kampua noodles I had that morning from the aforementioned stall, I also ordered the pain sip (meat dumplings) soup (RM2.80)…to go with it (RM2.80)…and yes, both were very nice
Indeed, it was very very nice, a whole lot of mango, half a fruit at least, very fresh and sweet, with shaved ice drowned in lots of evaporated milk underneath…that blended nicely with the fruit and it was only RM10.00!
I would say that taken as it was, it was nice and refreshing…especially on the very hot days that we are experiencing right now and the pulut was good, something like what you would get in those ketupat lemak, but they would need to do something about the red beans – they were hard.
It was getting late, almost 9.00 p.m. and they had run out of lamb so we just settled for the beef (RM1.00 each) and the chicken (60 sen each)…They tasted great – different from the rest, probably due to the way they marinated the meat though to me, the beef was a little bit tough, not as tender as I would like it and what I liked was they were very generous with the peanut sauce – other than what came in the food tray, they gave us some more in a bowl and the nice lady said that we could ask for more should we so desire.
The minced meat porridge was all right – there are others elsewhere a whole lot nicer, like this one, for instance and I am no fan of those supermarket factory-produced fried shallots…plus I was thinking that a sprinkling of a little bit of chopped spring onion would give it a bit of colour and make it look more presentable.
No, there were no cockles, just a whole lot of those tiny prawns and some lap cheong (Chinese sausage) and no, they were not the pek hay (white seawater prawns) that I bought the other day. These hard-shell ones are much cheaper but they are all right, nice too and anytime nicer than those farmed ones that some people around here use for their Sarawak laksa or whatever. I can’t say I was thrilled by the combination though – perhaps, I should have stuck to just kway teow but with the lovely chili dip that came with it, I would say that I quite enjoyed it.
Claypot King chicken & pork claypot special Oh my!!! That was so good and I definitely enjoyed it…to the fullest.
I asked for the chicken and pork combo (RM14.00)…and yes, it was really very very good but oopsss!!! I think they forgot the green vegetable in mine.
I decided to try their nasi Arab ayam bakar (RM7.50)…which I thought was all right, something along the same line as nasi biryani and the chicken was very well-marinated and bursting with flavours and I rather enjoyed the two together. I thought the curry, or whatever that was, was not that great, kind of sweet – all right as a “soup” of some sort but I did not like the rice when flooded with it. I was not all that crazy about the pickles either and what looked like mayo and the sambal was extremely hot/spicy. I guess it was all right if one is looking for something different for a change
I decided to throw caution to the wind and order the butter prawns (RM20.00)…as we had not had that for a while now. Usually, we would go for the creamy or butter scotch or honey “prawn balls” – prawns without head or shell, all curled up into a ball after cooking as it seemed to be cheaper that way. I expected whole prawns like the ones we had that evening to cost a hand or a foot but it did not turn out to be very expensive, after all and of course, the best part would be the fact that they did it really well. The buttery fibrous egg topping was perfectly done and we sure enjoyed this dish very much.
I tried the steamed meat pao (RM2.00)…and it was quite good – I like paos with egg in it
Fried carrot cake. I would say it was very nice and I did not see him adding any msg which is a bonus point in their favour. I sure would not mind going back for it again.
I ordered that rojak (RM6.00)…to give it a try. It was nice but the crispy thing in it…was kind of hard so we just left most of it behind
I decided to go for her own-made fish ball soup (RM6.00)…with tang hoon (glass noodles)…with tang hoon…instead. Yes, I was glad I did as the clear and refreshing soup was so very nice with just a very light hint of the fragrance of vinegar. I enjoyed it and sure wouldn’t mind going for it again next time…and yes, I loved that poached egg with the runny yolk!
The stewed pork…was nice but not as nice as how my missus cooks hers – hers is not so diluted, the sauce is a bit more concentrated and sticky and has a stronger garlic and whatever taste. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it very much and considering that steamed bak paos are between RM2.00 to RM3.00 each, this (around RM1.60 each with 3 mantaos) can be considered really cheap…and especially with all that meat! I shall go back for the one with the stewed pork with mui choy (preserved vegetables) soon.
In the end, I ordered the char kway teow (RM4.00)…from the nice young boy there and yes, it was very nice even though it did not have a lot of ingredients in it and it had that lovely wok hei fragrance.
I went and asked for the sotong kangkong (RM6.00)…and it turned out to be really good.
My girl loved the steamed fish…
Their mee goreng (fried noodles)…Anyway, at best, I would say it was all right, nothing to shout about…and I sure would think twice about going for it again.
I sure enjoyed the fried kway teow (RM5.00)…that had some tiny prawns and squid in it.
Bateras Food Court Sarawak laksa I remember I did enjoy it somewhat the last time I had it a long long time ago and yes, I thought it was o.k. too this time around, not the best in town and definitely not the worst and no, I wouldn’t say that I would go out of my way to come all the way here for this.
My missus ordered the braised pork fried kway teow (RM6.00) from the chu char (cook & fry) place at the back (to the right of the food court) and even though the bits of meat were barely visible…it was very nice and had that lovely wok hei fragrance…and she enjoyed it very much. I did try a bit and yes, I would say that I did agree with her on this.
