First mamak supper meal in years@Kayu, SS2

It has been years! Since I have mamak supper (long gone college days). 

After a tiring week had passed, a massage treat in ss2 was very much needed to recuperate the exhaustion. After the massage, the tummy got disobedient and starting calling out for food.... at 11.30 pm. Oh man....

Kayu ...here we go!

As expected, the restaurant was packed with college kids in skimpy clothings, old folks in t shirts and shorts, kids in pyjamas, men in sarongs etc. What a cozy feeling!

They have upgraded the place, much cleaner with better air-conditioning and multiple big screen TVs to make your eyes go kaleidoscope!

Food was still good. The famous maggi mee goreng did not disappoint with the wok hei locked in and the roti telur was freshly made too. Having them at 12 am made me think of my college days.... ahhh...good times.

By 1230 I was done with my meal and yawning greatly. Guess my stay-up-late stamina has spiraled downhill. 

Nostalgic mamak supper moment! And I dont know when will be my next...

Fortnightly affair with the ladies@Village Park

I might be a bad influence to the ladies.. as I noticed it was always me who suggests to eat VP's nasi lemak for lunch.

During the moment of savouring the crunchy fried chicken, sweet and spicy sambal, fragrant coconut flavoured rice (we even added extra servings of lady fingers fried with onions and dried shrimps and 'kerak', the leftover fried bits of the fried chicken).... we were very, very happy people.

However the drive back after the meal was horrifying. Complaints of feeling stuffed, sleepy, fat just kept pouring out. The evil after effects of VP's nasi lemak.

It's evil but we can't help ourelves eating it over and over again.

Oh no... the craving is coming again!

WanTan lunch@Pontian Noodle House, SS2

On most lunch break days, we are always faced with the biggest question and the biggest headache.... where to go and what to eat?

Many times when reach the barricades at the office building exit, we ask each other in the car,"turn right or left?"

Today, we drove aimlessly and ended up in SS2.  After circling few rounds around SS2, we finally found an empty carpark lot and the foodies near us were...McDs (yawns) or Pelita (yawns).

Then we saw this enlarged but faded sign which says '"Pontian noodles". First thoughts that came in our minds were," where is Pontian?  Famous for wan tan noodles meh?"

Out of curiosity (and laziness) we decided to give it a try.

The restaurant was decorated with pastel colours, and cartoon graffitis on the wall. Felt like we were entering a kindergarden. How is this relevant to the concept of wantan noodles? Our doubts on the food came instantly.

Surprisingly,  the wantan noodles weren't that bad. Per bowl was RM 5.80. Although the charsiews were of low quality, the noodles and spicy sauce compensated for it. Wantans were also average.

I ordered the jelly lime juice which came in a funky cup. But I must admit, this drink sure helped cool the body down from the scorching heat outside. RM 2.80.

All in all the meals cost me less than RM 10. Hey, for the comfort of having air-conditioning and your clothes not stinking like after a meal in a kopitiam, and averagely tasty food... it is rather worth every penny!

To come back here again however...hmmmm..probably if we faced similar situations like now...

Chickylicious meal@Ayam Bakar

The 'ayam bakar' or grilled chicken was a halal version of charsiew pork. Nicely caramelized and chargrilled to perfection. Two thumbs up!

The fried chicken was also another halal version of fried pork knuckles. I believe they have a really large and deep pot of hot frying oil to have fried the drumstick so evenly: crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. Ooohlala!

The fried squid slices however was rather disappointing. When served, they were already kinda cold. As if fried in a big batch much earlier on and placed on one side. I guess the tip is not to order another genre of food eg seafood when the restaurant says 'Chicken'.

The final dish, desserts! This I gotta say was really interesting. My first time having banana fritters coated with melted cheese inside and sprinkled cheese toppings. Though I found it rather strange to have fritters for dinner, but for testing new food's sake..oh well!

It was pretty yummy as they used really good sweet nicely ripened bananas. And yeah, it actually went rather well with the savoury cheese taste. Who would have known?

But.. oh my. One fritter was enough. Sinfulness score hits the roof.

Id definitely come back here again!

Famous laksa@Kopitiam next to KPJ Kuching Hospital

My ex-colleague's mama runs this kopitiam where the town's famous laksa stall is located at.

I wanted to go say Hi to her mama but that particular morning, she wasn't at the drinks counter.

Almost 80% of patrons were seen eating the laksa. WHOAH. Ani hojiak?

The higher the price you pay, the larger your prawns become.

I ordered the smallest bowl, RM 5.50.

The noodles are slightly different from the conventional beehoon. Somewhat thicker and harder.

The soup was power-packed with prawny taste and rather viscous too. Seemed like the effect of boiling the soup with good quality ingredients over a long period.

Thumbs up to this laksa I must say, but I feel Penang's laksa (the one located behind Royal hotel) puts up a pretty good fight to this one, but that stall owner is always unpleasant...

Downside of having this early in the morning..... killer prawn breath whole day long. *burps*

Early morning breakfast@Tony Fernandez's red wings

Jet setter week.

A day's work in Penang.

Now off to Kuching for another 3 days' work.

7 am flights really stones you out.

Lucky for some breakfast meals to keep the momentum going on.

Fried rice with chicken satay combo, rm12. I was rather disappointed with it as I recalled having it once on my flight to Seoul and boy oh boy it was yummylicious.

But this one proved its QC might need a little improvement. You can tell from the colour of the food that it is a let down.

My health conscious friend on the other hand chose the angmoh breakfast, cold cut chicken sandwich, which was surprisingly quite good. They were not stingy with the chicken fillings, BIG PHEW. The bread was a little dry but not a big matter.

Looking forward for a fruitful working trip and foodieventure too!