I remember I had this mee goreng craving during my pregnancy. I would demand for mee goreng for lunch or dinner every single day for the first three months! I would say it was kind of a good thing because after that, I am cured of this crazy obsession with mee goreng.

I still love mee goreng but not to the point of ‘I must have a plate now’ on a daily basis. Still, I wouldn’t mind trying out really, really good mee goreng and the one I am going to write about is just that.

The mee goreng at a corner coffee shop in Tanjung Bungah

This stall is located at a coffee shop called Chuan Foong at the junction of Jalan Chan Siew Teong and Jalan Batu Ferringhi. You can get the exact location here. I know there’s a huge nasi lemak sign there but I didn’t see any nasi lemak stall there and anyway, it’s not what we are there for! A friend had gushed about this mee goreng hawker stall quite a lot so we decided to give it a try.

Here’s what got my friend so excited about:

Mee goreng

Now, being a mee goreng junkie (well, er, a former junkie at that..I’ve reformed..really..sort of…), I am quite sceptical with any recommendations of mee goreng stalls. I find most quite bland and even the famous Bangkok Lane mee goreng does not suitably impress me. It is still pretty good but not as good as it used to be.

So, let’s get back to this hawker stall in Tanjung Bungah. It is relatively unknown but it sure do has quite a steady stream of customers, mostly those staying nearby. It is open from 2pm until 7pm but on the day we went, it is sold out by 5pm.

Get to the review already..

Okay, okay. My finaly verdict is that I love it! Before I go on, the type of mee goreng I like must be spicy, with just the right amount of sauce and fried to perfection, as in not too ‘wet’ or too dry. Of course, it must be delicious and makes me want to go for seconds.

Well, this stall met my expectations and I almost ordered seconds but I didn’t because I just had lunch at 2pm and a heavy tea break at 3pm is a bit too much. Anyway, the mee goreng style is different from the Bangkok Lane stall’s style. It does not have so much of the red coloured sauce (I don’t know what to call it as we always called it ‘kuah’ only). If you like mee goreng, this is a great stall to try out especially if you are in the area.

Rating: 8/10

Price: $$(RM3.80 per plate)

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Kafe Tanjung Bungah along Jalan Lembah Permai

Now, in this coffee shop, there are quite a few hawker stalls there but my focus is mostly on the chicken rice stall since it’s what we ate there (and it is highly recommended by The Food Critic which is really something). So, let’s take a look at the chicken rice:

The chicken rice stall

They have roast chicken and steamed chicken. Best of all, they also have braised chicken claws – my favourite!

This is a plate of chicken for three people

Here's a closer look at the chicken

We ordered a mix of the steamed chicken and roast chicken and the plate for three has quite a lot of chicken. I am pretty surprised by how good the chicken is. Not that I don’t trust The Food Critic’s recommendations, after all, he is the one responsible for bringing me to a lot of places to try the food and review them for this blog. Back to the chicken, both the roast and the steamed chicken are tender as ever, this is despite the fact that we ordered chicken breast meat. I am so used to eating stringy, tough chicken breast meat at some chicken rice stalls, I was really pleasantly surprised that this stall has the most tender chicken breast meat ever.

Also, the fragrant chicken rice that goes with it is also absolutely amazing. Yes, it is a tad oily but then, so are most chicken rice! The rice and the chicken are the best team up ever.

The braised chicken claws - what Mr Picky would call 'dinosaurs'

I know there are quite a lot of people who are very squemish when it comes to chicken claws and that includes The Food Critic BUT he will gladly order these for me and Mr Picky. I don’t know when or why I started eating these scary looking chicken part but somehow I like it. Mr Picky, being the normal little boy fascinated with dinosaurs, thought these are dinosaur feet so naturally he wants to try when he first saw me eating them. Now, he will demand to eat the ‘dinosaur’ whenever he sees them! Of course, we’d remove the bony toes first before giving it to him to nibble. Now, although the chicken is very good, all I can say about the chicken claws were: it could have been better. It was fried first before being braised so the flavours are a bit bland and the texture, much too soft and overcooked to my liking.

My verdict: If you are looking for tender roast or steamed chicken in that area, then this is the stall for you. It is pretty good and I’d recommend all you chicken rice lovers out there to give it a try someday.

Rating: 8/10

Price: $ (at around RM3 per person)

Here is the map to the coffee shop. Errr…it is not the EXACT location though as I can’t really remember but I know it is along the same row.

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So, in this post, instead of writing a review, I’d like to make it into a photo post of the Sungai Dua Night Market which is on every Saturday night. Here are the reasons why we simply love going to pasar malam.

The Sungai Dua pasar malam along both sides of the road

Deep fried food

Fish

Chicken rice

Corn

Food on sticks - Lok Lok

Sweets

The making of Long So Tong - Dragon Hair Sweets

The making of Long So Tong - Dragon Hair Sweets

Long So Tong - Dragon Hair Sweets

Long So Tong - Dragon Hair Sweets

Nuts and snacks

Mixed nuts

sweets

Pickled nutmeg and fruits

Pickled and dried junk food

Noodle soup

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Now, I suddenly have a stockpile of blog posts which I have not written and posted. I have recipes of desserts and main dishes and reviews of food places and restaurants and the roadside coffee shop. AND I’ve been tagged and meme’d.

What am I going to do?

Even if I were to blog daily here (which I tried to but did not have the time to do it consistently), I couldn’t possibly fit it all in and sometimes, I’d even forget all about a place I reviewed until I chance upon the pictures while clearing my desktop folders!

Why can’t I just get to the cheap and good yam rice already?

Heheh…alright. I just want to let my blog readers know that I do have plenty of posts coming up, just that I don’t have the time to post it all at once. Slow and steady wins the race.

Now, here’s my review of a yam rice stall in the middle of George Town. Quite a while back, I did a review of yam rice in Bukit Mertajam and how good it is. The yam rice there is really quite good. And now, I am searching for something as good here on the island and found this stall.

Special Flavour Yam Rice along Lebuh McNair

About a few years ago (actually, more like a decade, heheh) we ate at this exact same coffee shop and I was greatly impressed with the food offered. It was also yam rice with side dishes but theirs were with a difference and the tastes and flavours of it stayed with me till now.

However, since we seldom go to the middle of town for lunch (traffic is horrendous!) we had completely forgotten about the place until recently. We went back there and found that it is no longer the same person! The previous stall owner has left and now a new one (well, it’s been there several years so, it’s only new to us) have taken over.  Since we already parked at a perfect spot and walked to the place, might as well give it a try.

Here are some of the selection of side dishes they offer to go with the yam rice

It didn’t look all that inviting and I was really craving the old yam rice stall’s food so my photography suffered…Here are some of the food we ordered…

The 'Tau Eu Bak' or Soya Sauce Pork with Beancurd

Okay, so I was pretty impressed by their braised soya sauce pork. This simple common dish is the best way to determine how good their food is. If they can’t make this simple dish taste good, then all is lost. Well, they passed  with flying colours. The pork were tender and the sauce, thick and sweetish without being too oily.

The yam rice

Since this is a special flavour yam rice stall, of course we have to order the yam rice. They do have plain white rice too but we didn’t order that. Though their yam rice is not exactly GREAT, it is not bad at all. Quite good compared to a lot of other places in town.

The chili-stuffed fish

I don’t really know what it’s officially called in English but I know in Hokkien, it is often called ‘loomba hu’ or something like that. Or could it be ‘rempah hu’? Hmmm… whatever it is called, it the one of the few spicy fish dish that I simply love to bits. Theirs are pretty okay, I finished the fish so that should mean something…

The boiled egg in soya sauce

This is Mr Picky’s special favourite dish. Since he won’t eat the fish and finds the pork too ‘chewy’, egg is the best option for him to go with his rice.

Then, there's the soup

Did I mention we are a bunch of ‘soup people’? As much as possible, whenever having rice, we will order a big bowl of soup to go with it. It is like tradition but for Mr Picky, it is a MUST especially if we are having rice. This soup, called ‘bak kee’ is medioacre at best. Really nothing to shout about. However, we noticed other tables ordering a different type of soup which seemed popular. Shucks. Must have ordered the wrong thing!

And the overall of what we ate

All in all, the meal was pretty good and filling. It may not be gourmet or the greatest ever but it passed muster and is a great place for some quick, cheap lunch. Besides, I learnt that this stall is pretty famous when it used to be along ‘gor teow lor’ (5th road) or to be exact, Macallum Street, and now in this new location they are still getting quite a lot of regulars.

They are open daily between 6am and 3pm.  They don’t have a fixed day off. They will take the day off when they feel like it. Seriously. That’s what the stall owner told me.

Here’s the map to their place.

Rating: 6/10

Price:$$ (RM12 for the above food)

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You know I am not all that crazy about koay teow th’ng. It is more of The Food Critic’s thing than anything. Still, I was curious.

So, to satisfy my curiousity, I tried out the food there.

The Koay Teow Th'ng stall along Magazine Road

The stall itself is unassuming (except for the Chinese newspaper write-up plastered on the stall front) and handled by an auntie. Alone.

It is one of two stalls in a dinky little coffee shop along a row of dreary shophouses

This coffee shop is often ‘overlooked’ since it is tucked amongst other shophouses along one of the busiest roads in town. Still, this stall has its own regulars especially in the mornings and sometimes, even lunch time.

The lone stall owner aka chef cooking up her specialty

She only has two types of soup, clear soup or tomyam soup. The soups could go with flat rice noodles (koay teow), plain instant noodles or maggi mee, plain noodles and vermicelli (bee hoon).

Naturally, we ordered both types of soup. Mine is tomyam with instant noodles while The Food Critic goes for his all-time favourite, koay teow th’ng.

What we ordered...

I like it that she sprinkles some greens on top for garnishing

Another unique thing about her noodles is that she puts eggs in it. How strange is that? I’ve never tried koay teow th’ng or tomyam noodles soup with eggs in it!

She added some instant noodles seasoning into the soup and though the tomyam soup looks kinda pale, it is pretty tasty. It’s not as sour as I hoped but it is good enough and has an interesting flavour due to the addition of the egg and the seasoning. Fortunately, it is not too salty and I’d have to say, it tastes like homecooked noodles. You know, the ones you’d make in the middle of the night where you only need to heat up some water, dump the contants of the instant noodles in and within 2 minutes, you get a bowl of noodles! Of course, hers is much better since she did add some extra ingredients to it.

Now, on to the Koay Teow Th'ng

Just like the tomyam noodles, the koay teow th’ng also has the addition of some instant noodles seasoning. So, instead of your usual koay teow th’ng taste of clear, sometimes oily, soup, you get one with additional flavours and yes, the egg do add a touch of difference to it.

Here's a closer look at the Koay Teow Th'ng

Although most people would consider it ‘cheating’ for her to add the seasoning to the soup, I think it is perfectly alright since the combination of the added seasoning and her own soup concoction makes great flavours and this has kept her regulars happy.

Take a look at the brown bits on top, these are deepfried lard

Like many old-style hawker food, she also sprinkles some crunchy deepfried lard on top of the noodles as part of the garnishings. I know how artery-clogging these are but I have to say, it sure do contribute to the flavour of the soup.

My verdict: If you are looking for something fantastic, you can forget this stall but if you wanna try out a different type of koay teow th’ng or tomyam noodles soup, then you should try this stall.

She has an ingredient that you will either love to bits or hate. It really depends on your taste and whether you like the added instant noodles seasoning (which may contain loads of MSG). It’s not exactly healthy but hey, most of our hawker foods aren’t all that healthy! As for me, I may think of this stall if I have a sudden craving for koay teow th’ng with egg in it or a simple bowl of tomyam without all the jazz.

Yep, this stall offers simple bowls of soupy noodles and though it is not lip-smacking fantastic, it is still much better than some other places I’ve tried before. Do note that the portion is really small, two mouthfuls and then some and that’s it.But then I’d say it is value for money since it is RM2.80 per bowl. This is for a stall smack in the middle of town where prices of normal hawker foods could go from RM3.50 and higher.

The coffee shop is only open for breakfast and lunch during weekdays. It is closed on weekends.

Rating: 7/10

Price:$

Here’s the map to the coffee shop (along Magazine Road):

Location map

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I’ll let the pictures tell the story…

The thirst quenchers you can find at the Little Penang Street Market

Some of the foods you can find there

The curry sausage and cakes stall by Edelweiss Restaurant

The local laksa stall

Tarts...

Wholemeal bread

The chocolate cake I couldn't resist buying

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I like it that the cakes were wrapped in brown paper bag and then placed in this recycled paper bag which this stall owner had obviously bought from another stall selling handicrafts made by the disabled.

Just look at that crumbly jam pie

Yummy...it's crumbly, buttery and combined with the sticky sweetness of the jam..ahhh... perfection!

The chocolate cake is a cross between a rich moist chocolate cake and a chocolate sponge so it is light, fluffy and yet has a moistness and richness to it that no chocolate spongecake has.

And that concludes a photo tour of the food you can find at the Little Penang Street Market. Do make a point to pay it a visit the next time around. It’s being held on the last Sunday of each month.

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Street hawker food at Kimberley Street

The one main stall we head for is this one…

The Koay Teow Th'ng / Noodles Soup stall with extras

Unlike other koay teow th’ng / beehoon th’ng (noodles / vermicelli soup) stalls, this one has side dishes to go with the noodles soup.

We ordered three things from this stall

We ordered the beehoon (vermicelli) soup, soy sauce chicken and braised chicken legs (or is it claws?).

The vermicelli / beehoon soup with pork liver and fish balls

Now, the vermicelli / beehoon soup is pretty normal. It is not exactly exceptional. A good thing is that the soup is clear and non-oily, a departure from the normally oily Koay Teow Th’ng. However, the soup base used wasn’t very good. Obviously they didn’t take the time to boil chicken carcass to create the chicken stock for the soup. Fortunately, not as much MSG was used too, as is common in most hawker stalls nowadays.

This is the specialty of this stall, soy sauce chicken

Here's another angle of the chicken

If you think the chicken looks good, well, it tastes as good as it looks! It is obviously well marinated in several sauces to give it its nice, tasty flavour. The chicken is tender and yes, it’s flesh has this combination of savoury sweetness and saltiness that makes you go..yumm, I want more! My guess is that it was seasoned in soy sauce, dark soy sauce, some five spice, sesame oil, sugar, salt and possibly chicken stock.

Chicken legs or claws, I still like it!

I have this weakness for braised chicken claws and when I saw that they have this dish, I simply must try it out. It is also my son’s favourite simply because he thought these are ‘dinosaurs’. You know, there’s this local believe that if you eat too much chicken claws, your handwriting will be worse than a doctor’s. Of course, there’s no truth in it. I am not a doctor and I type perfectly well and in this century, I don’t write using a pen as much anyway.

Oh, yeah, back to the chicken claws. It is cooked in a sorta different sauce compared to the chicken meat and since it is braised, it has this thick, sweetish flavour to it (probably the dark soy sauce) and the claws were cooked to a consistency that is just nice. I hate it when some hawker overcooked their chicken claws, ending up with fleshless claws or falling-apart claws.

Next, we ordered a plate of the essential, Penang’s iconic food, Char Koay Teow (fried flat rice noodles).

Char Koay Teow

Just look at how he's frying it with full concentration

And this is what was served…

Char Koay Teow with extra mantis prawns

I ordered it with extra mantis prawn (and it costs me RM5.40 per plate!) and despite it looking so good, it wasn’t all that great really. If you are in search of THE Char Koay Teow that epitomises Penang’s signature food, this is definitely not the stall. I wouldn’t say it is all that bad but it just doesn’t do it for me. I find it quite bland except that he dumped quite a lot of chili in it, so it is spicy. No other special flavours or taste to it. The mantis prawn was deep fried and then added to it, like an afterthought. The mantis prawn was soggy and mushy. However, if you are simply craving for char koay teow, I guess this could pass just to satisfy your hunger. Don’t expect more than that. One thing though, it sure is photogenic!

Here's a closer look at the Char Koay Teow

As for dessert, we ordered from this stall

The dessert stall selling tong sui

The workers even have uniforms of red T-shirt and yellow collars with their stall name emblazoned on it

I ordered the Leng Chee Kang

Leng Chee Kang

This is the sweet soup that is supposedly healthy due to its ingredients. Usually it consists of lotus seeds, dried longans, gingko nuts, sweet potatoes (cubed) and barley. These are usually boiled first. The soup is made of syrup mostly and it is the ingredients that made it ‘healthy’ since gingko is known to boost memory, barley is good to reduce body heat and lotus seeds are supposed to aid in concentration.

Anyway, the Leng Chee Kang aren’t all that good either, eventhough it is supposed to be just sweet with the ingredients dumped into it.I guess maybe they put very little ingredietns in it and it is mostly the sweet soup that gave me a feeling that it’s not as good. I’d prefer Leng Chee Kang with more ingredients to it. No point drinking mere diluted syrup. Heck, I want to drink syrup only, I can make it on my own.

Sigh. Looks like the first stall is the only good one we’ve tried along this stretch! Luckily there are at least a dozen stalls along this stretch, so, perhaps there are other better stalls down the road….maybe next time when we feel like venturing here again to dine under the open skies with cars whizzing by, we’ll try the other stalls here.

Conclusion, this is a pretty good place for some authentic Penang street hawker foods where you can dine within the heritage zone by the roadside ala Penang-style along the row of pre-war shophouses.

Here’s the map to the place.

Rating: 7/10

Price: $ (prices are pretty affordable at RM3 and above per plate)

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First, we stop at the local market…

The local market near Chaweng

There they sell quite a variety of local Thai food, most of which are grilled or deep fried.

A stall selling grilled bananas on sticks

Grilled bananas on sticks

It may seem a bit weird but it actually tasted quite good. After grilling it till it turned brown, they squash it (but did not really flatten it) and then serve it with thick coconut milk. We bought a couple of sticks to try, the bananas were grilled to perfection. It has a crispy ‘skin’ and sweet, soft, mushy fillings. I didn’t even try it with the coconut milk. It is good as it is! It’s only 10Baht per stick.

Then there is this stall…

Grilled chicken and catfish

I love catfish so naturally I could not resist this stall which sells grilled catfish at only 30Baht each. And yes, the catfish is grilled to perfection…nice crispy skin and soft, almost buttery flesh. Yummmm….Good thing that it was not over-seasoned with salt as we found that Thai food tend to be quite salty at certain places.

Ah…then we come to the Fear Factor type of fare:

Deepfried crickets and grasshoppers

Yep…these are real insects..err…real, dead, deepfried, crunchy insects. They also have:

Deepfried worms

I don’t know what type of worms these are but these are also deepfried to a crispiness. So, did I try some?

I simply can't pass up the opportunity to eat deepfried insects and worms!

Yep, I bought one scoop of crickets and one scoop each of two different types of worms. It’s only 10baht per scoop. And I polished everything. Save for my son, who’s game to try anything as long as his mummy is eating it, nobody else in our group dared try these unusual food. So, were these gross or nasty? Not at all! The crickets were merely crunchy, not much taste to it since it doesn’t have much flesh. As for the fat worms, it has a creamy, nutty flavour with a crunchy skin. Nope, it does not taste like chicken. I’d say it tastes much better. Heck, I would probably have bought more if it weren’t so salty! Yep, other than using basil leaves liberally in frying these critters, salt must have been damn cheap because it is literally covered in salt.

They have those large grasshoppers too but I don’t know why, it just looks a bit scary so I didn’t try those. Perhaps when we go to Bangkok (next year), I’d try it out. Maybe.  Now, on to other foods…

Ninja Crepes Restaurant along the Chaweng stretch

The funny thing is that this restaurant doesn’t really sell only crepes but all sorts of local and international food! So, don’t be deceived by its name. And no, they don’t serve dogmeat, that dog there is the resident professional floor cleaner and food begger. It goes around fixing its imploring, liquid brown eyes on unsuspecting patrons to get some scraps and anything that falls on the ground accidentally or intentionally, it promptly polishes off.

Okay, okay, on to the food here:

The kitchen where the 'chefs' whipped up wonders with the wok and pans

Crispy deepfried pork ribs

These are the best I’ve ever had before. The skin is so crispy and crunchy, you can even hear it crackling as you bite into it and amazingly, it is still moist inside and the flesh is still tender. A must-try! Of course, the dog enjoyed the bones from this dish so it can be said, we polished off everything on this plate with the help of the dog.

The rest of the dishes we ordered

We ordered tomyam soup, green curry and two types of stir-fried vegetables (asparagus and kailan). We also ordered the Thai dish, ‘paad thai’ (fried flat rice noodles). And the dishes are all eaten with fragrant steamed Thai white rice.

The green curry is exceedingly good too. It is creamy and with just the right amount of spices, tasted absolutely great. The reason it is green is because of the basil they put in it. As for the tomyam, order it only if you like it sour. Their tomyam is quite sour but it is also good.

Now for the paad thai, I wouldn’t say it is all that good but it is okay. Still edible and once mixed with the chili flakes, ahhh, heavenly. Spicy with the smooth, almost springy texture of the flat rice noodles.

Ninja Crepes is probably the cheapest restaurant along the whole Chaweng stretch where almost all of its restaurants charge sky-high for all types of food. Of course that is because Chaweng is the most lively, crowded and popular spot in whole of Koh Samui. Anyway, at Ninja Crepes, the dishes are priced at 50baht and above. Not bad for a restaurant along Chaweng. Other restaurants, prices start from 100baht per dish or more. Oh, by the way, it is located right opposite the Buri Rasa Resort.

We were not satisfied and wanted very local food, much like the ones in the local market we happened to stumble upon. So, we went to Lamai, the second popular stretch in Koh Samui and found this:

Roadside hawker stalls selling local Thai food

Now, this is what we are talking about! Who goes all the way to Koh Samui, Thailand and eat boring restaurant food when they have stalls like this offering infinitely more interesting, full-of-flavour food? And that’s not all, it is cheap too! Prices are 30Baht per plate onwards! It is located very near the Lamai Night market so it is pretty easy to find.

So, there. That concludes my food tour of Koh Samui. We only went for a very short trip so we did not really have an opportunity to try out more food in different places here.

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So, imagine my delight when I discovered this corner coffee shop in Island Park…

Island Park Restaurant

It is open daily for breakfast and lunch only. They have about six to eight hawker stalls. Amongst the good ones are the Char Koay Teow (Chinese style fried rice noodles), pan mee (handmade rice flour noodles), mee goreng (Indian fried noodles), char hor fan and wan tan mee. They also have hokkien mee and chicken rice stalls.

Char Koay Teow

Where else in Penang can you find a plate of good char koay teow for only RM2.50 per plate? And the portion is not exactly one or two mouthfuls too.

The RM2.50 per plate of Char Koay Teow

It is good and we often tar-pau (pack back) this back for breakfast at home.

Mee goreng and pan mee

The Mee Goreng is RM2.80 per plate and yes, the Pan Mee is also RM2.50 per bowl. Most of the food in this coffee shop starts from RM2.50 per plate and rarely costs more than RM3.50. Of course, I wouldn’t say the food here are exceptionally good but most of it are quite, quite good, better than some of the highly expensive hawker food in popular food courts.

I guess the reason the food is so cheap is because it is right opposite a school (SMK Chung Hwa Confucian) so perhaps these are student prices…although I would think that for students, RM2.50 is still quite a lot but then nowadays, we never know.

Rating: 7/10

Price: $

Click here for directions to the coffee shop.

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A plate of chicken chop from a western food hawker stall could cost up to RM7 per plate nowadays and for what? A tiny piece of chicken with a few scrawny pieces of fries and some wilted greens. Not really worth it, I tell you.

So, when I found this little stall over in Farlim, I am glad that their western food is still reasonably priced, although by no means cheap. They still have chicken chop for RM5.50 per plate.

Sheng Yuen Coffee Shop

The western food hawker stall at Sheng Yuen Coffee Shop

Although I wouldn’t say their food is extremely delicious and great, it is not that bad either. The food is worth the price.

Chicken Maryland

We usually don’t dine in at this coffee shop even though there are ample places to sit in when this is the only stall that’s selling food in the coffee shop in the evenings. The other day, my husband was in the vicinity and bought their Chicken Maryland for me. My son, naturally, wanted the whole thing and only gave me the bun. Since it is quite a big portion for a toddler, he didn’t finish it and I get to taste some of the chicken.

It is fried to a crunchy crispiness and unlike most hawker stalls nowadays, it is still quite a big piece of boneless chicken thigh meat. There is nothing remarkable about the taste but if you want some reasonably priced no-frills western food which does not taste bad at all, then this stall is worth the try. They do have some variety and the cheesy concoctions are quite good (in my past experience).

This set costs RM6.50, which is quite okay considering the raw chicken thigh we buy at wet markets costs around RM4 (or more at certain market) nowadays.

The stall is open from lunch time till about 10pm. It’s close on Wednesday.

Rating: 6/10

Price: $$

Here’s a location map to the place.

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