Oriental in Kuching

 Yes, Oriental Kopi is finally in Kuching. 

We went for breakfast at this eatery chain this morning. It opens at 9 am so we reached there slightly before that time and it already has few tables occupied. 

A must-order was its famous egg tart. This tart was super addictive with its creamy and buttery custard filling with crispy outer pastry puff. 

Our morning completed with its beautiful half boiled egg and well toasted double butter and kaya toast. 

Here came our main dishes. The girl went for Signature Nasi Lemak, which looked good and appetising. Such a hearty dish for breakfast but she managed to finish most of it. 

Mil and the boys opted for the same dish, which was fried chicken meat kampung mee hoon. 

Curry cheese Cheong fun was hubby's order, which was slightly spicy and sweet. 

Oriental chicken hot fun was my comfort food this morning. Mild flavoured broth accompanied the noodle. 

No one ordered its signature coffee since besides hubby, no one is a coffee drinker. Hubby didn't felt like drinking coffee this morning so he chose iced teh cincau (glass jelly iced milk tea). 

Soon the outlet was packed and long queue outside the place. Luckily we came early because within minutes we seated, hardly vacant tables left. 

After settling our bills and packed 2 sets of egg tarts, we left and went for CNY visiting. Fortunately the rain had stopped after few days of rains. 

Here wishing everyone Happy Chinese New Year. Wish you good health, happiness and prosperity in the Year of Wood Snake. Gong Xi Fa Cai. 

Open at night

Recently our coffee shop opened at night as we have fried wok stall operating. 

Er Gu literally means second aunt in Chinese. A lady in her 60s cooked all the dishes with the help of her son. Started from 5pm till around 11 pm, they enjoyed a steady business as just started last week. 

Portion was pretty one of the fried menu including fried rice. 

Their more famous order included tomato crispy noodle and Cantonese kway teow. 

Overall their wok hei was good. Fried to perfection and aromatic. 

My favourite is their fried kway teow. Yummy with generous ingredients in it. They even had pork belly as part of their ingredients. 

Hawker food

It was Christmas day. My coffee shop was opened, so busy at the shop till early afternoon. Everyone took a rest at home after that. By evening we decided to go out for dinner since weather was nice and breezy. Most places were closed that day, so in the end, we went for hawker food in Hui Sing. 

Hui Sing Hawker Centre wasn't so packed when we reached there slightly before 5pm. We found a decent table for 6 of us. Everyone went their own way to order whatever they wanted to eat.

Hubby and I went for claypot chicken rice from Stall 1. RM9 for one claypot. Yummy. 

My mil went for ABC while I opted for Metahorn drink (below). I ain't a fan of ABC due to the colouring and sweetness. 

The kids had fried bean sprout kway teow and tomato crispy noodle which I didn't took shot of. Decent taste, nothing to shout about.

But satay is a must order when one comes to Hui Sing so 50 sticks for us we're a great treat. RM60 for the pork satay. 

Luckily we reached home before the rain started to fall. That was how we spent our Christmas day. 

I would like to take this opportunity wishing everyone a Happy New Year!! See you all in 2025. 

New stalls

It is a lovely, windy Sunday evening. No cooking at home and after dropped my girl to her dinner date, we went to Pines Square to settle our dinner.

We went to this food court since it has been a while we came here. 

There were new stalls that we haven't try before, so we decided to give them a try. 

Chinese BBQ and Delicate Taiwan Teppanyaki. 

I opted for a dish from the BBQ stall. And my choice was this crispy pork with steamed chicken and fried egg curry rice. RM10 for this plate. Taste wise, it was alright. Spicy, good enough to fill up my tummy. 

Chicken chop noodle in mushroom sauce (RM11) from the Teppanyaki stall was boys' choice.  Not really a great dish. Meat rather bland, hardly marinated first hand, and the mushroom sauce didn't help at all. 

Overall, not an enjoyable dinner. Not going to order again.

Goreng2x

There is a new food stall in my coffee shop. It is replacing the previous Chinese fried wok stall. Now we have Malay fried wok stall. 

Jana Goreng-Goreng stall as it is aptly named, it offers variety of fried dishes to customers. Those who love Malay fried noodle will surely love this stall. 

Fried seafood kway teow RM9

Authentic fried noodles and rice, we are offering halal food to customers.

Pattaya fried rice RM8

Few dishes that I had tried since it started last week. Huge and tasty portion, worth the price. 

Fried noodle with fried chicken RM7

It's been a while

Sorry for being missing for over a month. Busy with business, hardly have time and energy to blog. 

Today is our off day. Anyhow, it is busier than usual. We had chores to do at shop, things to buy, so it is quite an eventful day. 

Raining in the morning so I was handful at the self-service laundry centre. As for breakfast, I promised my mil that I will bring her try Kampua in one of the coffee shops here. It has been quite sometime since my last visit to Everwin Kopitiam. 

Hubby tasted its kampua before. However a man used to handle the stall then. Now is an elderly lady. Change of hand I heard. 

Quite a selection on the menu and I ended up with Mihun special. Noodle soup with pork skin, meat balls, fish balls and liver. RM10 for this bowl. Quite nice to take on a cold raining morning. 

My mil got her Kampua (RM5). It was decent according to her but still can't beat Sibu taste. Lol. 

Our drinks to go with the noodle. 

The pork leg rice

 It was one rare evening when hubby and I went to the old part of the town for food. We drove passed Padungan street and saw this corner shop that still open. 

Lucky star was on our side as we managed to find a vacant parking right next to it. So we hopped out and checked out this pork leg rice stall. Ah Kui Pork Leg Rice is the name of the stall. 

Our first time tasting the pork leg rice so we weren't sure how it was. But we made the right decision to have early dinner here. They were good!!

Very old school taste, authentic pork leg rice that you enjoyed during your childhood time. That how I felt. 

A platter of assorted meat and innards with braised egg. Accompanied by braised sauce and curry. It has been a while since I tasted a nice pork leg rice and this definitely is in my list.