Salam,
On that Saturday night, Ayah (my father) invited the two of us to have dinner with him. We had our previous dinners together with Ayah at Hill's Bukit Antarabangsa but Nana got tired of the atmosphere. So Nana requested Ayah to bring us try the Thai cuisine restaurant, Rumah Thai (Thai House) at the Platinum Victory shop lots area in Taman Melati.
Ayah agreed but unfortunately we arrived there at about 9pm plus since we could not leave after Maghrib due to my fear I might arrive home late due to my make-up job that evening. So the place was packed (actually all the eating spots as Platinum Victory was packed, almost everynight, and that night was a Saturday night, really good business the restaurant owners there have). Ayah said to wait for Thai food to be cooked would make our stomachs rumble, so Ayah decided for us to eat at Old Town White Coffee at the same row. Ayah never tried it before, but this Kopitiam (Old school coffee shop, the Malaysian way) has lots of branches almost everywhere you go. I think business is booming for them. Usually customers come to enjoy their variety of roti bakar (toast bread).
When we arrived we had to queue for awhile since this place is packed as well. We were finally seated at a very small corner, where we had to sit facing a board, so amusingly the three of us had to sit next to each other in the same row. Ayah said, "Macam duduk dalam bas. (It's like sitting in a bus.)" Ayah even commented that it's like a study table and the board is for us to tape on notes. :p
Service rating: Order is made by writing down your orders in a form on our table. Still a few of the waitresses were confused with our orders and sent us the wrong orders quite a few times although we had written our orders correctly.
Nana was having a headache already that night, felt more annoyed because she had to call out for the waiter/waitress many times. As Nana recalled “I had to shout Excuse Me! so many times until that Abang Handsome (Handsome Guy) at the table nearby us looked at me.” :p
Nana getting a worse headache due to the service
I forgot to jot down the exact prices, so the prices below were not accurate. Before that let me introduce the critics for this post beside myself:
My sister Nana, who's with me almost everywhere.
My father with a cynical sense of humour, AyahNow let's start with the food review:
Iced ‘Kopi Cham’
(Cham stands for campur means mix. This beverage is a mixture of coffee and tea)
Ayah: A confusing taste but nice.
Nana: Yummy!
Nasi Lemak Special
RM 8.90
Me: OK la, not as good as the Nasi Lemak you get at various street stalls. The fried chicken is not very tasty,not juicy and they gave me ribs instead of thigh which I asked. The sambal (chilly paste) is a little too sweet, don’t like it.
Nana: The sambal is nice but a little too sweet.
Asam Laksa
RM 6-8++
Ayah: The authentic Chinese Asam Laksa. As the ones you could get in Ipoh, Perak. Tasty!
Nana: Although it’s already night, the gravy is still very thick meaning that it’s not watered down. It is tasty, the real Chinese Asam Laksa. ( However she vomited when she reached home but it’s not due to the laksa but because she felt sick that night).
Me: Yup it’s good but I don’t quite like it personally. I like the Chinese laksa at the stall in Klang Gate (in front of Azwan Ali’s house) best.
Curry Puff Basket
RM2.90-3.90 per basket (2 pieces)
Ayah: It’s very delicious. The pastry is soft and flaky, the filling is a lot. We don’t mind to pay more for this.
Nana: The pastry is tasty, but the filling (the potatoes) is not that terasa. I mean I just feel like something is missing. But I love the fact that the filling is thickly filled in the pastry.
Me: My most favourite meal of the night. It’s very hot straight off from the frying wok, and yes I love the crispy and flaky pastry and it’s thick filling.
* We like the curry puffs so much we ordered 3 baskets that night.
Try to come to this place when it is not so packed I recommend. And yes don't forget to try the Curry Puff Basket. It's the best! =)
8 comments:
lucu la your adik.. =)
haha.. semangat sangat!
Haha dia memang lawak!
suraya anuar!amboi..meriahnya makanan kamu yang kamu makan itu..bila boleh belanja saya?hahaha
Haha ada duit lebih boleh la kot che.. Mamamia jom? :p
Hi, nice blog.. btw, xpenah try the curry puffs there.since u recommend it maybe shud give it a try.. usually I order the Mee Jawa there :)
Thank you for the compliment Z/A.. but honestly this might the blog yang paling lembab to be updated in town :p I will update past posts as well, and will be announced in the announcement box.
Yes the currypuffs sangat sedap, pejam mata je la harga tu kan memang berbaloi pun.. because these days karipap selalu tak padat isi..lohong je..ces!
Will try the Mee Jawa in the future insya Allah, thanks for the recommendation. Btw, fyi the service rating here Sue letak tak bagus sangat, because perhaps it's due to the fact it was a Saturday night, other days might be ok I guess :)
Sue, I penah pegi OldTown near my place (Kajang) yang service dia tak bagus sgt.. Then I complained kat website dia.. Cepat jugak dia respond and apologize.. Maybe u shud do it too baru derang bleh improve kan.. Old Town dekat my place tu gune ramai sgt foreign workers and yang serve i aritu boleh pulak rude :|
tp sbb I suke some of the food I still come back.. tp lepas complain tu la. hehehe
Waa..Sue suka la you zakiah.. jarang jumpa orang yang sanggup report about his rights.. selalu jumpa yang kutuk belakang depan tak nak complain.
This is because Im like you too tapi jenis cakap direct kat situ je la..cakap apa kita tak puas hati. You lagi bagus report kat website, salute.
A'ah that's the problem with Malaysian stores/restaurants these days.. Sue pergi kat Old Town White Coffee Setapak pun ya Rabbi pekerja dia ku fikir Melayu rupanya Myanmar sia2 je cakap Melayu! Kedai Mamak pun ku fikir Msian Indian, sat2 dari India Selatan nun! Yang jadi mangsa kita Malaysians pulak nak belajar bahasa dia coz selalu tak dapat pe kita mintak. Majikan ajar la diorang bahasa kita, ni apa hal pulak nak cakap English kat Mamak kan.. tak lepak langsung :p
Employers harap concern sikit tentang hal ni, you all semua memang everyday makin kaya, jadi tolongla jangan kedekut ambil pekerja local ..ni tak semua elak nak bayar EPF.
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