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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Best chicken chop in Town: It Roo Cafe


Walking along Jalan Dhoby looking for a quick and fast dinner the words “the best chicken chop in Town” caught our eye! Waah... to be daring enough to declare yours as the best chicken chop in town without any figures or endorsement or certificates to prove it, must be quite something,  so .. well, we stepped in to look for the best chicken chop in Town!!!
This is It Roo Cafe, funny name but catchy nonetheless!
I am very amused and now I simply have to taste it! 

It seems It Roo is its original name and looking at this picture it must have been quite an old coffee shop and the prices seem reasonable too.

He had chicken chop with 2 eggs and I had teriyaki chicken and a glass of Nescafé 
Deep fried chicken chop with 2 eggs and black pepper sauce. It also comes grilled with a choice of mushroom sauce. 
Pushing aside the eggs to show you the chicken chop which was quite huge 
My teriyaki chicken 
It was a very crowded cafe with lots of Malay diners waiting to break fast and they did not mind that  we ate first in front of them, such is the level of religious tolerance in Malaysia. 

Our bill for 2: RM41.35 ... we still had to pay 6% GST.

The verdict of the chicken chop? Well, "ok ok" taste but the portion was too big, he could not even finish it , and I too left some teriyaki  chicken even though I was very hungry to begin with! 

Monday, May 21, 2018

Lunch in Yong Peng


We were looking for lunch in Yong Peng when we chanced upon this eatery.
It says "Tai Tong Tailor” but it’s a coffee shop!! 
hmm must have been an old signboard!







It must have been  a "passed down to the next generation sho"., from tailor to noodle shop, probably, anyway the noodles looked good so we decided to eat here.
In small towns, the residential areas are right behind, Waze took us from there. 
It has an authentic kopitiam atmosphere.

Husband and wife team

He had kway teow  soup and I had Hakka Mee and we shared a bowl of soup with some Yong tau fu and ikan parang fishballs for which Yong Peng is well known for. (Not in picture) 
My Hakka mee
Price list of drinks, so cheap! I had the black coffee, tasted divine! 

More pics of the coffee shop..


Trip to the toilet - not for the faint hearted! Hahahaha !


All in all, a quaint place for a quick simple lunch (btw the bill was rm16.80) and I would recommend this place, yes! 

Eng Hin Kompia factory in Yong Peng

Actually we stumbled upon Eng Hin by chance as our car was parked right in front of it!


Look! It’s got the buns that I love to eat!


I saw this woman buying the hock  chew Mee my Yong Peng friend Tay Pik Hoon used to tell me about. 



Close up of the hock chew Mee... brings back memories of my form 6 days with Pik Hoon !

Eng Hin biscuits packed and ready for sale. Actually they are called Kompia ... Foochow food - great for breakfast or tea!



But I went next door where the ‘factory’ is and picked up theses freshly baked, hot off the oven Kompia to buy!! Only 90 sen each whether with filling or plain !

Auntie is busy kneading dough and forming the bread, some topped with sesame seeds, some plain, some with dedicated coconut filling.

Worker puts completed buns into oven. Below are more pictures showing the various processes...









So, we bought our Kompia ready for our hotel stay at the Hilton Johor Baru. 

Sunday, May 20, 2018

GE14 freebies for inked finger


Lots of freebies and offers for those who can show their inked finger, only on 9 May 2018.



















my nephew hahaha!! I first saw their advert for voting offers (show your inked finger..etc.etc) and I
thought "oh? like that also got?" but then, everybody got on the4 bandwagon!


He appeared on a newspaper online, Star online, I think.














This is the best INKED FINGER, !!! He deserves to get all the treats, don't you think???