Posted on 24 July 2007 @ 13:20 in Food
I’d first heard about IKEA breakfasts from the old grey poet’s site, but didn’t find anything similar at our local IKEA. The closest was the RM2.99 breakfast I had with Eliza a while back on a Sunday, comprising sausages, baked beans and humongous buns called pillow buns (so humongous a lot of the customers couldn’t finish their portion and there was a lot of wasted buns, which prompted Eliza and I to wonder why IKEA didn’t offer smaller ones, but I digress).
When Anne and family showed up from Toronto, we arranged to meet up for breakfast at IKEA, and that was when I discovered the IKEA 99 sen breakfast. The day we ate there (a Wednesday), the breakfast offerings were fried soohoon and french toast with jam. The next time I went, on my own and on a Monday morning, there was nasi lemak and cereal with milk. This morning, I was there again and ordered both items available today:
Meehoon goreng and set of three mini dumplings (red bean, pandan and custard fillings). Coffee or tea is free before 10:00 a.m. 99 sen per item, RM1.04 after tax. Including parking – total of RM3.08.
I try to sit at the same place each time, near the entrance, to watch the people coming in. They’re mostly elderly Chinese, retired, but there are also younger, athletic-looking ones, in Ts and shorts and sneakers, looking like they’ve just come from their morning walks or jogs. There are also other young ones all dressed up ready for work but there for breakfast and maybe a business meeting, too. Me? Not too elderly, not retired (yet), and definitely not younger athletic-looking or all dressed up ready for work! Altho I did find myself thinking the IKEA cafe would actually make a good place for meetings. The only thing missing is free wifi.
And yes, I’ve made it a personal eating mission to check out the weekday breakfast menus at IKEA, altho not on consecutive days, but one day a week. Let’s see I’ve done Wednesday with Anne and family, and Monday and Tuesday on my own. Next week, I’ll know if they serve the same breakfasts according to the day of the week. Yah, it’s kind of complicated … but at least it gets me out of the apartment early in the day … like I said, it’s complicated.
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Posted on 3 April 2007 @ 22:25 in Being Silly, Food
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Posted on 25 February 2007 @ 03:41 in Food, Writing
Sharon the bookaholic says I write about food and that reading my writing always makes her hungry.
I found myself wondering when did she ever read anything that I wrote that was about food. And then I remembered. About two years back, I had submitted a sample of my writing for feedback at one of her writing get-togethers.
This is what I submitted – The Last Supper.
It’s the original draft which I later expanded to meet the word count requirement for submission. I still like the original better, and yes, the submission was not selected for publication.
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Posted on 22 February 2007 @ 09:32 in Being Silly, Food
Maybe I was very hungry, or maybe I just spoke too fast that my breakfast order this morning came out as roti telur halia. I only realised the mistake after I said it, and hurriedly corrected myself, but not before the shop assistant heard and gave out a loug guffaw. I’ve never heard him laugh so loud before. Come to think of it, I’ve never heard him laugh before. Or even smile.
In any case, roti telur halia wasn’t entirely wrong as it comprised the two items in my order – roti telur bawang and teh halia.
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Posted on 28 January 2007 @ 14:15 in Food
So I went back to the shop for lunch the day after the previous entry. First thing I did before entering the shop was to take a picture of the signboard:
If I’d only paid attention previously, I would’ve read the English name of the shop. Well, my excuse is I’ve only seen the shop while driving past on my way home in the evenings. And walking into the shop the first time last Sunday, my mind was on food so I didn’t pay attention to the signboard.
Today, I ordered the dark soy sauce version. And when the bowl of noodles was served, I realised what I’d so quickly forgotten – in addition to the sauce and minced meat, the noodles are also served with char siew (barbecued pork) and meat balls. How could I have forgotten, it’s only been a week since I last ate at “Face to Face” ? The answer is simple – the main ingredients overshadowed the secondary ones.
Last week, I’d ordered a bowl of wantan soup to go with the noodles but they had sold out of those, so I settled for suikau (larger variation of wantan). Today, I tried for the wantans again and they were available. For the same price, it’s 10 wantans or 5 suikaus. Even tho content wise, they are about the same – 1 suikau = 2 wantans – I found the 5 suikaus just nice, whereas the 10 wantans were enough for two people.
I like “Face to Face” . I’ll be back to try the other noodle dishes on the menu.
If you’re in Malaysia, and live in the PJ area, particularly around the booming Tesco – IKEA/Ikano – Curve area, “Face to Face” is just a little further up the road, in Damansara Perdana, same row as 7-Eleven.
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