was at liang seah street today with MT and his brother for dinner.. my my, how has the place change. not that i have not been to bugis for ages, however i can help but to realise the number of restaurants now which are serving "steamboat". so much so.. i begin to feel like i'm back in kl having my usual fix of steamboat with my buddy at tmn menjelara! hahaha.. i guess the only difference is the price. almost all restaurants i passed serves the famous "mala steamboat". i remember when i first get my taste buds on this delicacy.. that particular restaurant was the only restaurant that serves them. with their mainland chinese waiter, you won't miss it. now with its long queue outside them its hard to missed it even.as we were waiting for our turn, i realise that a few units away, they were selling the same thing, but only a dollar more expensive. i was telling MT that if they couldn't find us a place in another 5 mins we will walk over to the other one. the other restaurant obviously have a better ambiance... a more spacious layout with a new and clean look, an electrical cooker instead of gas and better seats. not to mention a better range of soups for only a dollar more. and yet, ppl still flock to this shabby looking shop that has table edges peeling of from its paint due to the heat from the fire, uneven chairs and dirty/ oily floors. why?? none other than the taste. it taste better.
so you see..although many places offer better environments, but if your food sucks, you won't be able to make it big. those road side stalls back in malaysia don't have air condition places, not to mention a safe and clean surroundings. chuck by the road side next to a dirty drain, ppl will still queue for the tasty hokkien mee :)
i remember once i was having ipoh horfun in petaling streets after school one day with my buddies... i actually saw rats running across the rooftop of the particular stall i'm eating at.. and god knows how many cockroaches are underneath the drain i'm sitting at! yikes!!!!anyway.. if you feel like having a try, get your butts to liang seah street. the one opposite ah chew's dessert. on weekdays its fairly okie to reach ard 7-7.30pm for dinner. but on weekends you better go earlier.....
so you see..although many places offer better environments, but if your food sucks, you won't be able to make it big. those road side stalls back in malaysia don't have air condition places, not to mention a safe and clean surroundings. chuck by the road side next to a dirty drain, ppl will still queue for the tasty hokkien mee :)
i remember once i was having ipoh horfun in petaling streets after school one day with my buddies... i actually saw rats running across the rooftop of the particular stall i'm eating at.. and god knows how many cockroaches are underneath the drain i'm sitting at! yikes!!!!anyway.. if you feel like having a try, get your butts to liang seah street. the one opposite ah chew's dessert. on weekdays its fairly okie to reach ard 7-7.30pm for dinner. but on weekends you better go earlier.....
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