Thai-Style Koay Chiap Stall

Thai-style koay chiap (24 June 2014)


There is a Thai-Style Koay Chiap Stall at the Jelutong Market Mat Dou Yao Dessert Shop, across from the Jelutong Market. I discovered the stall today and decided to give it a try. Although the sign says RM5.00, we were charged RM4 per bowl. The stall is within a stone's throw from the other, bigger koay chiap stall, which is at Kedai Makanan Seong Huat.

That was the stall that we usually patronize. However, having tried the Thai-style Koay Chiap, I find that it is quite good. I like the aroma of the coriander. Also, this koay chiap comes with quite big chunks of meat, so it was to me quite ho1liau33 .

The stall also sells Thai-style pork-leg rice. I look forward to trying it.

Updates

28 June, 2014: We returned to the Koay Chiap stall, this time because we want to order the Thai-style pork-leg rice. It costs just RM8.00 for two persons, and this is how it looks like.

Thai-style pork-leg (28 June 2014)


It looks good, its taste is not too bad, but it is not sufficiently ho1 liau3. I mean, a meal for two persons does not have enough ingredients to fill two persons. There is only half an egg - how do you share that, and what if I had ordered only for one person? Also, I find the pig trotters lacking in meat. Some have nothing but bones. I finished much of my rice accompanied by nothing but the soup.

I have taken Thai-style pork-leg rice before, in Penang as well as in Thailand, and my experience elsewhere was a lot better. So much for all the high expectation, but this dish was a failure and I would not be ordering it again from this stall.

After eating this, I still did not feel sufficiently full. I saw a stall in front of the coffee shop saying "Roti B.B." I thought it was roti babi, but it turned out to be some sort of fusion grilled bread. It came with a number of fillings, and in that eeny meeny miny moe moment, I made the wrong choice of choosing the bread with ... of all things, salted fish! (But then again, there probably is no right choice with this stall.)

Well, it was not just salted fish inside the bread, there's also onions. But my biggest complaint was that, despite the bread having been grilled until the outside was charred, the inside filling was icy cold. Yes, icy cold, like it just came out of the freezer after being there the whole night. My wife took a bite of it and was done with it. (She was very sensitive with food. If something didn't agree with her, she would feel unwell the rest of the day.) I hate to waste food, so I finished it as much as I can. But I tell you, this thing is so lousy it should not be sold in the first place.

Yes, I want every hawker to have an opportunity to make a living, and if I am given good food, I would definitely rave about it. But if you sell me something unpalatable, I have to describe it as it is.

Charred salted-fish-filled bread (28 June 2014)


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