Dinner at Sri Selera, Kampung Air on 20 July 2007

Jul 24, 2007, 9:55 pm

Tonight I wanted to treat Uncle Ho and Aunty Julie (since it would be their last night in KK before proceeding to Bangkok) to dinner at Equatorial Restaurant in Tanjung Aru Plaza but they don't want to go there. So we ended up going to Sri Selera, Kampung Air in SEDCO across from Asia City.

The reason Uncle Ho wanted to come to this place was because he said the stalls sell satays and grilled fish, among other things. Aunty Julie insisted she would pay.

As we passed by Suang Tain Restaurant, the captain invited us to go in that restaurant but Uncle Ho told him that their prices are too expensive (He knew cos the previous night friends invited them to that restaurant and the bill came to five times more of what he paid in Supertanker two nights before that).

We ended up seated quite near the drinks stall and the stage. Uncle Ho ordered beef, chicken and lamb satays, fried dry meehoon, kailan with oyster sauce, fried oyster omelette, grilled fish, sotong and kangkung.

The beef satays were quite tough and therefore we didn't finish and took away for mum to cut them into small pieces for fried rice the following day. The lamb satays were fantastic, the taste of the lamb really came out while the chicken satays tasted so so.

The fried dry meehoon was delicious, not too tough, not too soft, just nice and I was the one who finished every strand of noodles at the end.

The kailan with oyster sauce was quite cruncy and not overcooked. The fried oyster omelette tasted so so (I still prefer those available in KL, KK is still far behind in this dish).

The grilled fish was a complete disaster. Aunty Shirley told Uncle Ho to remember not to order that the next he comes. The fish tasted like it wasnt properly cooked plus there wasn't enough marinade.

The sotong and kangkung serving was quite small eventhough the seller said that was the large size. The sauce that came with it was sweet instead of savoury, a first time for all of us. I don't really like it. I prefer those I tasted in SDK.

Eventhough the food served here are considered from hawker stalls, but the prices are not cheap at all. I think the total for everything should come to more or less RM100.

Uncle Ho said he guessed the prices are not cheap cos entertainment is­ included where locals danced to different kinds of dances. For me, I think it is also cos it is right at the centre of the city and they want to attract tourists and therefore they charged 'tourist' prices.

Well, the previous time I was in this place was like five years ago! Maybe I will wait another five years to go back to this place!

Besides all the food mentioned, they also serve Japanese food, dumplings, and of course seafood!