Lunch at Restaurant Kim Fah, Inanam

Today one of my colleagues YKK who is an Assistant Resident Engineer for one of our project sites was coerced by the boss since last week into treating all office staff lunch after his engagement was confirmed by Public Works Department.

At 11a.m. YKK came to office and before he left, he passed to me his medical bill. He was having fever and went to see the doctor but the doctor did not give him medical leave.

My colleague NE and I went to the restaurant in the boss’s car. The rest of my colleagues went into two other cars. The office boy could not join us since the food is not ‘halal’.

When we arrived at the restaurant, YKK had already arrived and ordered the food (feast, as the boss called it). He brought along his Taiwanese wife to join us for lunch as well. Eventhough I was sitting next to her, I did not talk to her because my Mandarin is still not up to par for holding a decent conversation not related to work. I did not intend to make a fool out of myself.

The menu was as follows.

1. Fish Maw Soup – Can really see and taste the pieces of fish maw.

2. Crispy Skin Chicken – A lot of people do not eat the skin so I ate more of the skin than the flesh. The chicken was quite crispy but I had eaten crispier elsewhere.

3. Fish in Thai Sauce. So so only. I had one teeny weeny piece.

4. Duck in Plum Sauce. Very tasty.

5. Dry Buttered Prawns. Serving was really big but in the end we still managed to finish everything. The prawns were towards the big size range. I had five.

6. Pig Trotters. I only ate veges in this dish as I do not take pig trotters.

7. Yam Ring. Very tasty. Almost as good as Gaya Seafood Restaurant.

8. Veges. Very tasty as well.

The conversation throughout lunch was vouchers spending at 1 Borneo Hypermall. Not everyone has finished using theirs and the deadline is tomorrow except for French Connection outlet (which is still under renovation). Someone has promised the boss that the deadline for the vouchers can be extended but this same person told other people the deadline cannot be extended. So we are wondering whether this person will keep to her promise or not.

Overall the food was fantastic. I think the food in this restaurant must be quite expensive and so YKK would have to fork out a few hundred $ to treat the eleven of us.

(Chatted with CL in Yahoo Messenger for a while after bosses left at 4p.m. I am happy that you got a free trip to Bangkok. Enjoy yourself when the time comes.)