Since I'm left alone to fend for myself til Raya, I decided to venture out for iftar yesterday. There's no point in cooking a meal for one... Buang karan aje..
After checking with my ever reliable "KT Directory" a.k.a the newly appointed (by me) town mayor, we found out that even to berbuka puasa at the fast food joint pun have to be there as early as 5 p.m. If not, there will be no guarantee that you'll get any seats at all. So that option was scratched out from my list. What's the point of going there at 5 and melanguk for the next 2 hours kan...
He then suggested a local bistro by the Batu Buruk beach called Tropix. According to him and another colleague, the place is very hip laa amongst the KT ppl nieh. So, my colleague and I decided to check it out laa kan. When we arrived, we saw that they have laid out a buffet spread for RM22/pax. I thought it was kind of expensive lar for the amount and type of dishes that they were serving. When asked if we can order ala carte, they said that ala carte is only served after the Maghrib prayer. So dengan hampa nya we made our way back to the car.
After driving out the lane, we saw the well-praised Restoran Nil and thought that we should actually check it out. Parked the car, crossed the street and was smiling when we saw that there were actually one last empty table that was not already filled with delicious food and drinks. Mind you, the restaurant was actually empty when we got there, just that all the tables aje yang penuh with foods. I guess all the KT people suma call and book ahead laa kut kan.. We all aje yang dungu main redah aje all the food joints. So, when asked, we were actually brushed off by the rude waiter saying that there were no more tables left. Even the empty table were reserved.
Sedey giler ok... and it was already 6.40 p.m. by then. We here berbuka at 6.55 p.m.
In the end, we decided to head to KFC. How pack can it be laa kan... The KFC in TTDI is usually dead during the iftar time.
We were really shocked when we walked through the restaurant's door. There were no more tables left!! And the queue at the counter were still long!! So, nak tanak, we queued up jugak laa kan.. Dah nak dekat berbuka, there was no time to look for other places to eat. As my colleague queued for the food, I went around with muka tebal and asked each and every table if they have 2 seats to spare. Cause according to the worker there, people usually occupy the long tables despite having only 4 people in the group - 'jual ikang' sungguh mereka ini laa.. I was welcomed with angry stares and rude remarks when I asked them, so I gave up in the end and decided to just tapau the food and eat at my place.
However, 30 secs before berbuka, and still halfway in the queue, we saw one chinese couple got up from their table and left. Alhamdulillah... memang it was our rezeki to actually berbuka there. So we managed to get the table and ate our chickens in peace.
That was the most adventurous iftar ever... Scouting for place to eat.. Battling for seats... *sigh* At this point of time, I really miss the ample eating joints in KL... Orang KT nieh suma tak masak ke ek? All the restaurants and pasar ramadhan will be packed with people every single day...
binx: i want McD...!
After checking with my ever reliable "KT Directory" a.k.a the newly appointed (by me) town mayor, we found out that even to berbuka puasa at the fast food joint pun have to be there as early as 5 p.m. If not, there will be no guarantee that you'll get any seats at all. So that option was scratched out from my list. What's the point of going there at 5 and melanguk for the next 2 hours kan...
He then suggested a local bistro by the Batu Buruk beach called Tropix. According to him and another colleague, the place is very hip laa amongst the KT ppl nieh. So, my colleague and I decided to check it out laa kan. When we arrived, we saw that they have laid out a buffet spread for RM22/pax. I thought it was kind of expensive lar for the amount and type of dishes that they were serving. When asked if we can order ala carte, they said that ala carte is only served after the Maghrib prayer. So dengan hampa nya we made our way back to the car.
After driving out the lane, we saw the well-praised Restoran Nil and thought that we should actually check it out. Parked the car, crossed the street and was smiling when we saw that there were actually one last empty table that was not already filled with delicious food and drinks. Mind you, the restaurant was actually empty when we got there, just that all the tables aje yang penuh with foods. I guess all the KT people suma call and book ahead laa kut kan.. We all aje yang dungu main redah aje all the food joints. So, when asked, we were actually brushed off by the rude waiter saying that there were no more tables left. Even the empty table were reserved.
Sedey giler ok... and it was already 6.40 p.m. by then. We here berbuka at 6.55 p.m.
In the end, we decided to head to KFC. How pack can it be laa kan... The KFC in TTDI is usually dead during the iftar time.
We were really shocked when we walked through the restaurant's door. There were no more tables left!! And the queue at the counter were still long!! So, nak tanak, we queued up jugak laa kan.. Dah nak dekat berbuka, there was no time to look for other places to eat. As my colleague queued for the food, I went around with muka tebal and asked each and every table if they have 2 seats to spare. Cause according to the worker there, people usually occupy the long tables despite having only 4 people in the group - 'jual ikang' sungguh mereka ini laa.. I was welcomed with angry stares and rude remarks when I asked them, so I gave up in the end and decided to just tapau the food and eat at my place.
However, 30 secs before berbuka, and still halfway in the queue, we saw one chinese couple got up from their table and left. Alhamdulillah... memang it was our rezeki to actually berbuka there. So we managed to get the table and ate our chickens in peace.
That was the most adventurous iftar ever... Scouting for place to eat.. Battling for seats... *sigh* At this point of time, I really miss the ample eating joints in KL... Orang KT nieh suma tak masak ke ek? All the restaurants and pasar ramadhan will be packed with people every single day...
binx: i want McD...!
3 comments:
ah, this reminds me of my student day adventures of having to queue up minutes before berbuka at the KFC in Kuantan..not fun! i feel ya hon.. i sooo wanna go buka at the McD buffet, but then nak bawak si kecik anak dara i nie leceh la pulak..thus, this year i've scrapped all berbuka eating out plans :-(
Quite a while tak makan mcD! imagine lah the succulent oily meat of Quarter Pounder or cheeseburger and not to forget the yummy melted cheese. *drools*
*suh datuk bandar buat kempen galakkan org KT masak & berbuka di rumah.
marinadelrey:
but u can still call for mcD delivery... i can't...
:(
teek:
keji sungguh kamu ini...
:p
datuk bandar bz networking.. tak sempat nak berkempeng..
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