Best Fish Head Curry...Makan Makan in Alor Star

Good food is often found in all kinds of places. Well, to many Alor Starians, this is one place to go for a good fish head curry experience. These are flats located off Jln Langgar. It's not the nicest flats around and surroundings aren't exactly well kept but they're home to a few hundred people. The flats themselves are rather cramped. Not too long ago, Hannah Yeoh highlighted the plight of the Angsana Flats dwellers. Well, the conditions here aren't that great either. You can read more about the flats below here. Anyway, one of the restaurants operating under these flats serves really good fish head curry.
On some Fridays we go out for dinner with the Lohs....minus the 2 boys since they have youth fellowship meeting. Last Friday, we decided to have a go at the famous fish head curry here. It was almost 8.00 p.m. when we arrived.
And the place was already quite full. People were tucking in their dinner. Usually it'd be quite difficult to get a table but we were quite lucky this time. There were 2 tables still empty. We sat there for a while until another table near the fan became available. The latter was a more comfortable spot.
Service is very prompt. The proprietor was very nice even though her hands (and ears) were full. You can actually call in your order before you go. So the first question she asked us was whether we had called in, which we did not. She was constantly answering her mobile as we tried to order our food. But that did not mean poor service from her. She was helpful all with our orders. We've been there quite a few times. If you order too much, she will try to cut down for you. No wastage! Very good of her to do that. Within a short time, our orders arrived...we had cuttle fish fried with ginger, deep fried squid, egg omelette, a green vegetable dish and
of course the fish head curry. The fish head curry is actually a meal by itself. Apart from the fish head (we ordered a medium sized one), there is a generous helping of okra and cucumber in it. And instead of using coconut milk, they use evaporated milk. So it is actually not that 'rich'.
Dinner here is always good. The cook is consistent with his cooking, the service is quite prompt and friendly. For all that, the meal for 7 of us came up to RM73++, drinks included. It's a rather fair price, I would say.

That night, there was this forlorn looking baby bird caught by the owner's daughter. Poor fella was 'caged' up in this basket!