A & W and yesteryears...

This was last weekend ...

Headed for Penang. Pleasantly surprised that the third lane is opened... 2 weeks ago, it was still 2 lanes. But the joy was short lived as the bridge became 2 lanes a short while later and traffic became congested again. Would the expanded bridge be able to handle the ballooning traffic? I doubt it. As long as fuel is cheap and our public transport, its dismal self, traffic will be a snarl on the bridge; as was the situation on our way back later in the day.

Was at Gurney Plaza; the adjacent building is now operational, new shops have opened and some old ones like Switch, relocated to the new wing. However, it was A & W that caught our eye... not sure whether there was one before but never came across one in our so many forays there. Naturally, we were a little excited as we've not been into one for a while.

It's been so long since my last bite of anything A & W. Alor Setar used to have one... along Jln Kota but it closed down not too long after we moved here. So in we went... Daughter is always game for anything fast food!

It's tag line "More Than The Usual" is still there, though the food is not more than usual... but somehow the food didn't taste as good as before. The root beer has also lost its wow-ness! Other Half and I used to frequent the A & W joint in PJ State; those good ol' uni days for the onion rings and root beer... and their waffles with ice cream. What to do? We were kampung kids out on the loose in the city. So food like this tended to get to us somewhat. LOL! But the onion rings that we had last weekend was hard... a rather uncomfortable experience for the gums. But Lil Gal said it was nice. So, it's either our taste buds have changed (yup! we've grown older) or the food really was not as good! But the root beer was still alright! Can't go wrong with carbonated drinks where taste is concerned. 8)

Anyway, we stopped for dinner at this place in SP on our way home. Been a long while since we stopped by here. This place is in Tmn Sejati, right after the SP Southern Toll Exit. We remember the food being quite good. But this time, it was so-so except for this dish which was not too bad..

A concoction of sea stuff... fish maw, sea asparagus, squids, prawns and peas... cooked in claypot. The fish maw was firm but soft enough to hold the gravy. This trip punya makan-makan really tak berapa jadi.