Makan-Makan Alor Setar: Lam Seng Restaurant

This is another place that we sometimes go for dinner, especially with friends.

We've been following the cook round Alor Setar for a couple of years, from the days when they operated in Tmn Derga Jaya, then in Lorong Merpati (known as the Red Bubble Cafe) and now here; a journey of almost 10 years. Here now is Jln Putra. There is another restaurant by the name Red Bubble Cafe along Persiaran Sultan Abdul Hamid but it's a different establishment.

This is the view from our dinner table. Across the road is SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman (STAR). Big school with nice sprawling grounds. Can't miss this restaurant cos it's just before Maybank (coming from town). Take note of the street light in the pic - rumour had it that each of these street lights cost around RM5-6K. These street lights were fixed up to replace the perfectly okay, old but not so elaborate lights some years ago. The ones who won the tender to fix them up must have made tonnes. But that was during another gahmen's time.

Food is not fancy but they are reasonable. We usually take their curry fish which is one of their signature dishes. You can also bring your own fresh stuff for them to cook. We've done it with fish, prawns, squids.....

Dinner for 4 was RM40 for 4 dishes. It would have been okay if not for the pesky flies which seemed to be attracted to the sambal asparagus.

It's also at this place that I learn to order drinks by the number. This is 932, basically a pickled lime drink. It's supposed to be quite popular, I was told.

And this was after dinner sky. Breathtaking, ain't it? But turn 180 degrees around, the sky the other side was colourless. And I count around 50k worth of street lights just from this one pic. The last vestiges of the setting sun, the sky's a reddish hue.. in its wondrous glory.... yellow, orange, red.. the last 3 colours of the rainbow.