Lot Seven's Revival & Makan at Swan Swan

Have not gone to Lot Seven for makan in a long while. A couple of years ago, it was one of the more popular places to go for hawker fare in Alor Setar. But in recent years, it kinda lost its lustre. Eventually we also stopped going there cos many of the stalls started to move out and somehow the food just didn't seem that nice anymore. The kids and I did end up there once or twice to eat the bbq-ed 'helicopter' and other shell stuff.

On Friday, we went out with the the Lohs (minus the gals) and I noticed that the place looks brighter now. A revival of the good ol' days in the making? The adjacent new PMC building has been completed and is now awaiting the OC. Once it's operational, the place is going to be really busy and the food joints beside will most definitely get a booster from the increase in human traffic.

We had dinner at Swan Swan. The cook who used to cook there has moved next door. The former runs another food joint under his own name now - Jai Huat. Swan Swan is now run by a niece of Mol's friend. So we went on her recommendation.

Food was quite good. First time I am seeing a 2 in 1 dish; apparently an in thing now. Supposed to give the patrons value for money. This is chicken...fried spicy and with some honey sauce. I only had one small piece as I was preoccupied with another dish.

Beancurd with sauce and just fried as it is. Not too bad, this one. Even small restaurants also try to work on their presentation now. But this is definitely something quite different from a restaurant like this.

This was our main preoccupation. Black pomfret in thick curry. Quite delicious; tasty and just right. The curry was still bubbling when it was served. A generous portion of the curry on white rice was really quite mouth watering. The night was humid and each mouthful also meant us breaking into sweats! I tahpau the balance home for Son to eat with roti canai as he was at his youth meet.

Another version of seafood mix cooked in claypot. Usually can't go wrong with this dish and they didn't. It was quite good. Also one of my favourite dishes but high in cholesterol.

All the above plus another veg dish and drinks for 7 of us was less than RM60. We brought our own pomfret. I'd say it was very reasonably priced. People in KL probably would burn a hole in their pockets for a meal like this. 8) But this is small time Alor Setar... la! la! la! *skips off singing*