Congee @ New Secret Restaurant...

Been taking a break from blogging... couple of reasons. Too many things on my hands! ... in a happy way. People to entertain, places to go, games to play (and teach my gal) meet-ups, makan and more of it to come in the ensuing days. 8) And I've also been 'lazy' cos there are so many books I want to read and am reading. Right now in the midst of another really interesting book. Mind is stuffed with stuff to write but with so many books... it has to go on the afterburner first cos once school starts, might not have this luxury then. 8(

Anyway, thought I'd do another food post since tis the season for tucking in...

Discovered this place and we found the food a rather different experience. And what a name.. New Secret Restaurant. Anyway, we were on our way home from another Sitiawan trip. Only instead of stopping by Autocity, we decided to head for SP instead. This place is adjacent to the Village Mall near Tesco (the one nearer to the SP Northern Toll), same row as Chennai Curry House (was there again recently). Incidentally, I just found out that SP has 2 Tesco(s) on one road!

Anyway, we sat down and a waitress promptly served us... the only problem was she was speaking so fast in Mandarin that we only caught a bit here and there. And Son despite being Chinese educated didn't help very much either. Anyway, in between some phrases here and there which I understood (and didn't understand) we just hentam-ed and ordered, boiled vegetable in some sauce and garlic oil with meat floss sprinkled on top being the first dish.

Then we discovered that the pots that everyone in the shop seemed to be digging into contained plain but tasty congee... I guess congee would be the proper term to describe since the content was rice gruel. But surprisingly this gooey gruel was not too bad. It tasted like it was boiled in some stock... probably chicken. In the cold north westerly wind that blows at this time of the year, I'd say the broth gave a rather warming effect to our bodies, kinda comforting, if I may add. I am going to bring my parents to this place at the very first opportunity.

Apart from the vegetables, we ordered this claypot chicken... we ordered 2 versions actually, one cooked in wine and the other in dried chillies. The sauces of both complimented the congee very well. We ordered chicken cos the rest weren't too game for 'spring chicken' (read that as bull frog legs) and eel. I think they might have tasted quite nice.

Incidentally, saw this really interesting pagar (fence and gate) when I was back home. Money gate and money fence... kinda reminds me of the bunga emas and the pohon pitis trees. LOL! And who lives here? I supposed moneyed people!

Update 24/12/2009:
There seems to be a branch of the same restaurant in Alor Setar, same signboard with same Chinese words but different Romanized words. It's located next to Xantana, opposite the Grand Crystal Hotel, near the Keat Hwa (H) primary school.