Old Town Nostalgia

It was by sheer chance that I went to Old Town Kopitiam on Little Bourke Street, Chinatown.  I was catching up with my friends in Melbourne and made them wait downstairs at the QV Central food court until the Old Town Mamak was due to open.  When we headed up the escalators to Old Town Mamak, much to my dismay, I saw a sign which said that they were closed for 2 days for renovations... bad luck!  So, I decided to take them to the Little Bourke Street outlet instead.

We were early... they only open from 11.30 am and we were standing around looking fidgeting and looking desperate waiting for them to open.  I think the "boss" must have seen our hungry looks and promptly opened the door for us at 11.30am!  Yippee!! Time to head in!

Like I said, we were all very hungry by now as we didn't have breakfast... so, here was what we ordered:

Char Koay Teow - must say it tasted ok, not quite used to the thin rice noodles used.  I like how the plate is lined with banana leaf...

Claypot Rice Drop Noodle - came with a cracked raw egg on top which you have to stir to cook it through.  Definitely tasty...

Combination Noodle (Wa Tan Hor) - pretty good and close to "authentissimo"... I like the fact that there was quite a lot of gravy and served with the green pickled chillies!  Awesome!

Fried Hokkien Noodle - quite tasty too, I tasted some pork lard in most of the dishes... that must be the secret ingredient...

Nasi Lemak Seafood with Sambal Squid and Fried Chicken - this must be my favourite, more so because of the sambal squid which reminded me SO much of what I had in Kuala Lumpur.  Can't find the good taste combination here in Australia and this was as close as I could find.  Didn't get to taste the chicken as my friend's 3 year old son, ate it all together with most of the rice - he must love the nasi lemak too!  This meant that I had to order another Nasi Lemak for the rest of the adults to share, this time with curry chicken.

All of us finished the dishes and I was thinking of buying the nasi lemak sambal squid home to Sydney for dinner that night to satisfy the cravings!!

Very satisfied... I thought what we had was as close to Malaysian style food as we could get.  The serving was a tad small though ... but I guess one can't complain.  Have to go again to try out their other cooked to order dishes such as the curry fish head!