Say Huat / Say What?!

Char Kuay Teow, swiped from Khor Hui Min on Flickr.

Briyani recently changed his job and his new boss turned out to be quite a bitch, so SK and I asked him out for dinner one Saturday to let him blow off some steam. Brought CK along and we drove to his place in PJ. Dinner was at Restoran Say Huat. Near the place was a large square that was dotted with quite a few stalls. But he veto-ed most of them for hygiene violations. :S. So we ended up in the kopitiam instead. The whole area had a very 'new village' feel to it. As SK and I like to say, "a bit pengz". Predominantly student clientele. Definitely a plus point. We ordered CKT from Robert's CKT stall and Thai and Tomyam fried rice from the stall beside it. Just recently read a foodie entry on that CKT and boy.... was I disappointed. For me, it was below average. Sweet (as blasphemous as the Singaporean version) and lacking in wok hei. And the cockles were so small and shrivelled. The only positive was the fresh prawns. The fried rice was kinda good actually, but just that it did not live up to the name of "Thai" and "Tomyam". More Chinese than anything else. Officially I have banned Briyani's food recommendations. :P. Feeling hot in the shop, we quickly moved out to have gui lin gao at the stall outside (thanks for the treat Briyani!). So during the whole time, Briyani and SK bitched and bitched and bitched about their respective bosses. During the lulls, I would spy at the uni kids in tank tops. Halfway through, could already tell that Briyani's mind had fled back home to the business proposal he had left unfinished at home, so we bid him adieu.

P.S.: My dear Briyani... please make sure our next gathering includes the VIP guest that I wanna see!