When A Carnivore Goes To Teo Chew Lor

Friday and yesterday I was on a 23:1 fasting schedule. Meaning fast for 23 hours with one hour eating window.

Fasting 23:1 is pretty much OMAD (one meal a day) and I had no trouble going without food for 23 hours. And guess what? I had another meet up with TM.

Those of you who follow TM's blog would know that he is an agent for a bereavement service provider. And if you have been following my blog you would be aware that I was looking into bereavement services as a preparation for the inevitable. That was the reason for our meet up.

On Saturday we met up again for me to pick up documentation for my records. Our meeting point was the food court at The Starling. Where else right? hah..hah...

I waited for him here.

He waited for me there.

So I made my way to where he was seated. TM was aware that I was fasting and after passing the file records to me, he went to get his lunch and belanja me one kopi o ais kosong.

Unfortunately for TM, Pho Real was closed and he had no choice but to get a curry mee from Triple Happiness. Before I knew it, two hours had passed. As usual, TM had lots of stories to tell me and time flew by so quickly! 

Not only that, he was so thoughtful to bring a gift for my parents.

My partner and I delivered the gift to my parents that evening (it was raining cats and dogs!) and my mummy was delighted. Thank you, TM!

After we said our goodbyes, I went back to the office to continue with what I had to do. Near 5:00pm, I had to go break my fast. So I took up Kris' suggestion which she left me in a comment.

I have not been to Teow Chew Lor in a long time. The food was not appealing to me but as Kris pointed out, they serve braised meats and that would be right up my alley.

When I opened the menu, there is was, all the braised meat dishes. 

So I wrote the code for the Combo Platter on the order chit. The server made a u-turn and returned to advise me that my order is "ho tai" (very big). I assured her that it was OK because I brought along a container and if there were leftovers, I would take them home. 

That up there is my, how to say, ruse, which I utilize to assure the restaurant staff that they should not worry about the portion size of my order. At RM36.00, I can tell that the Combo Platter cannot be that big.

I also ordered an iced tea just in case I tercekik while eating dinner.

There you go. It's not big at all (by my standards) and is manageable. 

I cannot understand why they can't serve one whole egg. Instead of setting aside one half of the egg for another customer, just serve both halves, kautim. I might have received another order's half.

So how was it? I am sorry to say that the dish was bland. I remember it was stronger tasting. The broth was very watered down. But all the meat and stomach/intestines tasted all right, they were fresh.

There were condiments provided on every table and the chili dip made the dish taste better.

Before long, I was done.

See. All gone. My container remained empty heh..heh..

Would I come back? Not really, unless if I have no other choice. The reviews on Google were a dismal 2.8 out of 173 reviews but Teo Chew Lor has prevailed for a good many years since opening. I guess they have their fans.