Ah! Restoran Yu Yiee was a kopitiam I frequented back in the late 1980's and early 1990's when I was renting a room at Damansara Jaya.
I consider that period of my life the "dark days" because I was forced to work at a job I was not trained for (and disliked). I was very unhappy, angry and frustrated for being denied (through the act of God, yes, always blame God) the opportunity to pursue post-graduate studies in my area of interest.
That plus living in a rented room (for 10 years) did not make things any better for me. Anyway, those days are over and I have made peace (well, maybe not 100%) with the unfortunate circumstances and decisions that were made for me.
Sorry, I digress. Now back to chicken rice.
When my dad was still able bodied, he used to walk (when he and mum came down from Kuala Terengganu for his medical checkup) from my brother's house to Yu Yiee to tapau chicken rice.
Dad also loved to merayau-rayau (walkabout) around Atria and visit the bank in the vicinity to chat up the bank officers hah..hah..hah... Well, those were the days.
So I dropped by one day for a bout of nostalgia. I placed my standard order of chicken rice with drumstick, siew yoke and char siew (RM12.00).
And among the previous two chicken rice that I tried, this one had the most fragrant rice which made this the better chicken rice among the three.
***Kitten Updates***
But sometimes, the three of them will go next door. No matter how comfy home is, they will want to explore other people's house.
Among some of the things I have to put up with is the kittens dashing into my house. Here is Ah Boi doing inspection.
Goodness!! You could stay in a rented room for 10 long years. I would have rented a house and sublet the rooms out for profits. That is me! 😜😁😁
ReplyDeleteI will drive to check out this coffee shop again.
Not that easy to sub-let. If the sub-tenants don't pay rent on time, I will be trouble! Anyway, I am glad those days are over.
DeleteThe roasted pork looks good to me, not too fat and too thin either. Price is reasonable considering the meat portion was adequate for a plate of rice... yummsss...
ReplyDeleteKitten giving mama a hug?
hah..hah... hug my leg and the claws poke me!
DeleteI hope your neighbour doesn't mind that your cats go to their house.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbor is friendly and they are ok with the cats hanging around their palce.
DeleteThanks for pointing out that the chicken rice here is the best! 😋
ReplyDeleteYou are a tough and strong person to persevere through your 10 years of dark days. I am sure many people could learn from you. 💪
If I wasn't strong I would have gone mental but praise the Lord, I had the strength to pull through those tough times.
DeleteAh, can see ah Boi is so shock to see grandma's house is so big, where to run next!??? hahahaha. You must be a super agile grandma to run after ah Boi and put him back to the porch.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Ah Boi is very cheeky and he is always the first to rush into the house.
DeleteIs that TuTu hugging your leg? Poodie poodie is looking good 👍😊
ReplyDeleteYes, that's Tutu hugging my leg hah..hah...
DeleteFor the chicken rice stall to have stood the test of time (from the 80s) is testimony that their chicken rice is indeed delicious. Yeah, the meats certainly looked better than the one in your previous post.
ReplyDeleteIt might not be the same vendor. They are doing pretty well since the chicken rice is good,
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