A Journey to Remember: Sunday at Annie's

Monday, June 1, 2009

Sunday at Annie's

Sunday afternoon. It was time to spend some QUALITY time with my parents.

I woke up rather late yesterday morning and I gave Gabby her weekly bath. Almost got toasted under the hot sun.

Anyway, I got ready, so did my parents. We headed out for lunch. I drove them to Uptown again to scout around for food. I wanted to explore some diners that we’ve never tried before. We drove one round and decided to try out Annie’s. The family business-café looked packed with people; we thought that the food was really good and apparently they claimed their “wanton mee” (egg noodles with dumplings) is originated from Menglembu (some small town in Perak; which is also famous for their roasted peanuts).

We managed to get a parking right in front of the shop. We walked in and got a table. Looked through the menu and finally ordered our food. We waited and waited…..then we noticed there were quite a few tables haven’t gotten their food. Shit, I think we got “conned” to eat there. Not because of best-est food in town, but there were so many people sitting in the café because their service was quite slow. Slow turnover.

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I think we waited for about 15 minutes before our food was served. Papa and Mama had the famous wanton mee (which I felt it was rather sweet. Maybe it is the sauce they use) while I had clear soup noodles with char siew (roasted pork). I also ordered a glass of lime with sour plum drink and caramel custard!

Hmm……the lime with sour plum drink brought back memories. Sweet memories. It was the kind of drink that I used to have when I was a kid. It tasted like home-made-authentic lime with sour plum, unlike those green looking drink with a sour plum in it that we have in the usual coffee shop. Also, OMG, the caramel custard tasted just like the one I love in the famous restaurant, Tin Jun, in Ipoh, my hometown. It was also served with a glass of ice water. Yummmmmmmm……………..