New 'makan' place..

The other day, one of my colleagues, Ms.Liong wanted to give a treat to some of us. So, she decided that we try out new place called Ta Chi Coffee House. It's near our workplace and we've been hearing some good reviews about this place. So, why not...let's check it out. We were kinda excited, actually, to try out a new place for makan. So, the six of us [ 3 ladies -YiVon, Liong and Kok and 3 guys- Teo,Goh & myself ] waded our way through a sea of lunch hour traffic vehicles [ sometimes you often wonder where these cars & vehicles come from at this time of economic crisis! Sigh! I wonder! ] and finally on our "MZ 11"- powered geared legs [ some big, some small ], we arrived safe and sound at Ta Chi Coffee House.
Yunno, the very first thing that hit you was the interior deco and the "olden" style tables and chairs. It was a superb atmosphere, actually. Yes, kinda cosy and cool - that's the best part. As I take my seat , I most definitely like this place though the frontage is one of the busiest street of Melaka town namely Jalan Tun Sri Lanang formerly known as Jalan Mata Kuching. [ Don't ask me why Mata Kuching as I have no complete idea why it is named so and though I've not seen any stray cats around - probably they would have landed up in some people's meal for the day!!! Yippeeee! Less stray cats in town ! ]

Coming back to Ta Chi Coffee House, we decided to have an array of food to fill our grumbling stomachs and wet our gruesome appetitte. We had chicken pongteh, assam Jenak fish head, Nyonya capchai, eggs fried with big onions ( 2 plates ) , ikan bilis sambal with finely chopped petai and our favourite Nyonya cendol. The portion were quite okay for the six of us. Now comes the acid test on taste. Honestly, they taste quite good though the assam can go a little higher on the sourish side - that's what makes assam fish head such a great taste! Yes, the pongteh was excellent - the portion, the texture and the authenticity was there. Great tasting food, actually. As for the proprietor, well, smiling young man with plenty of recommendations to make your taste bud go balistics, actually. Hey, he even gave us a bowl of 'rojak buah' at the end of our meal. That's mighty nice of him, actually! The pricing, well, for everything that we had, it was around RM 100.00! Not too bad, actually.

I noted with interest that they sell Hagen Das ice-creams, man! Prices are of course a little bit pricey [ but cheaper than the ones I've seen ] but that's because it's premium ice-cream-lar. BTW, I don't really have a liking for ice-cream and so, it's no loss for me anyway. Overall, it was a good hearty meal. We really had a great time out there especially wolfing down our food and having some great conversations. Then, it's back to the abatoir or mad house for more slaughtering or torturing of the mind, body and soul !! Sheez! That's just one of the bright sparks of the day!