"Anah" (concluding)
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In the last trip to
"Anah", we (basically I as rest of them had before) only sampled the stingray by the grace of that obliging customer.
Couldn't take my mind off it - it was "ghey-tio" kind of feeling - had to go again to satisfy myself to enjoy the stingrays. This time, I was adamant to see exactly how the boss does it - and where/when he adds that 3 custom sauces. etc etc (like a culinary-analysis). I managed to capture essential details by observing and inference.
Called at 1755hrs and booked 2 x stingrays and 1 x fish. I was so
relieved and beyond-happy because after our booking, only 1 stingray available - and it was just 1755hrs... (friggin crazy - I thought to myself abt the stingray's sell-out rate)
Arrived at 1930hrs - no seats, crowded, had to wait. Most of the ready-made dishes sold out. But my local stingy (Live2Eat2Live) friend was smart - he already booked the shop's best dishes liao : Soto Ayam, Sayur Asam, Stingrays (RP25K ea), Lebam (the name of the fish @ RP35K ea).
Last night's dinner - was local Nirvana ~~
2 x stingrays, 1 x lebam,
1 x soto ayam, 1 x sayur asam,
1 x grilled chicken thigh, 4 x nasih putih,
4 x teh-o + 1 aqua
RP137K (*SUPER VALUE*)
the stingrays ... so succulent.... so juicy (that's not oil!) .... so chunky ....
(i am missing them stingrays now as i write .. knn)
The grilled chicken thigh was
delicious .. it had a nice roasty aroma and the BBQ sauces nailed it...
While boss was preparing our BBQ food, I was taking pictures and noting how he does it, timings, what he's looking out or waiting for, and etc etc. I didn't speak to him - was quietly standing there making my observations - but made sure he knew that I was taking mental notes - in case he feels uncomfortable and could just tell me or make innuendo to telling me to shoo-away. He didn't.
Without going into details except the last part of the boss' grilling technique: banana-leaf removed and meats is exposed directly to the charcoal heat : so that the meats get that roasty-charcoally aroma and appetizing look .... AIYOOOOOO. (the meats in the photo was ours)
Stayed til they were closing and chat with the boss and his wife (Anah). Heard that the landlord was wanting to increasing the rent by a huge amount. Not confirmed yet. Should they be staying or not - I(we) definitely in their contacts-list liao - Friends.
ENJOY!!!