Chop and Chop...where's the steak?
Kak Ina and I was driving at about 6.30pm, trying to find a place to eat at kampung baru. It was around june-july 2001. Kak Ina took me from my so called college, the KTSN, for dinner that day, and we decided to go to Kampung Baru. Tired of the same place, we went exploring the area. As you know, roads in Kampung Baru, is like a maze, from one point to another point, i can safely says that i will never be wise with the roads there.
Looking around for "exciting" new place to eat, both of us was looking at each side of the roads, expecting a new discovery. Suddenly, we saw this one place, a mapley, with interesting, round-cable-wire modified table, and etc. We were looking at each other, signalling maybe we should try it. Nevertheless, we saw the workers were setting the table and umbrella etc, Kak Ina said.."Macam baru nak bukak jer, hmm....". By than, we drove passed it....After that incident, everytime i went to Kampung Baru, the sight of that place was playing in my head, but i can't remember how kak ina and I was there before.
During my preclinical years, Nager and I were always hoping from one place to another for dinner, experiencing different taste. "Jom gi area kat masjid, arini", i suggested. So we drove there, turned at the junctions just beside the masjid. After 10 minutes driving, i knew i'm lost, and Nager by than was mumbling, complaining about my adventerous attempt. I knew he was hungry...haha. As i was driving through a pasar malam, i saw that, about 800 meters ahead it will be the big road again. So, trying not to go back to square one and let nager have another point to comment on my "adventerous attempt" that day, i turned left into a tiny road. And there it was......The Chop and Steak...the place that i discovered earlier with Kak Ina....
The place was really different from it is now. It was just a small mapley, with about 10-15 round-cable-wire table, with one tiny kitchen. What was interesting about it was the atmosphere, hmm...something like a cowboy garden that the owner trying to create. Something like an australian outback. And another interesting point was it attempt to deliver "only" western food, which was rather an adventerous attempt, at that point, for a malay mapley. We went in, and that point, Nager was rather quiet, as the place look nice. But he did said,"Kalau makanan tak sedap, kena ko li"....Luckily and amazingly the food was "amazing" and cheap. As we were walking to our car after the meal, i was sure, it will be the first and definately not the last visit there....
Since than, lot of changes had happened to Chop and Steak, it expanded from a small lot to a big compound now. From an outback look, to maybe a titanic look?? haha...There are more selections on the menu, and they explored italian and cuisine hotplate. And the price had also increased since than, chicken wing was rm6.50 suddenly increased to RM 8.50, overnight. The mango juice, from an amazing RM2.00 to RM2.50. Nevertheless, the taste was still....nice.
Chop and Steak, had also seen lot of happenings in my life. Lot of birthdays were celebrated there, end of exam celebration, winning the physiology competition. I had brought friends from different nationality there ranging from indonesian, taiwanese, european,caucasasian, philipinees, the arabian etc.... It was where we broke our ramadhan fasting, and at time where i had my early sahur. It was where i got a call, when my sis called me to inform me that "datuk" had passed away, and it was also where i knew i was the best student.
Yesterday, was 16 January, a day that was so important 53 years ago. The day my mother was born. And, chop and steak, was where mak, abah, ya jani and I had our dinner. As usual, we ate like there was no tomorrow, and making lot of noise while filling the stomach. As i walked out from that Kampung baru's chop and steak, i hold a brochure...
"Tahu tak kat mana, chop and steak baru?", i asked jani. As all the answers were wrong,..."kat depan tasik dekat ngan kolej ya, kat depan tasik serdang tu.."....and jani was grabbing the brochure from my hand looking at it. And by than, ya said..."hmm...lepas ni abang li laa pulak kena drive gi kat kitoarang, tak payah lagi gi kat sini.."
and by than, i suddenly realised......hmm...yupp....maybe starting from today, it will be less visit to that Kampung Baru's Chop and Steak....a place, that interestingly played rather an important part of my life, without i ever really realise it....
Looking around for "exciting" new place to eat, both of us was looking at each side of the roads, expecting a new discovery. Suddenly, we saw this one place, a mapley, with interesting, round-cable-wire modified table, and etc. We were looking at each other, signalling maybe we should try it. Nevertheless, we saw the workers were setting the table and umbrella etc, Kak Ina said.."Macam baru nak bukak jer, hmm....". By than, we drove passed it....After that incident, everytime i went to Kampung Baru, the sight of that place was playing in my head, but i can't remember how kak ina and I was there before.
During my preclinical years, Nager and I were always hoping from one place to another for dinner, experiencing different taste. "Jom gi area kat masjid, arini", i suggested. So we drove there, turned at the junctions just beside the masjid. After 10 minutes driving, i knew i'm lost, and Nager by than was mumbling, complaining about my adventerous attempt. I knew he was hungry...haha. As i was driving through a pasar malam, i saw that, about 800 meters ahead it will be the big road again. So, trying not to go back to square one and let nager have another point to comment on my "adventerous attempt" that day, i turned left into a tiny road. And there it was......The Chop and Steak...the place that i discovered earlier with Kak Ina....
The place was really different from it is now. It was just a small mapley, with about 10-15 round-cable-wire table, with one tiny kitchen. What was interesting about it was the atmosphere, hmm...something like a cowboy garden that the owner trying to create. Something like an australian outback. And another interesting point was it attempt to deliver "only" western food, which was rather an adventerous attempt, at that point, for a malay mapley. We went in, and that point, Nager was rather quiet, as the place look nice. But he did said,"Kalau makanan tak sedap, kena ko li"....Luckily and amazingly the food was "amazing" and cheap. As we were walking to our car after the meal, i was sure, it will be the first and definately not the last visit there....
Since than, lot of changes had happened to Chop and Steak, it expanded from a small lot to a big compound now. From an outback look, to maybe a titanic look?? haha...There are more selections on the menu, and they explored italian and cuisine hotplate. And the price had also increased since than, chicken wing was rm6.50 suddenly increased to RM 8.50, overnight. The mango juice, from an amazing RM2.00 to RM2.50. Nevertheless, the taste was still....nice.
Chop and Steak, had also seen lot of happenings in my life. Lot of birthdays were celebrated there, end of exam celebration, winning the physiology competition. I had brought friends from different nationality there ranging from indonesian, taiwanese, european,caucasasian, philipinees, the arabian etc.... It was where we broke our ramadhan fasting, and at time where i had my early sahur. It was where i got a call, when my sis called me to inform me that "datuk" had passed away, and it was also where i knew i was the best student.
Yesterday, was 16 January, a day that was so important 53 years ago. The day my mother was born. And, chop and steak, was where mak, abah, ya jani and I had our dinner. As usual, we ate like there was no tomorrow, and making lot of noise while filling the stomach. As i walked out from that Kampung baru's chop and steak, i hold a brochure...
"Tahu tak kat mana, chop and steak baru?", i asked jani. As all the answers were wrong,..."kat depan tasik dekat ngan kolej ya, kat depan tasik serdang tu.."....and jani was grabbing the brochure from my hand looking at it. And by than, ya said..."hmm...lepas ni abang li laa pulak kena drive gi kat kitoarang, tak payah lagi gi kat sini.."
and by than, i suddenly realised......hmm...yupp....maybe starting from today, it will be less visit to that Kampung Baru's Chop and Steak....a place, that interestingly played rather an important part of my life, without i ever really realise it....
