A Good Meal, A Good Fellowship and A Good Rest

This Sunday was the day that I get to rest from all the hustle and bustle of choir training due to the fact that it was Malaysia’s State election the day before; for the first time in weeks I do not need to rush around and just enjoyed a Sunday with an additional care-act of taking the elderlies for a nice meal.

This was the first time aunt Amy get to join this church’s hall as the usual main hall is now undergoing a major facelift after 20 years, and the atmosphere of a smaller church size with bright glass exterior does create a totally different experience for everyone.

Mom was really happy because she got to celebrate her sister’s belated birthday in a more private setting instead of a large party.

Finally, I get to take my parents to try Vietnamese dish, thanks to my aunt’s suggestion (since she’s the birthday girl). I have been very blessed to enjoy pho for a long time, and every time I wanted to bring them there, my dad always had a lot of excuse due to its price.

However nowadays with every price going up. The price difference of a local restaurant and a foreign restaurant doesn’t seem much of a major difference

Though it is located inside a large mall, we managed to get to the entrance closest to this restaurant joint, and with dad’s consistent (though sometimes a bit lazy) exercise walking 50m is becoming less challenging for the elderly

(I "unfortunately" parked 200m away from the entrance after dropping the elderly for them to walk in easily. That covered some of my steps at least!)

I totally love how the tiny little corner display is, showcasing the life of Vietnamese locals.

The drip coffee probably is one of the oldest style of enjoying coffee in South East Asia before Korea and Japan caught up with the trend (I could be wrong), and though I usually preferred hot coffee, occasional strong coffee with condensed milk is quite a change and experience (not to mention photograph worthy)

The portion…

^{Aunt was already too hungry and forgotten to pose 🤣}

To my surprise, they are HUGE!
I kind of regretted ordering 4 dishes with 1 side dish, and we ended up having to pack the extra’s home.

Dad’s fish rice set was humongous because there were 4 larger-than-a-deck-size pieces inside the sweet and salty broth and he was actually contemplating how to finish it despite enjoying it (with a tiny bit of complain that it is a tact too sweet for his taste buds haha)

My 4-meat pho was scrumptious, but I think it has been “slightly localized” because it tasted “MSG-ish umami”; however the good thing was it didn’t have a thirsty aftertaste (side-effect of MSG that requires loads of water) and I did enjoy almost the entire bowl of soup.

I was so full that I didn’t get to enjoy the side dish; but according to my mom and aunt, it was very tasty. The takeaway remains will be “cleaned up” by dad later in the evening; am pretty sure of it. 😏

(I was right! 😆)

Overall, it was a 2-hour relaxing lunch where there was no need for a rush. Besides, this meal was perfect because we had it on a rainy cooling day, and for me, these warm dishes have cured all my hunger pangs for at least another 6 hours easily.

definitely will bring my parents there again; but this time, we'll share one dish, and one side dish should be enough 😅

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