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05.05.2011 | 簡單幸福

11年前仲返緊第一份工嘅時候, 我每朝都會去呢個經濟麵檔食咗早餐先返工.. 11年後, 機緣巧合下再次嚟到呢度, 憑著昔日線路尋找, 驚喜原來麵檔仲喺度營業.. 嗌咗我最喜愛嘅炒米粉拼碗仔糕再加糖水一碗, 正是11年前嗰一種味道!! 食落肚嘅除咗係味道之外, 就完全係幸福感覺呢樣嘢喇..

老闆依然不拘小節, 今朝仲發生件趣事.. 佢同我講:「阿仔, 米粉響度你自己筆啦!! 唔驚, 筆到你夠為止!!」.. 我當時真係碌大眼吓咗一聲, 完全唔識得俾反應.. 真係從未見過有人咁樣做生意, 不過私底下又覺得好warm好有人情味喎, 現今社會真係買少見少喇.. :)
11 years ago while still with my very first job, i used to go to this noodles stall for breakfast every morning before heading to work.. 11 years later, i was there one morning and i followed the same route i used to go there, surprisingly the stall is still operating.. i ordered my favourite fried beehoon with rice cake and a bowl of sweet soup, they tasted exactly the same old good 11 years ago!! i felt like besides the taste of food, i was also savoring the happy memories..

the stall owner is still as easy-going, and this morning something interesting happened.. he told me "boy, the beehoon is right there, just help yourself and take as much as you can afford to eat, no worries!!".. i was like having the shock of my life, and didn't know how to respond.. partly because i've never come across people who would do business this way, partly because this was so warm and heartfelt that you can rarely find from people around nowadays.. :)

80 comments:

  1. 哈哈~我学校附近也有一档这样的。不过没有这样好咯。给很少而已!看他卖到赚大钱!XD

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  2. 很少有这样的档口咯..

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  3. Hard to find people like that. Nowadays everyone thinking of how to maximize profit and cutting corners.

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  4. LOL, you must hv been his fave customer! Li Shang Wang Lai, you must hv been very kind hearted to him too!^^

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  5. Must be a great trip down memory lane for you. 11 years ago, you were holding your first job. So young.

    11 years after that, you are now a student. Lagi young and stay young! XD

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  6. Regular customer la...cincai lo

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  7. 找回了11年前的味道,也找回了当时候的回忆吧!
    越是不拘小节的,往往都是越得民心啊!
    生意反而会更好吧!

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  8. hmmm.... really miss and craving for those economic fried bihun... very hard to fins in ampang ( or is it cos i wake up too late? ;p )

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  9. mana tempat? i wanna go too.

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  10. 那么有人情味的老板真的很少见!难得能找回当时的面档,也算是甜美的回忆!他还认得你?难道你保养得那么好?哈哈哈哈哈哈哈~

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  11. whoa! for 11 years worr! gosh! :o

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  12. thats mean they maintained it well! :) some stalls, even restaurants, after few years, everything has changed and food also not dat nice dy. :/

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  13. the owner still remember u??? :D

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  14. wow..that's nice to have a second helping..

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  15. simplicity always the best! ;)

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  16. 那麽久了當口還在,證明真的很好吃哦~~ 在那裏啊,我也要去吃吃看 ^^

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  17. hey i hope there is also a generous shop like that here

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  18. remembering you after such a long time only shows that this resto is serving their customers by heart and not because they are only force to do that job... thumbs up to this resto

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  19. 我最爱炒米粉+Kg Koh辣椒酱+红豆水,整个就是家乡味!!

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  20. Still have nice people out there, and you are so blessed to meet one.

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  21. That's one generous business-person - a dying breed. Or maybe, looking at you, a growing boy, he felt you needed extra nutrition. Oops!

    Yeah, where is this place?

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  22. when i wassecondary i always eat economic meehoon and mee and bubur manis... now no more liao... so 怀念

    i prefer seremban de...

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  23. Not bad wert! 11 years already still there and still taste the same.... =)

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  24. 哈哈!终于看到你吃炒米粉啦!
    一定很享受了。
    怎么隔了 11 年才去?幸好还有开呢!
    可以吃到以前的味道是很奇妙的幸福啊!
    现在人做生意哪有那么客气的,
    以前的人比较简单吧!

    给你弄到等下午餐要去大树下吃炒米粉、糖水了! ;D

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  25. boy?? *giggle*

    Well, not only the stall owner is generous with his food, he's also good in his words. 11 years ago and now, still a boy =p

    Eh, tell me the stall la, I also wanna go there.... so long nobody call me "ah mui" already. Everyone calls me aunty, ceh!

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  26. What is rice cake Ah Boy *laughing at Yvonne's comment haha*?

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  27. The bozz thinks you are a boy and how much can a boy eat, so help yourself or because of your 11 long loyal years its a bonus for Ah Boy haha.

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  28. Sad that people always take advantage of nice people like that though... Many do not appreciate the goodness that they see and would grab the chance to exploit the opportunity - the Asian Kiasu Syndrome...

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  29. Hard to find people like that. I think may be he just want to introduce his daughter to you...hehehe!

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  30. Huh? The stall owner call you "Boy"?!!! Sure or not? Hehe

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  31. Wah! So nice! Take as much as you want! : )

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  32. So 11 years ago and now, still the same? Did the owner remember you?

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  33. Must be the owner's sincere way of doing business that keeps it going on and on even after 11 years! Amazing!

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  34. I hate restaurants nowadays where initially, the food is nice and then a few months later, the quality deteriorates. Hard to find one that maintain its quality after a few years, don't even talk about 11 years!

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  35. normally my breakfast is milo+biscuit
    :D

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  36. 最簡單最基本嘅就係最考工夫; 就好似一檔煮炒要知道好唔好食,叫碟炒飯嚟食就知龍與鳳!

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  37. Some business people have a heart of gold :) Rare these days though.

    I have been enjoying Soong Kee's beef ball noodles since I was a child. Another one is the Jalan Imbi flat rice noodles with slices of beef with ginger and spring onions. I have been eating that since I was a child.

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  38. It's great to eat in this kinda of stall. With a boss like that, no doubt their business still going on till now. He really care his customers unlike some high class restaurant who care about making money out of us =_=". Customer service is really important :P

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  39. I like simple food just like that. The stall owner could be remembered you a rookie 11 years ago & glad to see u again :-)

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  40. i like to eat fried beehoon and sweet soup together, especially for breakfast!! they are simple yet very delicious!! yum yum..

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  41. the boss is so kind to offer you to have as much as you want!! wow, i'm impressed as this is really very rare that a businessman will not squeeze for his profit to the max!!

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  42. i totally can get what you mean.. it's something you have 11 years ago foung back, and surely brings back a lot of good memories back then to you.. :)

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  43. @ 穷光蛋市长:
    其實炒米粉本小利大囉, 一包米粉也不用兩塊錢不過一碟米粉已經可以賣到兩塊錢了..

    @ 追梦者:
    很少?? 我說簡直是沒有聽說有人會這樣做生意吧?? :D

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  44. @ lina:
    yeah, i was shocked when he told me to take as much as i want.. it was really good because it makes me remember how i used to go to work 11 years ago while i was so very very young thenm, hahahaha :D

    @ Alice Law:
    errr, no lah, i don't think so, cos that was just the 2nd time i went there after 11 years.. don't think he remembers me at all leh, and furthermore i didn't do any good to him woh~~ :p

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  45. @ Small Kucing:
    haha, if 11 years ago i am a regular but not now since that was only the 2nd time i buy breakfast from him..

    @ bluecloud:
    你完全了解我要表達的, 是11年前那個味道, 也令我回憶起11年前還是黃毛丫頭的那個年代, 哈哈!! 對, 我看著老闆深得顧客們的擁戴哦..

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  46. @ Danny:
    hmmmm, true also, nowadays seldom see people selling this kind of economy fried beehoon.. i'm lucky because there's just one shop outside my house selling all these noodles and "tong shui"..

    @ Medie007:
    errr, it's in a small lane nearby SEGi College in KL, somewhere between Masjid Jamek and Menara Maybank..

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  47. @ 发白日梦^^:
    我看他和其他熟客閑聊的時候, 可以感覺到他們不拘小節, 所以深得擁戴.. 我想他應該沒有認得我吧, 11年後才那麼第二次光顧他.. :D

    @ Caroline Ng May Ling:
    yeah, i was so thrilled when i found out the stall is still there, in fact all other stalls in that small lane are still there.. yeah, i just love all this simple breakfast, very nice.. err, don't think he still remembers me lah..

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  48. @ wenn:
    errr, no lah, i'm not planning for a second helping, other customers are watching..

    @ venus:
    其實我覺得炒米粉是很受歡迎的一門生意哦, 很多人早餐都愛吃這個哩.. 在Masjid Jamek和Menara Maybank路段中間, SEGi College斜對面的一個小巷, 哈哈, 想象到嗎??

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  49. @ bluedreamer27:
    hmmm, i guess there's no shop that will be doing this unless it's buffet style eat all you can, haha!! hmmm, i don't think he remembers me because that was only the 2nd time after 11 years.. i think maybe he just do this to customers when he's busy.. :)

    @ imyuyu:
    炒米粉+糖水就是我的最愛, 炒米粉可以是很齋只有豆芽那種, 簡直就是最簡單的幸福囉.. :)

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  50. @ Sheoh Yan:
    yeah, being able to find the stall again is a happy thing, somemore he's making my day to offer me as much as i can eat~~ :)

    @ HappySurfer:
    hahaha, growing boy?? i guess i am just a matured fat man in real, hahaha!! errr, quite difficult to describe but it's a small lane opposite SEGi college in KL, between Masjid Jamek and Menara Maybank, can imagine where?? haha..

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  51. @ Kit Yoke:
    oh yeah, aren't those very very delicious breakfast?? i used to have them everyday 11 years ago during my first job.. so happy i'm still able to find that stall now..

    @ Hayley:
    yeah, really a happy thing to be able to find that stall still exists after 11 years!! :)

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  52. @ Ashley:
    哈哈, 為什麼說終於看到我吃炒米粉呢?? 很奇怪咩我吃炒米粉, 哈哈!! 對哦, 那天早上給我找到他還在賣, 嘩, 多麼的開心呀!! 呵呵, 其實我很喜歡吃炒米粉+糖水的, 我的最愛, 任何時候我都喜歡的, 哈哈!! 這個老闆真的很不拘小節, 我看他和其他熟客交談就知道了..

    @ Yvonne:
    hahahaha, i think if you go there to buy he will also call you "girl" one lor.. just his way to address people mah, like that the customer will be happier instead of calling them auntie uncle right?? hahahaha.. errr, hard to describe the exact location, it's a stall in a small lane opposite SEGi College in KL, between Masjid Jamek Station and Menara Maybank..

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  53. @ Bananazஇ:
    rice cake also you don't know meh ah boy, hahaha!! i think you call it "chwee kuih" or "woon chai gou", that's the one in the photo lor.. errr, not 11 continuous years, but it's 11 years later i found him..

    @ suituapui:
    hey, i didn't take more than the usual portion though he allows me to do that.. i think it's just not right, furthermore there are other customers watching too..

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  54. @ Wai Kitt:
    hahahaha, i really have no idea what is his motive behind huh, but then he i never see his daughter around there for all the time i am there at the stall..

    @ foongpc:
    very sure, because that's just the way he say "how may i help you sir", hahaha!! if you go there, i'm sure you'll be address boy also.. hmmm, don't think he remembers me lah, afterall it's 11 years apart and that's only the 2nd time i buy breakfast from him after such a long absense.. oh yeah, it's really nice of him to have such flexibility right?? really never seen one who will do business like that..

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  55. @ Wois:
    hmmm, actually my favourite breakfast besides continental style with all the sausage ham egg etc, will be fried beehoon and tong shui already..

    @ 海市蜃樓:
    有道理, 最簡單最基本就係最原汁原味, 最容易試探出工夫.. 所以經濟米粉is always my favourite..

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  56. @ Mei Teng:
    it's really rare he offered me to take as much as i can eat, wow, that's really pampering me, haha!! oh, you always go for Soong Kee beef ball noodles?? i started to frequent only during my college time, where i have to change bus around that area while i go to class..

    @ Monk:
    yeah, it's really a happy news when i found it still exists after 11 years and the food still taste the same old good.. yeah, the boss is really a nice and easy going person, and i can see how the regulars are mixing well with him..

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  57. @ Dora:
    simple food is always the cosiest food, and fried beehoon and tong shui is sure my favourite combination.. hmmm, don't think he still remembers me, as that was just only the 2nd time i was there after 11 years.. :)

    @ victor:
    yeah, that is also my favourite, simple but truely delicious especially for a breakfast that would make my day.. yeah, he is really a nice person and i can see that from his interaction with his regulars, really rare to have found somebody like him now..

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  58. Not sure where Segi College is but have an idea of where Menara Maybank is. Not a place I frequent but still good to know should I find myself there one morning looking for some simple Chinese breakfast. Thanks. Good morning! hehe... Almost noon now, hor..

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  59. OIC "woon chai gou" not popular in Up North, sold mostly Klang Valley tasted em a few times only. tQ Ah Boy.

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  60. wah u take a lot of food for ur breakfast!

    It is too much for me :)

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  61. Yupe, sweet memories have to keep.

    But, the bad memories have to remember and try to learn for the lesson and nvm reply again.

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  62. 你很幸福叻,还能吃到十多年前的味道!

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  63. wow, such a nice man to offer you that. :) and 11 years!

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  64. Good way to do business! Where is this stall located?

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  65. Wah...self service somemore..... i like the 'wun chai guo' with preserved turnip. .... so long did not eat those already....those were the days.

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  66. Wah wah.. such a nice uncle!! I wish there's a stall just like that here too.. eating to my heart's content! hehe

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  67. The stall owner is so generous. If someone says that to me, I tend to hold back my greediness. Want to take more also will feel bad :) The beehoon and rice cake looks so good too!

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  68. @ HappySurfer:
    errr, if you know Jalan Tun Perak?? just mid of Masjid Jamek Station and Menara Maybank, the stall is in a small lane behind a coffee shop that sell chicken rice and wantan mee.. yeah, this is one of my favourite breakfast besides those continental breakfast :p

    @ Bananazஇ:
    oh really?? not popular in the north, now only i know, thanks for telling me this Ah Boy.. so what's popular up north??

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  69. @ CH Voon:
    huh?? like that a lot meh?? no woh, just nice mah, haha.. or you used to have very light breakfast?? to me breakfast very important, so must have a good one.. haha, when i had that of course only remember the nice things lah, kekeke~~ :D

    @ Casendra:
    就是囉, 那天碰運氣去找, 結果真的還在那邊賣, 興奮到我呀~~ :p

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  70. @ Isaac Tan:
    yeah, he is very easy going and i can see he mingle well with his regular customers.. maybe that's why he survive through more than 11 years..

    @ Pete:
    yeah, keeping good relationship with the customers yeah?? just mid of Masjid Jamek Station and Menara Maybank, the stall is in a small lane behind a coffee shop that sell chicken rice and wantan mee..

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  71. @ mNhL:
    haha, not really self service lah, because he saw a long queue so he ask me to help myself while he serves the other customers.. yeah, seldom see "wun chai gou" now right, lucky he still sells that and i got a chance to taste it~~

    @ iamthewitch:
    oh he is really a nice uncle and i can see he is very well mingled with his regular customers too.. maybe that's the secret he is still surviving for more than 11 years.. :)

    @ ChloeRuoyi:
    yeah, that is exactly what i feel.. though i have the permission from him to get as much as i want, but nope i didn't do that infact i just take the normal portion he always give.. not good to do so as there are other customers watching too.. :p

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  72. that's really rare, what a kind heart he has!

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  73. @ mNhL:
    haha, not really self service lah, because he saw a long queue so he ask me to help myself while he serves the other customers.. yeah, seldom see "wun chai gou" now right, lucky he still sells that and i got a chance to taste it~~

    @ iamthewitch:
    oh he is really a nice uncle and i can see he is very well mingled with his regular customers too.. maybe that's the secret he is still surviving for more than 11 years.. :)

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  74. @ ChloeRuoyi:
    yeah, that is exactly what i feel.. though i have the permission from him to get as much as i want, but nope i didn't do that infact i just take the normal portion he always give.. not good to do so as there are other customers watching too.. :p

    @ Ayie:
    yeah, that's really rare and maybe none even.. he is such kind hearted and easy going person..

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  75. SK Thambee, your face is so cute and round, that is why Kamala fell in love with ya! Now the stall owner also happy to see your round face after eating his food for 11 years!

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  76. I also love to eat Bihun and my current favourite is Qyster Mee Suar which is sold by the Taiwan cafes! So yummy!

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  77. Your loyal patronage to the stall for 11 YEARS made me ponder on myself! No, I don't have any shop that I would eat so often for even 1 year. You are weird Thambee dei !!

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  78. 因为你说很喜欢吃炒米,
    不管什么炒米粉都喜欢,
    我还想,若要请你吃饭的话,最简单了,
    炒米粉就可以满足你了!哈哈!;D

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  79. 请问下在哪里啊??我以前的老板买过碗仔糕给我吃..好好吃..问他哪里买,他又不讲..只是讲imbi罢了

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