TOO LATE FOR '8'

I AM HEARTBROKEN ... well, at least a bit upset. Because no sooner have I been invited to try '8' in town, than I'm told it's about to close down at the end of this month due to various reasons.




It's tucked away in Lintang Burmah, right next to Alpha Reflexology, and run by my old mate Sunny Yeoh.





The inside is very plain and simple, rather like someone's living room, but that's good as far as I'm concerned, because that means they concentrate on serving GOOD FOOD. Along one wall there are specialist pastas and oils for sale.







 The menu is so simple there isn't even a menu; the dishes of the day - and they are the same every day! - are written up on a board placed in the middle.





















There's Nasi Lemak, but not really, because the rice is not made with coconut milk, which is of course where the 'lemak' element is supposed to be; but it's served with a piece of fried Yellow Tail, a piece of chicken curry, sambal belacan and other condiments.



Very tasty, and the rice, although not made with coconut milk, is great - it's cooked with olive oil, giving it rather a heavy aroma but delicious nevertheless, and healthy to boot. I've always said that food should look so good you just want to tuck in; they've definitely succeeded in this case.





The Spaghetti Bolognaise is good too, made with minced pork and anchovies, just like it is done in Italy; the pasta very slightly al dente. Only criticism here is the portion is overly generous; probably 3/4 of it would have more than sufficed.

They also do a Tau Eu Bak served again with the olive rice and sambal; not bad too, and although I didn't get a chance to try the Chicken Rice, it looked rather good.

All this was followed by home-made tiramisu and brewed coffee - both excellent, and you can see why the place is kept busy from the time they open (round about 11 I think) right through to about 4 or 5pm. It's not overly packed, which is how it should be otherwise service goes down the drain like in some places, but keeps them ticking over. Another of my wise sayings (eh hem) is that the menu needn't be too big (in fact, too big and I get suspicious) but what's there must be good - again, this is the case here.

It's not often I say this, but I am truly sad to say that due to the fact they don't really make too much, and Sunny is planning to move on to do other things, they are going to discontinue. Ai yo guys, I do hope you reconsider.