I think I remember this place,
The man at the front looking dour;
I feel in the distance another existence:
I think I have been here before.
And I think you were sitting beside me,
a younger you who had something to tell,
For time at its work will go round in circles,
And even then, you knew me so well.
“I have been here before” I asserted,
but I have not been in a while.
I once in a crisis was helpless,
And you smiled. I remember your smile.
I had the same sense of security,
On the site of the seat next to you;
I heard in the background cacophony,
Eating and drinking , no more blues.
adapted from We have Been here before by – Morris Bishop
This is one of the coffee shops Cumi would bring me to cheer me up back in the day when I was having a bad day at work.. You could say I was a cheap date, but the food and noise and HIM pulling silly faces, use to chase my blues away faster than any other medicine or antidote. Till today, this coffee shop and its toasted Kaya Bread and dry flat noodles, the Sar Hor Fun, remain special favourites of mine.
Add: Restoran Mei Sin
No. 16, Medan Imbi
Off Jalan Imbi
Kuala Lumpur
Tel No: 603 2142 6169
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww so sweeeeeeeeeeetttttt.
Now you have more munkeys around to pull silly faces at you!
yar, two for the price on ONE.. lucky me! mwuahaha
You’re never a cheap date, dear… occasionally affordable maybe… LOL
And I’ll give HairyBerry and Ladyironchef a beeg beeg hug from you, ok?
JEALOUS!! you can squeeze em for me.. chis:P
timeless photos! they look like they could be scenes from 1970, 1990 or 2010! (well, except for that posh car parked outside)
TQ sean! top of the mornin to ya:)
Awwwwwwwww, such sweet memories. I like!
yea, oldie but a goodie!
Awww, the best food places are the always the ones tied to the simplest and most enduring memories. Nice one!
agree!
for a BRIEF moment, before i reached the bottom of the post, i thought wahhhhhhhhh, you can write such deeep kenny mah-esque poetry one ah. lucky i didnt strain my back genuflecting to such genius…..
having said that, gorgeooooussss post. makes me wanna go imbi right now.
ofkors it’s not all me la, ahpa.. if that were me, i’d given up my day-job a long time ago. become like kenny mah.. jetsetter writer all :p haha
wow..thats the place i been staying when i was a kid…..i dint had hor fun there but im a kid that like those american breakfast , i wonder if the western food stall still there…?never been to dine there ever since i shifted ! btw ….sweet post on this …….and the pic is so match to this post;-)
thanks breadpitt! i think there is a western around.. not sure if open for dinner though..
Wah so literary. I am impressed!!
LOL, adapted mah..