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I have heard from my brother Chin Tian that the economy rice at 368 Café is good and he is a frequent patron. Yesterday afternoon, my son and I went to the café to try out the economy rice. It is situated in the same row of shophouse as Miri Taiwan Cafe.
368 Cafe Miri
Economy rice refers not to a specific dish but rather to a type of food commonly found in coffeeshops, hawker centres, street vendors or food courts. Economy rice stalls typically consist of a glass case containing anywhere from 10-15 troughs of cooked food, including meat, vegetables, eggs and tofu. Customers select any combination of these dishes, which are served accompanied by a portion of steamed white rice. It is common to find the food on open troughs kept warm by warmers beneath the troughs of food.
Economy rice is what most Chinese think of when they refer to ‘home-cooked food’ as it is similar to what would be eaten at home, with rice forming the basis of their meal and accompanied by various cooked dishes.
Economy rice is known by several other names including chap fan or mixed rice, “Chap Chye Png” (杂菜饭, “mixed vegetable rice” in the local Hokkien dialect) and colloquially, “Point Point Rice”, named for the method of ordering one’s meal which involves simply asking for a plate of rice and then pointing at the various dishes desired.
At 368 Café yesterday, I chose long beans fried in belacan, kong pau squid and butter chicken while my son opted for cangkuk manis fried with eggs, butter chicken and sweet & sour pork. They charge RM1 for the rice, RM1 for each vegetable dish and RM1.50 for each meat dish. Honestly, the food was good.
My choices
My son’s choices
For drinks, we had coffee and iced coffee. I find the ice coffee real nice as it was thick and has a rich coffee taste. My son also liked his coffee.
My iced coffee
Our bill came up to RM14.40. We will definitely be back again!