'Pecal' anyone?

At first, I didn't really know how this 'pecal' looked like and of course how it tasted would be beyond my limited cognitive capacity to imagine. It was until I finally tried this dish with one of my friends. It was an unplanned occasion actually. Usually, I don't like the idea of unplanned activities. Everything has to be in my schedule. But that day, I lowered my ego and from being my usual 'planned-person' to just a friend to someone.

This pecal dish looked like what I would consider as humble. A little bit of that kampong look. But it had its pride on its portion. I ate this at around six in the evening and it took me around 9 or 10 a.m. the next morning to eat breakfast. I am the kind of person that like to eat my breakfast early. But somehow I felt quite full that morning, the day after eating pecal. Simply saying, it was a really truly filling meal I've ever had in campus with such a price! Seriously saying, some of the food here are pretty much on the expensive side. But this one meal was worth buying, worth spending, worth eating.The taste was good too. The chicken was crunchy with its mouth watering golden flour coat. The sambal was the crucial element that makes this dish one of the most famous dishes in the campus. Although I love spicy food, but the sambal was beyond my power to withstand. I just mixed a little of it with my rice. But whatever it was, it was exceptionally delicious! A small bowl of soup (chicken soup, I guess) was a perfect complement to it; the dish would be too dry without it.The crunchy element also came from a few chips that accompanied the dish, or what I called the Malay chips. There were also veggies on the plate, kind of making it quite a balanced healthy meal despite the presence of the deep fried crunchy chicken. There were raw cabbage and a few slices of cucumber. The only thing I didn't eat was the cucumber. It is one of the not-to-my-liking veggies. Whatever it is, the conclusion of my first experience of eating pecal was that it was a very hearty, filling meal and my RM4 was totally worth spent. I think I'll go again to this cafe for its Pecal Lele. Is it as delicious?