Both Mum and Sis have been carrying on about this place for what seems like an eternity and finally, we made our way to this lovely eatery nestled in….(you’ll never believe till you saw it) a rubber smoke house. Literally!
Actually, the smoke house is more for decor but it is an active museum and this smoke house was a working too, quite sometime ago. Located in the small town of Lunas, I still sort of vaguely remember noticing this smoke house along the road as I made my way to my aunt’s place when she was still living in Lunas. But that was eons ago.
When I came down in 2010, Mum and sis wanted to bring me to this place but being pregnant and having to handle the girls at the same time, I wasnt up to it. But with Ted around and the girls slightly grown-up, we decided to give it a go.
I actually couldnt figure out this place when Sis told me about it. She said that it was a food court in a smoke house but somewhere along that conversation, I kept thinking “STEAK” house so I just couldnt figure out how a steak house could be a food court. Turns out that I had it all wrong….it is actually a small food court. Aside from Sam’s Western Food, there was also bak ku teh, satay, char koey teow, koey teow soup, rojak (but it was shut) and also a restaurant that serves dishes.
Ok, coming back to Sam’s – first thing though, the portions are HUGE and I mean REALLY huge. When we ordered the lamb cutlet, we had initially ordered 2 but the cook there told us that it could feed some 6 people and I was like, “Huh?”. Then what’s the point in serving such a huge dish? Perhaps it will benefit those with a huge appetite and belly. So we ordered 1 lamb cutlet for me, fish and chips for Mum and Ted, and an extra serving of chips for the kids. The girls and Brandon had bak ku teh.
Sam, the owner and main chef is a scary looking guy mainly coz of his somewhat BIG hair – but he does keep it tied up so it’s neat in that sense but he also has this loud personality and when he came up to me to ask if I wanted it “wet or dry”, I was taken by surprise coz I had no idea what that meant! So I opted for wet style – I should have taken the dry instead.
What came was this HUGE plate with what I wasn’t expecting at all. Firstly, I thought it woud be lamb cutlets/on the handle but instead it was pieces of lamb cooked in this peppery brown sauce – too spicy for my liking and although I knew there would be onions, this was way too much for me. Needless to say, I couldnt finish it coz mainly it was too huge a portion but also, I didnt find it appetising at all. Sis however enjoyed, thank goodness for that. Cost = RM25 (Super cheap for the portion!)
Then came the fish and chips…..but it was fish pieces instead of a huge piece which was also not expected. While the fish was fresh, according to Ted the batter was too thick and not to his liking. To me, it looked a bit oily too but taste wise, battered fish all taste the same. But once again, the portion is simply enormous! Cost = RM16
Our side order of fries was also huge – reckon these people have no idea what the appropriate portions should be! lol But I mean it in a good way. Perhaps there are more people out there who are able to finish the portions that Sam serves but me, I have failed miserably! Cost of chips = RM4.40.
The total cost was RM56…now how this came about is beyond me. I only realised that the total was wrong on the way home. So poor Sam pair a fortune for the meats, sweated like mad over the stove cooking and his helper has miscalculated for him. I hope that we were the only ones that she had charged wrongly else she will soon send him bankcrupt!
So, what do I think about Sam’s? Well, I’d say that this was one of those days when things just didn’t turn out the way it should have and the next time I’m down, I reckon I’d give Sam another go. 
But on the brighter side – the Zumba instructors are CUTE!!!! 
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