My girl and the mum wanted the kampua mee…while I had the mee pok
I asked for a bowl of the beef soup…to share and yes, it was very nice
My cousin loves the kampua here and so do many other people. I’m not such a huge fan since they’re not the most authentic version. Rasa Sayang uses the curly kolo mee noodles and minced meat.
Their mee pok seemed very much smaller, half the width of the regular ones…All in all, I would just say it was all right, not anything that would get me going back there for more…and at the price they charge for it, RM5.00 a bowl, I can easily go for two plates of our kampua mee at some places around town.
However, the complimentary beef soup…was so so good, really thick and rich and bursting with flavours. I sure enjoyed that a lot!
Personally, for that kind of money, I would much sooner go for the eat-all-you-can nasi campur for only RM6.00 per head and this was what I had…the first round. I enjoyed the ayam berempah (spiced chicken) and the fish with the very nice spicy sauce so much that I went back for more, a lot more. The turmeric (kunyit)-marinated fish was good too but I did not grab another one as I was not all that keen on dealing with the bones.
I had the ayam penyet nasi goreng…which was all right. I particularly liked the fried rice…but they seemed kind of stingy with the sambal now – they used to give a lot more.
I asked my girl if she wanted pecel lele for dinner and she said yes so we dropped by the place and that was what she had (RM7.50)…but to our disappointment, the rice was not wrapped in banana leaf… steamed. That is the main draw when it comes to the nasi ayam penyet here, the very thing that puts theirs a head above the rest. Thankfully, other than that, the rest of what my girl had was fine.
This time around, I had the nasi ayam penyet (RM7.50)… The slab of chicken thigh……appeared rather small but it was all right – very nicely done, not hard and dry and actually, that was quite enough for a very nice meal though personally, I do feel that I enjoy their pecel lele (ikan keli/catfish) more. I think I will just stick to that the next time I drop by here again.
My girl wanted their murtabak daging (beef)…and yes, she enjoyed it very much except that for reasons unknown, it was so very big! She could not finish it all so she had it packed to be eaten later at her quarters.
I dropped by here last Sunday morning to buy their nasi biryani…with mutton curry for our lunch…and a tosai for my girl’s breakfast. When I wanted to pay for my purchases, the nice proprietor, Guna, said, in his own words, “in the spirit of Chinese New Year”, it would be on the house and he simply refused to accept any payment no matter how I insisted.
I also ordered the murtabak daging…with fresh beef filling as it did not occur to me at that point in time that my girl could not eat that – being made from wheat flour, it was not gluten free. I had to eat it by myself in the end and yes, it was really very good – the fresh beef and Bombay onion inside…made it come across like the fillings you find in those western beef pies…and it sure beat the ones with corned beef filling that one would find at most places here.
I went back there again a few days later and yes, they had the rice, long-grained…and for RM5.00 only, you will get that with some acar timun (pickled cucumber) and a piece of chicken curry…so I bought two packs for our lunch to try. Yes, I would say it was very nice, the rice…and the curry too. They certainly were very generous with the gravy but no, there was no papadum like at those Indian places…but for only RM5.00, I guess there is no cause for complaint.
My main intention in going there was to try the guy’s mee jawa (RM5.00)…and I sure was glad I did! It was very nice and had quite a bit of beef in it…but what won me over was the gravy – it was absolutely delicious and bursting with its most delightful flavours…and I would say it certainly was a head above most, if not all, of the mee jawa that I have had around town.
Back to the nasi lemak, it certainly is cheaper…than the ones at the shops and what I had, with the sambal sotong (squid)…was RM3.00 plus RM1.50, RM4.50 only altogether. To me, a good nasi lemak would be one whereby the rice is really lemak, rich with the taste and fragrance of santan (coconut milk) and would taste so good without it being drowned by a multitude of sins and this is just about the only one that I have tried and enjoyed that truly lives up to its name.
I tried a bit of the soup and it was really good, so very tasty, bursting with the flavours of the serai (lemon grass) and all the herbs and spices that went into the cooking. Perhaps it is not the usual practice to add some greens but I think they do add taugeh (bean sprouts) usually and there was none in the bowl I had.
I got carried away and I took the daging masak hitam (black-cooked beef) and the nice chicken rendang that I had with my nasi lemak on our last visit here and of course, I simply couldn’t resist the chicken liver
I ordered the roti jantan… Yes, it was very nice and the dhal dip was exactly how I would like it – thick and rich and creamy. I sure wouldn’t mind stopping by here again for this should I happen to be around this part of the woods.
I ordered their nasi lemak pandan with sambal sotong (RM6.00)…Thankfully, the nasi lemak sambal…and the sambal sotong……were both very nice except that they were not spicy at all and unlike the one at my favourite place, I could actually see the sotong (squid) in the one here – they were much bigger, it seemed.
A piece of their roti telur (RM2.00)…and a piece of their roti canai (RM1.20)…The former was nice but I did not quite like the doughy taste in the latter.
I asked for the special (RM7.00)…and looking at the price tag on their cabinet…fried chicken was RM3.50 a piece so that was why the non-special nasi lemak would be RM3.50 a plate and RM8.00, if you chose the lamb curry. Nope, the rice was disappointing, not lemak at all, the fried egg was all right though a bit under-done but the sambal was very nice and spicy…and the chicken, even though the piece that I got was breast, was very nicely marinated with whatever and I did enjoy it very much.
My missus had their tomato rice with ayam masak merah (RM7.50)…which we thought was quite all right, not anything to get us running back for more but I would rate it a lot higher than the nasi kak wok that I had.
I ordered their nasi lemak special (RM6.00)…and asked for the ayam percik but the girl said they would serve that with chicken rendang…This time around, I thought it was good, the chicken rendang, but between the two, I felt the ayam percik was nicer. The rice was quite lemak (rich with santan/coconut milk) and not hard and dry like what I had at some places around here and some were so bad that they might as well just serve plain rice instead and on the whole, I did enjoy my order
They all had the nasi kerabu ayam percik, drumstick (RM6.50)…and yes, they loved it a lot – the exotic flavours and fragrances and its mild spiciness!
The roti bakar kacang pool (RM6.00)…looked decent with three slices of roti bakar (toast)…which I felt was rather under-toasted and an egg…that was burnt whilst still uncooked around the yolk.
I must say that they can fry the vegetables well…unlike at many Malay/Muslim places – usually the meat dishes are very nicely done but the fried vegetables are more often than not somewhat disappointing.
I saw these balitongs (siput sudut) masak lemak (cooked with santan/coconut milk) and I sure enjoyed them so much when we were here for their buka puasa buffet around the end of May so of course, I could not resist asking for that…and also a helping of the prawns.
I loved that not very attractive looking fish – I did not know what they marinated it with but it was so very nice
Both my missus and my girl had their very nice vegetable curry…
