Monday, 20 April 2009

Nasi Kandar

Some pics I took from my visit to M'sia last year.
In the middle of a hectic shoppping trip in one of the huge malls in KL, it's great to be able to take a breather in a food court which serves up to hundreds of different dishes, to replenish your energy. However, the problem is that there is such a big variety to choose from, and when your time there is limited, what do you do?



For me, I always resort to the Nasi Kandar stall. A plate of plain or coconut rice, and I select the meat and veg from dozens of mainly spicy dishes on display.




This one above was from the food court in 1-Utama and consisted of a fried kembung fish (like mackerel) marinated with spices, four angled beans in sambal, and brown reconstituted squid in sambal.



This one was from Mid Valley mall in Bangsar. Seemed a bit pricey, so I dunno if I have been ripped off or not. It cost me RM10. Consisted of long beans with white squid strips in sambal, cockles in sambal, and a type of four angled bean (direct translation from its Chinese name!), also with sambal!

A you can probably tell, I am quite fond of sambal (chilli paste with other spices like belacan) over the curry dishes, mainly because I can easily get curries in Manchester, but not good sambal.

These were not the best nasi kandar I have ever had, but when you have been living away for so long, anything will do!

3 comments:

Tummythoz said...

Err yup. Ripped off. But being in food courts within popular shopping complexes near affluent areas, expected-lor. ;>

backStreetGluttons said...

Nasi Kandar ( Malaysia ) Tips :

1. mamak shops are best
2. buy and eat before 12pm

if briyani rice chosen , expect to pay a lot ( like 2 or 3 X chap fun comparable items) !

3. avoid Big Names like Kayu

enjoy your extra bright brown & orange meals !

Hazza said...

Tummythoz,
I thought so. Maybe I will haggle over the price in future!

Bsg,
I agree, but I suppose I have to pay the price for wanting to eat in an air con environment.