1) Me: THIS NASI LEMAK COSTS HOW MUCH?! This had better be damn good especially it was voted as best nasi lemak in Malaysia by the Tourism Ministry *grumblegrumble*
2) And then my nasi lemak with chicken curry arrived and it was like a flying saucer landing on the table. That cucumber? Over freaking 2 inches across, I’ve never seen cucumber that big before, and the two chicken pieces are 3/4 the size of my fist each (I had to doggy bag one home). [Coconut milk boiled rice, chicken curry, half a hardboiled egg, sweet salty onion anchovy sambal, shrimp floss, world’s biggest cucumber slices and some acar aka spicy pickles on the side]
3) This is when the head waiter stopped by and put the little dish of acar onto the table, revealing the hidden shrimp floss and egg. Review: It was a big portion, taste is satisfying and tasty but absolutely NOTHING that makes it Malaysia’s best except in that the heat-spice is so mild that the rich coconut rice started giving me a headache cause I was getting overwhelmed by the richness with no spicy hot to cut it; where’s the spicy sambal yo? It’s just, inoffensive? It does its best to be inoffensive that sure, it’s got some deliciousness but I was bored? The chicken was plenty tender though so good job on that. Good big portion for 21.90 ringgit though. (Mall restaurant prices, what can you do)
4) The starter special featuring tender well marinated chicken satay and a nice thick satay sauce; prawn and chicken mince fried dumping and mayo, the skin was nice and thin and crispy; and dad’s favourite, of which he approved, otak-otak which is a type of spicy fish cake thing but they made it a bit more loosely and not anything like a Thai fish cake.
5) Dad’s otak-otak fried rice which he started attacking immediately to mix.
6) Mom ordered rice and a side dish since she mooched off our plates anyways; unsurprisingly lacklustre assam vegetables featuring tomato, okra and a too sweet tamarind sauce.
7) And then I went and bought coconut cookies and durian candy at the supermarket afterwards. Trufax, I’ve had durian and its many processed product versions but I’ve never had durian candy until now. It’s okay, not very hard on the odor/aroma and flavour.
