MalCui - What KL have? Part 2

MalCui – KL Cuisine Light Tour (Halal) Part 2

Ikan Bakar

Gerai Seri Menanti

The owners are from Negri Sembilan, hence the name Seri Menanti. This extremely popular gerai or stall at the end of Jalan Bellamy, is always packed during lunch hours. Curry and spice marinaded fish grilled over charcoal fire and served on banana leaf laced plate…sounds tempting?


Just a little advice, bring a gas mask with you, the spicy smoke filled barbeque pit can be a little overbearing. Or better still, get an unsuspecting colleague to stand in line for you and sit as far away from the barby pit as you can. (have to queue to order your choice fish from the barbeque pit - stil need to face it anyhow).

What said me: Worth it! The sambal sauce is simply a taste sealer! The place is open from Mon - Fri(12pm - 3pm , 5.30pm - dinner) , Sat (11am - 4pm only) Sun (closed)

Location: At the end of Jalan Bellamy

Indian Rojak / Mee Rebus / Chendol

The stall at the bend of Changkat Thamby Dollah

'Manned' by a grandma, her daughter and a grandson. The old manual ice-shaver is still in use here and you can have your chendol with corn and red bean topping if you like. (sorry dint have time to take picture because it's go inside my dummy)

The stall is open most of the day and it's a nostalgic little place - under the cherry tree stall, with a few tables and chairs. Like how it was when we were schooling and walking home from school, there was always a place we could go for our 30sen rojak, or 15sen chendol....remember?

Location: On Changkat Tambi Dollah, heading towards the Kampung Pandan roundabout

Nasi Bryani

Restoran Bismillah

Really good bryani rice here to go with the ayam goreng and kuah ikan. The place opens from breakfast til dinner but closed Friday afternoons for prayers. It gets pretty packed during the usual government break time and that would be(???)...the usual morning,lunch,afternoon and tea breaks

Location: On Jalan Semarak, just after the Datuk Keramat- Jalan Semarak-Lorong Gurney traffic junction. Watch out for the shoplots on the left if coming from the AAM side

Satay

Restoran Mulia

This restoran has been around for quite some years now. This corner restaurant started with a satay stall and now has expanded to include a variety of dishes like Sup Tulang(Oxtail soup but malaysian style), western food like steak and chips, fried rice and all the usuals you may find in a malay hawker stall turned restaurant thingy!

Business hours: Open only after 4.00pm and closed on Sundays.

Location: At the crossroads of Kampung Baru - Jalan Semarak - Jalan Tun Razak. Corner shop on ground floor of an old shop-apartment building. But parking is horrendous! beware..

Queen's Hotel

This is a great place to savour all sorts of Malaysian hawker food from sup kambing to satay and tom yam noodles. Chinese food galore here too! The satay is considered one of the best in town. Open only in the evenings. Makes sense....it's much cooler especially if you choose to dine alfresco!

Location: Peel Road.

Banana Leaf Rice(Southern Indian)

Achar

Greaaaaat banana leaf rice! Lots and lots of spices, get your hands grubby , dig in. You won't regret it. Thing is, it's only open for lunch and it's in PJ, so it's really not in KL but it's good food and we simply must share this one with you.

What said me: This is a real once a month fix! Mind you having the basic veggies and rice is reasonably priced but when there are orders for the meats etc, it can come up to quite a bill.

Location: Get onto Jalan Gasing, go all the way down heading towards the roundabout. Just before the roundabout there is a left turning. Take this turning and follow the road round to the right and head about 100m you will get to some single storeyed shop houses. Achar is actually a sort of shanty extension of this shoplot. Can't miss it - there's a becha parked at the entrance.

Sempoorna

Good banana leaf rice and serves lovely paper thosai, murtabak and has a wide variety Indian desserts. Cheap too! Open all day till late.

Location: Brickfields. A row of shops opposite the main crossroads - lots of banana leaf rice restaurants here. Sempoorna is in the middle.

Kaana

Another of those great banana leaf rice joints in PJ. The rassam here is really good and is open til very late night.

Location: Section 17, it's in the area just behind Lisa De Inn hotel (on the rothman's roundabout). Situated in row of 2 or 3 storeyed shops.

Chennai Ponnusamy

This is a little gem that's located just behind Bangsar's ever popular Nirvana. Not many know about this place but it's cheap and the curry is good.. well some dishes are good.. like the fried chicken masala , curry crab and the fried fish fillet.

The vegetarian set meal comes with a chapati, poppadoms, rice, a selection of vegetarian dishes, dal, rassam and yoghurt for only RM5 per set!! Oh, ad don't forget the Bru Coffee. Just to complete the meal. Lovely!!

Location: Bangsar Telawi, it's located near Kashmir restaurant and FLAM's restaurant.

P/S: this was my first time gather some non-halal cuisine infor, well special thanks to Mr.Ho and journey malaysia contribution.