Banana Leaf Rice @ Sri Nirwana Maju

Sri Nirwana Maju is one happening Indian restaurant in Bangsar. It's just next to AmBank, the place is always packed from noon to night, 7 days a week. More happening then any bistros/pubs in that area.


Sri Nirwana Maju


The colours of Sri Nirwana Maju

Facts:
Here they serve food on banana leaves, and they use plastic cups for cold drinks.

My thoughts:
When it comes to banana leaf rice, no body beats Sri Nirwana Maju.
The best ever!!! Numero UNO!!! Terpaling bagus sekali!!! 一番!!! 超級無敵!!!
(of course... this is only my own prejudice!!! >ip LOL~)

Everytime I dine here, I'll sure become a happy boy after that!

woooOOOTTTT!!! ^0^


The ultimate banana leaf rice by Sri Nirwana Maju


this deep fried bitter gourd is EPIC!!! This is the most happening dish!!!


mixed vege


cucumber salad


fragant rice with dal


the papadum here always fresh & crispy


ayam goreng (deep fried chicken)


iced chill teh 'O' ais limau (iced lime tea)

If you feel that banana leaf rice is too much for you, try other dishes, their thosai, mihoon goren with ayam, chapati, sotong goreng, maggi mee goreng, etc... are AWESOME too!!!

Give it a try, and u know what I mean... TRUST ME!!!

LOL~ ^0^


Info
Sri Nirwana Maju
43, Jalan Telawi 3
Bangsar Baru
Kuala Lumpur
Wilayah Persekutuan
Malaysia

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p/s: try google the "Sri Nirwana Maju"... ^0^

Kana Curry House @ Sec 17

Kana Curry House, I'm sure many people in PJ, have heard of this famous banana leaf rice restaurant at Section 17. Anyway...

For today's lunch, we had:



Dish: Kana Curry House's Banana Leaf Rice+Fried Chicken
Price: RM 12++

My thoughs:
Generally, I find Kana's food & drinks are nice, above lotsa Indian or banana leaf rice restaurants.

However, the best banana leaf rice for me, will still be Nirvana Restaurant at Bangsar. I'll blog about that another time... LOL~

Facts:
The best drink to go with banana leaf rice is nothing else, but a nice glass of Teh-O Ais Limau


Teh-O Ais Limau (iced chilled tea with lime)

Beside serving banana leaf rice, they also have the usual Mamak food, such as:

• Rendang, like beef, chicken or mutton;


• Fried stuffs, like chicken, fish, sotong (squid);


• snacks, like pisang goreng, vade, malay kuih, etc


• thosai, chapati, roti canai


• Maggi goreng

However, most of these food, will only available after 3pm onwards.

Chicken Rice @ Nam Heong

One hot afternoon, we happened to be in SS2, PJ. We were having difficulties finding a place to park (HA! what's new in SS2), the moment we found one, we were half baked. Immediately, we tried to look for an air-con restaurant. And we found a restaurant we haven't visited for years - Nam Heong.

We went in and we saw this Set Lunch


RM7.90++ set lunch comes with - single portion chicken with rice, and double boiled soup

For today's lunch, we had:

Dish: Nam Heong Set Lunch - single portion chicken with rice, and double boiled soup
Price: RM 7.90++


Nam Heong's Chicken (single portion)


double boiled soup - winter melon with pork, lotus root (far)

My thoughs:
Nam Heong's chicken rice has always been one of my favourite authentic chicken rice shop. I haven't been dinning there for a number of years, yet they still maintain the quality.

Facts:
Nam Heong is now under The Esquire Kitchen. They have branches all over PJ and KL.

Char Siew Rice @ Restoran K. Intan

Another place for a good food@Section 17. This shop open from morning to afternoon, then evening to night.


Retoran K. Intan@Section 17

They serve rice and home made noodle, with the choice of char siew (BBQ pork), siew yuk (roast pork), wan tan or dumpling. You can have Bah Kut Teh as well.

For today's lunch, we had:

Dish: Char Siew+Siew Yuk Rice
Price: RM 3.50


Dish: Char Siew+Siew Yuk Noodle
Price: RM 3.50


Dish: Dumpling
Price: ??? (4got)

My thoughs:
The pork, both char siew (BBQ pork) and siew yuk (roast pork) are nicely flammed, the rice is just plain white rice, however, the killer app for me is the gravy - char siew (BBQ pork sauce!



as for the dumpling, inside is stuffed with minced pork with carrot and 1 prawn.



Facts:
The shop is runned by a Chinese guy and a girl. I'm not sure about their relationship, however, we always refer the shop as "leong gong poh", it means "couple" in Cantonese. LOL~

Almost forgot to mention, do put some "fried small red onion" upon serving, it goes with the rice or noodle.

I like to dine here, 'cos the place is not very crowded, service is not bad and food is nice.

I'll blog about the Bah Kut Teh next time.

Chicken Rice @ Lucky

Kedai Kopi Lucky@Section 17, is the type of kopitiam, where it's operated by 2 different tenants, i.e. day and night.



Kedai Kopi Lucky@Section 17

During day time, you get to choose variety of food from many hawker stalls; night time, one "Big Fry" stall, i.e. chinese à la Carte.

It's located just directly across the open car park from Restoran Say Huat.



For today's lunch, we had:


Dish: Roast Chicken Rice
Price: RM 3.50


Dish: Pork MeeHoon Soup
Price: RM 3.00

My thoughs:
Kedai Kopi Lucky got lots of nice food. They have chicken rice, char siew rice (BBQ pork), siew yuk (roast pork) rice, pork noodle, pork ball noodle, wan tan mee, curry mee, etc

My favourite is Roast Chicken Rice (which is the from main tenant). Their roast chicken is nicely roasted, with the semi-crispy skin attached to the white meat.

As for Pork MeeHoon Soup... I shall write about it another day. 'cos I preferred the dry version, not soup. Someone forced me to photograph the soup and post here... -_-"

Facts:
This couple is the Chicken Rice Stall owners.


The uncle and the aunty are nice people, however they have a unique way to communicate with each other/customers, especially when they are coordinating customers' orders.

The uncle will always be polite to all his customers, on the other end, the aunty will scold everyone (including the customers) when she's stressed. LOL~

but regulars will not be offended, 'cos we are used with it.

LOL~

I shall write about other food from Kedai Kopi Lucky another day (including night time's big fry. So if you happened to be around Section 17, don't forget to check out Kedai Kopi Lucky~lah.

Hong Fatt @ Sec 14, Basement Food Court

Hong Fatt is 1 of the many hawker stalls in Section 14's Basement Food Court (non-Halal Food section). It's operated by a Chinese couple. They are located at the deep far end corner of the Sec 14 Market Hall.

If you coming from the center court (5'Sec Laundry will be on your left, King's Bakery on your right), walk down and turn left. Walk pass the Halal Food stalls til you reached another short steps stairs down.

Hong Fatt is just at your NE direction, i.e. corner corner shop!



Basically they served fried rice, fried noodle, fried meehoon or fried kuey teow. You can have them in normal style, singapore style, tom yam style, etc... suits your tastes/requirements.

For today's lunch, we had:


Dish: Fried Rice with Fried Egg
Price: RM 3.50


Dish: Fried Mee Hoon
Price: RM 3.00

My thoughs:
No thoughts~lah... It's just plain fried rice, but it taste better then a lot, as I believed Uncle's cooking got good flame (chinese believes or rather chinese style of cooking, the flame must be at the right temperature)!

Facts:
Upon entering this non-halal food court, please take note the pillars are actually the border that divides the "Tale of Two Beverage Clans". So please don't order from the this side and sit on the other side.

That's for drinks. For food, you can sit any where you want, and there are a few nice stalls too... and I shall write about them some other day.


Iced Winter Melon Longan Drink, ordered from the clan that operating besides Hong Fatt.

Disclaimer: I don't have any preferences or favour to any of the beverages stalls.

Thai Fried Rice @ Say Huat, Section 17 PJ

Restoran Say Huat is a chinese Kopitiam, where you can find lots of stalls inside the shop, selling variety of food.

It's located at Section 17, Petaling Jaya, near the old Sentosa Cinema (which no longer exist, currently is an open-air car park - RM2 per entry *gulp~*).

For now, let's talk about the famous - Thai Fried Rice@Restoran Say Huat.



Price: RM4.50
What is served:
gravy, marinated chicken, fresh onion, spring onion, fried eggs and fried rice;

My thoughs:
Before you start, make sure you have everything on the plate mixed evenyly, to get the best out of it. What's so nice about this Thai Fried Rice, is actually the gravy.

The gravy some how able to connect the rest of the elements served, which brings out the taste, and make it delicious.

Because it serves with fresh onion, therefore, be prepared that you'll get onion breath after that!!!


Facts:
The name of the stall is actually called - Thai Fried Rice (in Chinese, I shall take a snapshot next time). The stall is actually runs by a couple - Chef (Chinese, husband I think) and Assistant (Siamese, wife I think), they have been operating there for at least 7 years. Besides Thai Fried Rice, they serve also Pineapple Fried Rice, Chestnut Fried Rice, Tom Yam Fried Rice, etc...