Line Clear Nasi Kandar at Upper Penang Road
The word Nasi Kandar, came about from a time when nasi [rice] hawkers or vendors would kandar [balance] a pole on the shoulder with two huge containers of rice meals. The name has remained and today the word Nasi Kandar is seen on most Tamil Muslim or “Malaysian Mamak” restaurants and Indian-Muslim stall meals.
The rice for a nasi kandar dish is often placed in a wooden container about three feet high, giving it a distinctive aroma. The rice is accompanied by side dishes such as fried chicken, curried spleen, cubed beef, fish roe, fried prawns or fried squid. The vegetable dish would usually be brinjal, lady fingers “bendi”. A mixture of curry sauces is poured on the rice. This is called ‘banjir’ (flooding) and imparts a diverse taste to the rice.
Traditionally, nasi kandar is always served with its side dishes on a single plate. Nowadays, small plates are used for the side dishes. Nevertheless, the curry sauce mix is always poured directly onto the rice. In Penang there are a few which still cook and serve the same nasi kandar taste which dated back in pre war time. Those stalls are Nasi Kandar Beratur which next to the Kapitan Keling Mosque and Line Clear Nasi Kandar which located at upper Penang Road (Since 1930). Daniel and myself just couldn’t feel right if we don’t drop by for a round of nasi kandar here.
They do not have any shop but they are operating for a long time already at the small walkway in between 2 shops.
Though the place is not hygiene with full of dust from past by traffic, you can be assure that their food are fresh and clean. A proper toilet is provided too at the back by renting people’s back yard and build a toilet there.
There are basically a few curry which made the basic nasi kandar tasty. They are the beef curry, chicken, fish and dhal curry which later will be mixed together.
All you need is just to point what you want and that fella will pick it for you. Daniel ordered a fried fish submarine style.Beware of what you pointing. You point and the dish will straight go to your plate and the fella will always ask you “LAGI?” what else? till you say enough.
Popularity: 24% [?]
why the place like not so tidy ah?
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Jolene : it is like that since they started the business back at 1930. They don’t want to change the location.
Pelita and Kayu are those modern franchise. Their nasi kandar no way to fight against Line Clear’s.
The cleanliness is terrible.
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Little Inbox : that’s why cleanliness come with rating 1 …
I have not been to this place for many years already. Their clealiness is at least better than the one next to Chowreta Market. That one you can see the Commando Rats running arround and calling for reinforcement. HAHAHA….
Ahhh, good old Line Clear, certainly the original Penang nasi kandar, alley rats, traffic dust, warts and all! I tend to stay clear from the plasticky nasi kandar chains… there’s something very inhospitable about those huge neon signs and uniformed waiters…
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banjir? ahhaha …. luckily they’re not using a bowl to serve the rice. else you’ll be scooping the curry with rice into your mouth!
Line Clear, refers to what they shouted when the table is ready right?
or when the customers paid?
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Jason : ya lor …. that place the cat scare the rats
550ml : ya lo …. those huge neon lights and uniformed waiters need us to pay for their salary which included in our meal
J2Kfm : no la …. nasi kandar must go with the hand only nice … coz you can control the temperature of the rice before you put in your mouth.
They will shout line clear when your rice are served.
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