Line Clear Nasi Kandar at Upper Penang Road
November 10, 2008 by email2me · 8 Comments
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.
The fella that help you pick your dish will throw the whole fish into the hot curry pot to soak that fish. It taste really good!
The we usually will sound the banjir signal! An Neh !!! Kasi banjir ["An Neh" means Brother in Indian language and "kasi Banjir" means flood it] … there goes your plate of rice … it will go around all the curry dish to mix their gravy on your plate till it is soaked.
Special Sambal Curry
The plate of rice getting flooded! At first I don’t intend to eat it cause I just had Sup Hameed before Daniel come and see me for Nasi Kandar. But when the fella banjir the rice, the aroma …. ~.~” I just couldn’t tolerate it and ordered a plate too.
My plate of nasi kandar with a piece of beed and 2 pcs of ladies finger plus banjir of course. RM2.60
Daniel’s plate with fish, chicken, squid eggs and banjir RM8.80
If we eat it this way in KL, at least it will kill us RM16 or more. Both of us will only let loose/run wild in Penang when eating nasi kandar.
Oh glorious freshly fried papadums
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Place: Nasi Kandar Line Clear
Location : Upper Penang Road
GPS Coordinate : N5 25.182 E100 19.948
Location Maps :
Address : Behind 177, Penang Road, Penang
Contact No : 04-261 4440
Website :
Business Hour : 24 Hours
Off Day :
Food Type: Authentic Mamak Hawker Food
Price: Reasonable
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 1/5
Food Votes : 5/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : Yes
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone :
Tax :
Recommended Foods : Beef, Chicken, Squid Eggs and Lamb Curry
Recommended Drinks : Susu Tarik
Remark:
It taste even better when eat with hand.
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Restoran Tanjung Tualang Prawn House
June 16, 2008 by email2me · Leave a Comment
Place: Restoran Tanjung Tualang Prawn House
GPS Coordinate : N3 09.061 E101 35.604
Location : Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara
Address : 26-1, Jalan PJU 5/9, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara, 47810, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Contact No : 016-235 2282
Business Hour :
Food Type: Seafoods
Price: RM45 for prawns and RM15 for curry chicken
Halal : No
Video : Play
Food Recommended :Soya Sauce Deep Fried Big Head Prawns and Curry Chicken
Remark :
Kemaman Kopitiam
June 13, 2008 by email2me · 3 Comments
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Place:Kemaman Kopitiam
Location : Kuantan Town Area
GPS Coordinate : N3 49.022 E103 19.866
Google Maps : CLICK HERE
Address : B-40/1, Jalan Tun Ismail 12, Sri Dagangan 2, 25000 Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia.
Contact No :+609 - 513 3698
Website : http://www.kemamankopitiam.com.my
Business Hour :8am to 1am
Off Day :
Food Type: Modern Cafe
Price: Reasonable
Payment Terms : Cash / Credit Card
Cleanliness Votes : 4/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : Yes
Halal : Yes
WIFI : Yes
Smoking and non smoking zone : Yes
Tax : 5% Gov
Recommended Foods : Nasi Lemak Special, Nasi Puyuh, Curry Chicken With Bread and Tuna Sandwich
Recommended Drinks : Ice Gourmet Coffee
Remark:
The food is superb. Easily beat all the modern Kafe in KL like Old Town and Pak Li Kopitiam. All the foods are very high in quality, taste and freshness. The price is also cheaper.
The way they pack their ice blended coffee, gourmet coffees and take away in a very hygiene way which utilize seals.
Jalan Sayur Food Street (Pudu, KL)
May 5, 2008 by email2me · 4 Comments
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Place: Jalan Sayur Food Street (Pudu, KL)
Location : Near Pudu
GPS Coordinate : N3 08.108 E101 42.773
Address : Refer map
Contact No :
Website :
Business Hour : From 6pm till midnight
Off Day :
Food Type: Hawker foods
Price: Reasonable to cheap range
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 1/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone : No
Tax : No
Recommended Foods : Pork and seafood Noodle, Steam Sweet Egg, Fried Chicken, Fried Lor Bak Gou (Koay Kak for Penang people), Chee Cheong Fun with curry chicken feet, Nyonya Kuih, Yam cake, pork organ broth and Indian Soup
Recommended Drinks : Assorted desserts and herbal tea stalls
Remark:
This food streets starts its business around 6pm. Most of the stalls here are operated by senior citizens for more than a decade. All the foods taste really good except the pork noodles are inconsistent in the quality when taking a lot orders. Price wise are consider cheap in KL. The cleanliness is rated 1/5 as it is situated in the middle of the road under open air condition.
Restoran Taiping Lang
March 31, 2008 by email2me · Leave a Comment
Place: Restoran Taiping Lang
GPS Coordinate : N3 02.670 E101 37.379 
Location : Near Oldtown Kopi Tiam Puchong Jaya
Address : No 19-01, Jalan Kenari 18B, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47100, Puchong, Selangor.
Contact No : 03-8076 2686
Business Hour :
Food Type: Authentic Taiping Foods
Price: Reasonable
Halal : NO
Video : Play
Food Recommended : Curry Chicken and Jiu Hu Char
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