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LEGENDARY NASI LEMAK @ CHOW KIT MARKET
Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - September 2018
Nasi Lemak is a favourite among Malaysians; in fact it is our defacto national breakfast dish, one that's enjoyed by all irrespective of their origins. Usually this simple yet delicious dish is sold from road-side stalls or from small shops at hawkers centres. Being a Malay dish, a majority, are sold by Malays, but their are a few stalls that sells a Chinese version of the dish. The difference is that the Chinese version is non-Halal as usually there is a dish or two that contains pork. Previously, I had tried the renown Black Man Nasi Lemak which I found to be quite good. There's another good one sold from the San Peng flats, but I found that to be too pricey and did not get around to blog about it.
These days I am often on duty as an assistant cycling tour guide with Mike Bikes, which runs cycling tours around Kuala Lumpur city centre. Part of the tour itinerary would be a visit to the Chow Kit Market, and it's here that one find another good Chinese nasi lemak, so good that it's proclaimed as legendary.....
They are that good that often during weekends, people queue up just to get at it. Surprising that is, as the stall is not easy to find unless one is familiar with the Chow Kit Market, which is a rather large market located between Jalan Raja Bot and Jalan Raja Alang. The legendary nasi lemak is located at a stall within the small food court tucked to one corner of the market (near the vegetables section). This food court is housed in a unique old building with a concrete arched roof.
The stall selling the nasi lemak is called "Taste Legendary Nasi Lemak" and is operated from a narrow 10-foot wide stall by a Mr. Siew and his family. Like most traditional nasi lemak stalls, the dishes are laid out on a table, all ready for serving.
The sotong (squid) curry, an ever favourite with the customers with it's strong flavours. Siew's one is not that chili hot, but still spicy (full of spices).
Their pork rendang, with an aroma not as strong as the usual beef rendangs yet it had a good porky flavour.
A close up look shows that the pork with diced into small chunks, letting them absorb more of the curry flavour.
The "Char Yoke" (Deep fried pork stew) is an unique dish offered by this stall. It is a traditional Chinese dish but went well with the nasi lemak and curries. The pork belly is cut into thick slices, deep-fried till crispy on the outside and then cooked into a stew. Note the hard-boiled eggs that are cooked together with this stew; elaboration will come later on.
Other than the usual fresh cucumber slices and kankung (water spinach), here the offer also the traditional achar, a spicy dish cooked with cuts of cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, long bean all lightly cooked in a spicy ground nut sauce.
Deep-fried square radish cakes are often eaten as a breakfast tit-bit or as part of a dim sum course. I was surprised to find it sold here and even more surprised that it goes very well with the pork curry.
The usual nasi lemak complements are not forgotten, like this sunny-side up eggs. Their hard-boiled eggs are not just hard-boiled but also simmered in the pork stew (see photos of the "Char Yoke" pork stew three photos above this.
An of course there must always be the ikan bilis (anchovies), here they are deep-fried till super crispy and drained off of all the oil.
Nasi lemak is not nasi lemak without a good sambal (chili mix); every vendor has their on style of doing their respective sambal. Siew's one is simply cooked with cut rings of onions, not that oily and just slightly sweet.
And here's my choice, with a double-dose of rice, sunny-side egg, a couple of pieces of "Char Yoke" and a slice of radish cake. The Char Yoke has been well camouflaged with the sambal that I had poured over them - surprisingly this stew blended well with the sweet sambal chili. I would later use some of this sambal as a spread over the radish cake.... Wonderful!
On the general, taste-wise it's average with pricing slightly above average. Just go eat there for the atmosphere.
LEGNEDARY NASI LEMAK @ CHOW KIT MARKET
At Chow Kit Market (Pasar Raja Bot)
Located next to vegetable & fruits section.
(Note; they could be moved to a new wing of market as present location will be demolished)
Tel: +6012-3332334
Hours: 7:00am - 1:00pm (off days on Mondays, unless it's a public holiday)
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chowkitnasilemak/
GPS: 3.16488, 101.69949
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Nasi Lemak is a favourite among Malaysians; in fact it is our defacto national breakfast dish, one that's enjoyed by all irrespective of their origins. Usually this simple yet delicious dish is sold from road-side stalls or from small shops at hawkers centres. Being a Malay dish, a majority, are sold by Malays, but their are a few stalls that sells a Chinese version of the dish. The difference is that the Chinese version is non-Halal as usually there is a dish or two that contains pork. Previously, I had tried the renown Black Man Nasi Lemak which I found to be quite good. There's another good one sold from the San Peng flats, but I found that to be too pricey and did not get around to blog about it.
They are that good that often during weekends, people queue up just to get at it. Surprising that is, as the stall is not easy to find unless one is familiar with the Chow Kit Market, which is a rather large market located between Jalan Raja Bot and Jalan Raja Alang. The legendary nasi lemak is located at a stall within the small food court tucked to one corner of the market (near the vegetables section). This food court is housed in a unique old building with a concrete arched roof.
The stall selling the nasi lemak is called "Taste Legendary Nasi Lemak" and is operated from a narrow 10-foot wide stall by a Mr. Siew and his family. Like most traditional nasi lemak stalls, the dishes are laid out on a table, all ready for serving.
The sotong (squid) curry, an ever favourite with the customers with it's strong flavours. Siew's one is not that chili hot, but still spicy (full of spices).
Their pork rendang, with an aroma not as strong as the usual beef rendangs yet it had a good porky flavour.
A close up look shows that the pork with diced into small chunks, letting them absorb more of the curry flavour.
The "Char Yoke" (Deep fried pork stew) is an unique dish offered by this stall. It is a traditional Chinese dish but went well with the nasi lemak and curries. The pork belly is cut into thick slices, deep-fried till crispy on the outside and then cooked into a stew. Note the hard-boiled eggs that are cooked together with this stew; elaboration will come later on.
Other than the usual fresh cucumber slices and kankung (water spinach), here the offer also the traditional achar, a spicy dish cooked with cuts of cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, long bean all lightly cooked in a spicy ground nut sauce.
Deep-fried square radish cakes are often eaten as a breakfast tit-bit or as part of a dim sum course. I was surprised to find it sold here and even more surprised that it goes very well with the pork curry.
The usual nasi lemak complements are not forgotten, like this sunny-side up eggs. Their hard-boiled eggs are not just hard-boiled but also simmered in the pork stew (see photos of the "Char Yoke" pork stew three photos above this.
An of course there must always be the ikan bilis (anchovies), here they are deep-fried till super crispy and drained off of all the oil.
Nasi lemak is not nasi lemak without a good sambal (chili mix); every vendor has their on style of doing their respective sambal. Siew's one is simply cooked with cut rings of onions, not that oily and just slightly sweet.
And here's my choice, with a double-dose of rice, sunny-side egg, a couple of pieces of "Char Yoke" and a slice of radish cake. The Char Yoke has been well camouflaged with the sambal that I had poured over them - surprisingly this stew blended well with the sweet sambal chili. I would later use some of this sambal as a spread over the radish cake.... Wonderful!
LEGNEDARY NASI LEMAK @ CHOW KIT MARKET
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