Biryani Friday @ BTC Restoran - Lorong Plaza Legenda

I have to admit to neglecting 'Biryani Friday' for a while now, even though it's not so regular it definitely hasn't been forgotten! After todays delicious biryani maybe it will be back as a regular feature! Any recommendations for great tasting biryani are very much appreciated, please feel free to leave comments. BTC Restoran was first brought to my attention through 'Groupon', though I failed to get my voucher I still thought it was well worth a visit, especially for Dum Biryani available only a few days of the week. Traditionally dum biryani is cooked together with the meat, this helps flavour the rice and makes the meat succulent and tender. Today I had chicken, and the meat literally fell off the bone, the rice was so tasty and fragrant too, I'll be back again for sure! The set also comes with a good helping of achar, boiled egg, a poppadom and lovely vegetable dhal. Quite simply a delicious and satisfying meal!

BTC Restoran occupies a huge end lot on the corner of Lorong Sepat and Lorong Plaza Legenda, across the main road from Lintas Plaza.
 

The Bill : 1x Dum Biryani, 1x Teh Tarik Sejuk = 14.70 MYR

Biryani lovers should head here, to BTC Restoran!

Biryani Friday @ Restoran Halimah Nasi Kandar Royal - Harbour City

Biryani Friday this week takes me to a restaurant I've been meaning to try for some time now, Restoran Halimah Nasi Kandar Royal. Whenever I pass during lunchtime there always seems to be a crowd, usually a good indication of tasty food! The biryani didn't have a strong flavour as others I've tasted but definitely had more fragrance than plain nasi putih, although I possibly overpowered this with my generous helping of chicken curry gravy. It's self service at RHNKR so once I received my biryani it was up to me to choose my accompaniments, the fried chicken looked good in its deep red coating, so I picked out a nice piece of breast meat. Next I opted for stir fried cabbage with tomato, carrot and chilli which was really tasty and mildly spicy, then came the curry gravy which was dark and wonderfully spicy. I really enjoyed the food here, it was good quality and very tasty, even though the biryani didn't exactly stand out, also the other food in the nasi kandar looked really good too.

RHNKR is located at Harbour City opposite Sutera Harbour Resort.

 

The Bill : 1x Nasi Biryani, 1x Ayam Goreng, 1x Sayur, 1x Teh Tarik Ping = 9.20 MYR

I'll definitely be back for more nasi kandar @ Restoran Halimah Nasi Kandar Royal.

Biryani Friday @ Restoran Maju Curry House - Sinsuran

So we kick start February's 'Biryani Friday' at Restoran Maju Curry House, this was my first visit to this corner shop with it's outside tented eating area, this is a common factor around Sinsuran giving welcome relief from the midday sun! I have to say I was a bit worried when my Biryani arrived as it had, shock horror, frozen mixed veg in it. Now in my opinion this stuff has no place in nasi biryani and luckily there wasn't too much of it to spoil the dish completely. The rice was nice and fragrant with hints of cardamom coming through, my portion of chicken thigh was tasty and I believe was cooked with the biryani which is definitely a plus point. A boiled egg, achar and curry gravy also accompanied the meal. All in all it was ok, quite satisfactory. 
 

Restoran Maju Curry House is located at Sinsuran along Jalan Tun Razak.

 

I also got chance to catch up on some wrestling!

 

The Bill : 1x Nasi Biryani Ayam, 1x Teh Tarik Ping = 10 MYR

Not a bad meal from Maju Curry House, I'll be back to sample their curries for sure!

Biryani Friday @ Maimunaah Food Corner - Api - Api Centre

This weeks 'Biryani Friday' comes from Mainumaah Food Corner. I didn't get too involved this week choosing sides etc and just ordered nasi biryani ayam with an iced teh tarik. A fried drumstick came with the rice, as well as a mild, light curry of cauliflower and carrot, a dish I wouldn't of picked as cauliflower isn't my favourite of vegetables, but it was actually really quite good. There was also an egg hiding in the biryani and a spoonful of curry gravy over the top, all in all a tasty and very filling meal. I think next time I would go for chicken curry instead of the fried drumstick, not that there was anything wrong with the drumstick, just my personal preference.

  

Mainumaah Food Corner is located in the Api - Api Centre. The man who seems to be running this operation deserves a special mention, as he quite literally, never stops! Taking orders, serving food, making rotis, collecting money and when he has a spare second cleaning down food surfaces, and always with a smile. It's funny the things you start to notice!

 

The Bill : 1x Nasi Biryani Ayam, 1x Teh Tarik Ping = 9 MYR

Good quality filling food!

Biryani Friday @ Restoran Salim - Lintas Plaza

True to my word here's the second installment of 'Biryani Friday', and what a magnificent biryani it was too! Dum is a method of  cooking biryani, where marinated meat is layered with rice and cooked on a low heat, the cooking pot lid is traditionally sealed with dough to keep all the flavour and goodness inside the pot. Today at Restoran Salim, chicken dum biryani was on offer and it was truly superb, the chicken just fell off the bone and the rice used was extra long basmati, some grains were easily half an inch long! The dish was cooked to perfection and tasted so good, the biryani came topped with cashews, poppadom and boiled egg, achar and curry gravy came as side dishes. Lets hope all my future 'Biryani Friday' adventures are this good! And remember, feel free to post your favourite biryani restaurant here, on Nasi Chomper Blogspot.
 

Here's something I've never noticed after all my previous visits to Salim's, a free shoe shine! I wonder if it works on flip-flops?!?!?

Restoran Salim is located in Lintas Plaza.

The Bill : 1x Dum Biryani, 1x Teh Tarik Ping = 11 MYR

If today is anything to go by, 'Biryani Friday' is going to be my favourite day of the week!

Buka Puasa @ Bazaar Ramadan - Asia City

Asia City was todays destination to sample some of the delights at the Bazaar Ramadan. We came earlier today as two days previously we arrived too late and most of the food had been snapped up!

The Little Nibbler spotted this stall selling fantastic looking BBQ Chicken, Ayam Percik to give this dish it's proper name!

Looks delicious!

The crowds and interesting looking food caught my eye at this stall, 'Traditional local food' I was told.

Nasi Dagang.

Not sure what this is called I was just told Beef!

This was my pick.

The Nibbler liked the look of this Chicken Rendang.

The Ayam Percik was simply delicious with its rich coconut sauce. After some 'Googling' I've since found out that the chicken is first marinated, then cooked in a coconut/tamarind based sauce and then grilled over coals! Wow no wonder it tasted so good!

The Nibbler's Chicken Rendang came with Nasi Biryani, Veg Curry, Achar and Poppadoms. The Biryani was nothing special but the Rendang was pretty tasty.

I really enjoyed my first Nasi Dagang, a sticky rice infused with coconut. The 'beef' was on the tough side, but the sauce was wonderful and rich with coconut. Looking at the sign on their stall, I think they are located somewhere in Asia City, so watch this space for a future review.

The Bill : 1x Nasi Biryani, 1x Nasi Dagang, 1x Ayam Percik = 19 MYR

Bazaar Ramadan @ Asia City is yet another gastronomical adventure!

Buka Puasa @ Bazaar Ramadan - Jalan Gaya

Yesterday I made the mistake of arriving at a Bazaar Ramadan too late, most of the food was gone! Today I wasn't going to make the same mistake! There's amazing food around KK during the month of Ramadan, one of my favourites is Nasi Biryani, and it's great to be able to choose from a few different stalls all conveniently located in one place!

This lady's huge pot of Biryani really caught my eye along with some very tasty looking Chicken Curry. I'm pleased to report that the food didn't disappoint, it was a pure delight, the rice was nice and fragrant and the curry had a lovely spicy kick.

Looks good to me!

Arabian Foods.

This lady's small stall also caught my eye with some interesting looking Chicken Kebabs, they reminded me in looks of a type of Tandoori Lamb Kebab (I forget the name now) that I've eaten in Indian Restaurants back home. Actually all her food looked great and I was tempted to try her Biryani too, but unfortunately I came to my senses and realised that one portion of rice was probably enough!!!

Tasty looking Tandoori Chicken and Chicken Kebab.

Nasi Biryani with Chicken Curry and Achar.

Chicken Kebab.

The Bill : 1x Nasi Biryani Ayam, 1x Chicken Kebab = 11 MYR

For foodies like me the holy month of Ramadan is a gastronomic delight, the question is which Bazaar Ramadan should I go to next?

Nasi Biryani Ayam @ Nasi Kander Anak Mami - Lintas Plaza

I love a good Biryani, and the Biryani at Nasi Kander Anak Mami is good, no that won't do, it is infact the best Biryani in KK! (In my humble opinion). Although, it has to be said 'Islamic Restaurant & Hotel' in Kampong Air is pretty good too! 
It's my first visit to this branch at Lintas Plaza, there's also another one (the original) on Jalan Bundusan which I've visited a couple of times before and also had great tasting food. I opted for Nasi Biryani Ayam with Achar and Chicken curry gravy. First of all the Biryani was spicy and fragrant cooked perfectly with added raisins, cashew nuts and egg, fantastic! A lovely piece of Tandoori chicken came with the dish, I was expecting chicken curry but no complaints here! The curry gravy was nice and spicy. Achar, pickled veg and fruit is a perfect accompaniment to Biryani, as a whole my lunch was delicious! Oh dear, I do seem to say that a lot!!! Haha!

You really can't miss this restaurant and it's open 24 hours too!

 Wow!

The Bill : 1x Nasi Biryani Ayam, 1x Teh Tarik = 10.50 MYR

If there's a better Biryani in KK, please let me know, I need to taste it!!!