Biryani Friday @ Kolombong Fish Head Curry & Caffe - Api - Api Centre

Here's a new feature I'm going to endeavour to fulfill, 'Biryani Friday'. Every Friday or at least every other Friday, for you, my readers, I'm going to sample Nasi Biryani in the far and wide reaches of KK and report my findings here, on Nasi Chomper, I know I know, a selfless task! 
Please feel free to comment and leave recommendations of your favourite biryani restaurant, I'm especially interested in finding great evening time biryanis, so all help and suggestions are much appreciated.
So to kick start 'Biryani Friday' I headed to Api - Api Centre where there is a fairly large concentration of Mamak stalls and curry houses. I thought I'd give Kolombong Fish Head Curry & Caffe a try because on all my previous visits the biryani was always habis, so today I headed out for a fairly early lunch, at 11.30. My luck was in, as there was a tray, full of biryani behind the glass counter. Along with the biryani I ordered Fish Slice Curry, Achar and a Teh Tarik Ping, a poppadom was also placed on top of the rice. The rice was nice and fragrant and not at all stodgy with hints of cinnamon and star anise coming through. Fried onions, raisins and cashews all helped to give it a great, mild, overall flavour. The fish slice curry is not to be missed either, I'm sure the fish heads great too, but as yet I'm not brave enough to try!!! Since being in KK I also like to have achar as a side dish to my biryani, which I also like eating with crispy poppadoms. Overall this was a tasty, satisfying meal and a brilliant start to 'Biryani Friday'!
  

Kolombong Fish Head Curry is located on the corner of Api - Api Centre closest to Wawasan Plaza.

 

Outside eating area where you can catch a nice cool breeze in the midday sun.

 

The Bill : 1x Nasi Biryani, 1x Fish Slice Curry, 1x Teh Tarik = 8.50 MYR

Kolombong Curry Fish Head is a popular eatery for good reason, next time try their Biryani, you'll be pleased you did!

Hit 'n' Miss @ Kedai Kopi Kam Lee - Damai

It was a tale of two meals tonight at Kedai Kopi Kam Lee, a most definite hit and unfortunately, for me, a terrible miss! From what I could see there's four vendors operating from inside the coffee shop, offering western food, Penang kuih teow, Kuching kolo mee and dishes with rice. I'd like to add that most of the food coming out looked pretty good.

The Little Nibbler fancied the Kuching kolo mee with belly pork, savoury sweet, pork belly mixed with noodles, mince pork and some greens, really tasty, I know I got to have a taste! A great dish for 5 ringgit. 

I opted for the Japanese tofu with mince pork and rice, which looked quite appetizing on the picture menu, but when it arrived was covered in frozen mixed veg (my very least favourite thing) and the two mouthfuls I had, had gristle in the mince pork, sorry but a terrible miss!

Kitchai pings all round!

 

Kedai Kopi Kam Lee is located in the buzzing hawker alley of Damai.

 

The Bill : 1x Kolo Mee, 1x Japanese Tofu, 2x Kitchai Ping = 16 MYR

Be sure to try the Kolo Mee here, I'll be back for some and I'll probably try the Penang Kuih Teow too!!!

Chapati Set @ CS Curry House (Banana Leaf Restoran) - Tanjung Aru Plaza

Unfortunately my favourite breakfast of Masala Dosa at CS Curry House was unavailable this morning so I opted instead for their Chapati Set. Two wonderfully cooked chapitis served with their free flow and very delicious chicken & fish curry gravies and tasty dahl. Dosas, Rotis, Chapatis and Banana Leaf meals all come served with this yummy, free flow, threesome! If you've not visited  CS Curry House yet, I'd recommend you give it a go!

CS Curry House is located at Tanjung Aru Plaza.

The Bill : 1x Chapati Set, 1x Teh Tarik = 7MYR

Chapati Breakfast = Great Breakfast

Western & Local Food @ Table No.1 - Tanjung Aru

Another great new restaurant, Table No.1 At Tanjung Aru. We kept a close eye on this place when it was being renovated from a bright yellow house to what you see today, a brilliant, bright white restaurant! I also wondered, what kind of food would it serve? I must say that from the sign outside it seems quite confused, pasta, nasi lemak and grills?!? But from looking at the menu, seeing other peoples food come out and finally eating the food, there's nothing confusing about it at all! With local and western food on offer there's plenty of choice but not so much that it's overwhelming and leaves you wondering how on earth could they cook so many dishes and do them justice too!
There were quite a few dishes that caught my eye, I now have at least five reasons to go back, but it was the Rendang Oxtail Platter that got my vote. A fantastic tasting, spicy rendang with a generous portion of oxtail that just fell off the bone, this was served with rice, egg omelette, a spicy almost pickled salad of vegetables and crackers, simply delicious!

The Little Nibbler went western choosing Crispy Skin Salmon with Pesto. Perfectly cooked salmon on top of an assortment of sauteed vegetables with a creamy pesto sauce. Yummy! Thumbs up all round! Its well worth mentioning that the dishes are presented really nicely too, good job Table No.1!

Table No.1 is located at Tanjung Aru, heading down to First Beach and next door to Perdana Park.

As we didn't feel dressed for the occasion we decided to sit outside at one of their candlelit tables. The inside dining area looks lovely with bright white interiors and soft furnishings with different seating arrangements, really quite stylish!

The Bill : 1x Rendang Oxtail, 1x Salmon, 1x Coke Light, 1x Ice Lemon Tea = 84.70 MYR

See you in the not so distant future, Table No.1!

Chinese Food @ Restaurant Beaufort 88 - Marketplace 88

I love it when we find a great new restaurant, well, new to us anyway. This was definitely the case with Restaurant Beaufort 88. We've been past it a few times before and it always looked busy, so tonight The Little Nibbler suggested we should give it a go. Good work Nibbler!!! With a friendly waitress highlighting a few items, I went for one of her suggestions of fried choy sum with pork. This was simple and delicious, healthy greens stir fried with tender pork.

The Nibbler wanted to try an omelette so we opted for the prawn with fried egg, juicy prawns with fluffy eggs. Yum!

Another pick by The Nibbler of kon lau mee with char siu. Another great choice! This was really quite different to any other kon lau mee we've eaten before, the sauce was quite herbal in taste and the char siu was extremely lean, a great dish!

Restaurant Beaufort 88 is located at Marketplace 88, just off Jalan Pintas.

The Bill : 1x Fried Choy Sum, 1x Prawn Omelette, 1x Kon Lau Mee, 2x Nasi Putih, 1x Teh C Ping, 1x Chinese Teh Ping = 26.70 MYR

Looking forward to my return visit already!

Teriyaki & Tiffin @ Wishbone - Jalan Gaya

This was our first visit to the newly refurbished Wishbone, best described in it's latest incarnation, as an 'Art Cafe' I suppose. The main dining area is now upstairs and the decor is young, fun and funky with art works adorning the walls, it definitely has a street art vibe to it.

The food is also a little different here too, there's some familiar items available but with a few twists and tweaks. I decided on the Dabba Tingkat Minced Beef Ball Set. The meal arrived in a tingkat or a tiffin as I like to call them, and comprised of nasi putih, garlic pucuk manis and two braised beef balls in an onion and tomato based broth. All in all the meal was very tasty especially the beef balls in their sweet, savoury broth and I quite liked the tiffin touch. I just thought the price tag was a little too steep as everything was fine and tasty but nothing was really special.

The Little Nibbler opted for the Teriyaki Style Rice Burger, a Japanese inspired chicken burger with sweet potato fries. The Nibbler was less impressed with this meal, although the chicken burger patty itself was pretty tasty, the rice 'bun' element didn't really hold together, maybe a more glutinous sticky rice is needed. The sweet potato fries, which sounds like a great idea, were rather strange, as they were coated in some kind of sweet sugar coating, definitely not to our taste, I'm sure just regular fried sweet potato would work much better with just a sprinkling of salt.

For drinks I ordered the Teh Tarik and a Kitchai Ping for The Nibbler.

Wishbone is located along Jalan Gaya on the same block as Bomber's Burger. As a lover of graffitti and street art I really like the outside of the building, as well as the stencil work inside. I believe that there's going to be guest artworks showing inside too.

Some stencil work from inside.
 

John Lennon window.

I really like the interior of Wishbone, I actually think it would work really well as a small bar.

The Bill : 1x Dabba Tingkat, 1x Teriyaki Burger, 1x Teh Tarik, 1x Kitchai Ping = 40.55 MYR

Although the food didn't quite excite us as we hoped there's a lot of good to be said for the new Wishbone.

Kuching Laksa @ Kedai Kopi K.S - Jalan Lintas

Anyone who's a regular reader of 'Nasi Chomper' will be well aware of my love of Laksa, my all time favourite Malaysian dish, I just can't get enough of it! Luckily for me The Nibbler shares this little obsession too!!!
 

I'm pleased to report that there's amazing tasting Kuching Laksa to be eaten at Kedai Kopi K.S. This was our first visit to this coffee shop and I know it wont be our last! It seemed we were in good company, as it was pretty packed, so I'm guessing that this place is no secret to the good people of KK. With three sizes of Laksa to choose from we opted for medium, which I'm so pleased about, mainly because The Little Nibbler couldn't quite finish, so I ended up with a little bit of extra deliciousness! The soup was nice and spicy with shredded chicken, omelette and juicy prawns.

 

Kedai Kopi K.S is located along Jalan Lintas not far from Lido Square Food Court. As well as Laksa there's Chinese BBQ meats available, which also looked very tasty and popular too.

 

The Bill : 2x Kuching Laksa, 1x Kitchai Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 16 MYR

Another great spot for a great tasting Laksa, Kuching style!