Penang Nasi Kandar is still the best!

Nasi kandar which originates from the Mamaks (Indian Muslims) of Penang is a popular dish that any visitor cannot ignore to taste.

While today Mamaks restaurant  are available nationwide serving variety of Indian Muslim food including nasi kandar, the taste of those in Penang e.g. Line Clear are still the ones to beat. With commercialisation and the development of chain restaurants, the food preparation and quality of some had perhaps taken a slight dip.

One particular Mamak Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur where I had tasted was simply atrocious!

Along with many Mamak restaurants, the charges for the dish is higher then those of the Malay and Indian restaurants to justify the recipe which had been handed down through many generations. Just sotong (cuttlefish) and fried chicken with nasi beriani rice cost RM13.00.

What irks me most is that the restaurant helpers and waiters are simply too arrogant or not interested in serving the customers as we were served rice which had been left cold. The fried chicken and fried sotong are also cold while there were no intiative to heat the food up.

Ordering drinks had also became a hassle when no waiters came to assist us till I had to take a walk to the counter which was rather shocking when all customers on that particular day could see many of the staff were lazing around or taking a nap.

This is definitely my first and the last that I am stepping into this Mamak restaurant while the hygiene is left much to be desired. We had thought places like Line Clear in Chulia Street and Penang Road junction is bad but this could equal that or even worse.

Although my son finished the food (probably due to hunger after school), it left a bad experience of the restaurant.