In broad daylight…

I love coming here in the daytime – it opens at around noon for lunch and stays open till 2.30 p.m. but it is closed on Mondays.

Unlike when I drop by for dinner in the evenings, I can get to see all the nice decor in broad daylight…

…and take photographs of them…

I understand that the boss of this place got these plants…

…from the boss here, the one that needs no introduction anymore when it comes to unique, exotic decor. Besides, I would be able to take more flattering snapshots of the food served as well.

Personally, I do think it would have been a very nice place to dine…

…if it had not been so dark…plus they could do away with the colourful twinkling lights that make the place look kind of tacky and I get put off by the giant screen tv and all that noise blaring from the speakers all around…but perhaps, they have a reason – maybe they get a lot of people coming everytime there is a live telecast of some football match somewhere in the country or in the world…and one look at me will tell you that I am not into those things. I would prefer some peace and quiet and maybe a little bit of soothing relaxing songs or music in the background.

Anyway, one thing that cannot be disputed is the fact that the food here is great and that day, my missus had this seafood curry (RM15.00)…

…from their Indonesian menu. If you love the fish head curry here, I can tell you that this tastes something like that and is just as nice…or perhaps even nicer!

To be frank, we were not all that impressed when it was served…

…but it was love at first sip – the curry gravy was so so so good! They had all kinds of stuff in the curry too – other than the fish fillet, there were prawns, squid, bamboo/razor clams, mussels and all the rest. If you have only one chance to drop by this place and you can pick only one thing from their menus, I would suggest that you pick this one. It is that good, believe you me!

We also had these tauhu isi (stuffed tofu), RM10.00 for a set of 5…

…also from their Indonesian menu and though I would say it was very nice, great for a light meal…

…I can’t say I was impressed by the fried bihun-like filling inside. Perhaps that is traditionally Indonesian and most of the time, when it comes to anything with filling here, we’d get to see a lot of meat…or vegetables.

Melissa insisted on sticking to her favourite – the lamb bryani (RM17.00)…

…and she said that the rice was much nicer than the last time she had this here. The rice had a darker shade of yellow and she could sense a lot of flavours in it…

In other words, it tasted much nicer now and if I’m not mistaken, the North Indian chef that they have now is different from the one that they started off with initially when they first opened.

I decided to try the garlic naan with butter (RM5.00)…

…and to go with it, I chose the chicken masala with butter (RM10.00)…

I did not really think it was all that great. I think I enjoyed their plain naan more and I would prefer their Indian butter chicken curry that I had once before.

All in all, that certainly was a delightful lunch for the three of us and rest assured that I would be going back there again and again to try more of the many items they have on their menus – Indian and Indonesian…but if you’re thinking of doing the same, do take note that the North Indian chef will be taking his annual leave in March and would be going home then so throughout that entire month, the Indian delights will not be available. Never mind! They do have some very nice choices on their Indonesian menu too so that will not be much of a problem really. Go ahead! Do drop by and give it a try!