Outside inside…

My girl wanted the seafood curry rice (RM17.50)…

…for lunch last Saturday so there we were back at this place again for that. We had that a number of times before and loved it very much.

I asked my girl if it was all right and she said yes, but the fish was not well-cooked inside. My guess was that the chef did not defrost it completely or it was that kind of frozen fish fillet that was kind of jelly-like inside. The prawns were great, nice and firm and there were mussels, squids and everything else in the thick and rich curry gravy…

Truly a delightful dish!

I ordered the chicken egg roll (RM12.00)…

…from the Indian cuisine menu for the ladies to try. I tried it once before and thought it was really nice…

…and yes, they too thought it was indeed very good…but personally, perhaps it would be nicer if they had served it a little tilted like this…

…to subtly reveal what was on the inside and also to add a little bit of colour to the otherwise dull and colourless presentation.

I decided to try their nasi goreng amplop (RM14.50)…

…which I guess, is the Indonesian variation of the Thai-style Pattaya fried rice. It was nice, the fried rice, wrapped in the omelette and the fried chicken wing but my favourite remains unchanged – their opor ayam…or my missus’ favourite, the kalio ayam, would probably be a better choice as well.

This was their special for the day, the ikan kembung sumbat served with kerabu and skinless/skinned brinjal with its very nice special sauce (RM17.00)…

For the uninitiated, the ikan kembung is one of the many varieties of fish found in this region. My missus had that and she asked for the side to be extra spicy and indeed, they were – VERY spicy but she said it was not really so, just nice, just the way she would like it.

I was not very clear regarding the explanation given but it  was something like they had to take out the bones of the fish and mix prawns and whatever else that made up the filling to stuff the fish so even though it looked like any other ikan kembung on the outside, maybe a little fatter than usual, it was nothing like the  usual inside…

I thought it tasted something like the filling in lor bak/ngor hiang (meat roll) but with seafood, not meat.

My missus enjoyed it…

…very much but my girl and I had to help her a bit with it as the serving was quite big and unless one is a big eater like me, it would probably be better to order this to be shared by two…or one can also order a soup like the sup tulang, for instance, from the menu to go along with it and that would be great for three.