A stone’s throw away…

The guy at this one-time favourite nasi lemak stall of mine did tell me before that they would be moving here…

…a stone’s throw away from where they once were along Bandong Walk.

They have moved the old sign…

…here but other than the address, the opening hours are not accurate as well. If I am not wrong, this is only true about their nasi lemak but the other things that they serve now, including some western dishes, are available all morning, right through into the night.

I was avoiding that part of town for a long while because of the pandemic and when I finally dropped around mid-morning the other day, I was put off by the crowd so I just left.

I did get to speak to the guy and he told me that it would be all right around 7 something in the morning so there I was, bright and early for a plate of their nasi lemak sambal sotong (RM6.00)…

There were quite a lot of people…

…too that morning but they were tapao-ing to bring to the office for their tea break or lunch or for their colleagues.

Inside, there were a lot of vacant tables and not that many people then but by the time I was through, every table was occupied. It does not matter much because the tables are big and very well-spaced out so if you are able to grab one, you would be seated at a safe distance from those at the other tables, no worries about physical distancing.

As expected, the rice was not up to my level of lemak-ness (rich in santan/coconut milk) unlike in the good old days when they first started their business. That came as no surprise as it has been like that for a while now.

Looking back at my old posts, it was only RM5.00 before, up by RM1.00 now and I also noticed that they were not too generous with the kacang (peanuts) and fried ikan bilis ( anchovies)…

However, they did give quite a lot of the sambal sotong…

…and the sotong was huge. The best part was it was spicy and so very delicious! I just mixed that with the rice and everything else and ate – it sure made up for whatever was lacking and the hike in the price. Yes, I would say that I did enjoy it.

I was never keen on their kerang (cockles) before as the guy told me that they used the canned ones. According to him, they have stopped doing that because of the escalating prices and the quality these days seems lacking so they are now using the frozen ones from West Malaysia, RM16.00 a kilo. Perhaps I shall give it a try, the next time I drop by here…or perhaps I shall go for some of the many things they have on their menu these days. We’ll see!

NASI LEMAK BANDONG WALK is now located at the blocks of shops, the first one to the left of its former location, the back facing Bandong Walk (2.313869, 111.825808) and the main road.