Being a true blue Malaysian, I love my nasi lemak. When my futsal buddy decided that we should head down to Kampung Baru from PJ after our game at 11pm on a weekday, I didn’t think it was a bad idea at all. I will happily trade a little bit of sleep for a good session of nasi lemak anytime.
There are several famous nasi lemak places around the area. The nasi lemak RA few hundred meters away, and nasi lemak antarabangsa that is even closer (I’ve yet to try) to this nasi lemak CT Garden situated right at Kampung Baru.
plenty off add-ons to go with your nasi lemak
The actual nasi lemak packets are rather small and pretty basic. A quarter of an egg, a small cup of rice, and plenty of very tasty sambal. The difference at this place is the availability of the huge variety of lauk (side dishes). Chicken cooked in half a dozen methods, fish, eggs, vegetable, squid, cuttle fish, cockles, beef, lamb, liver, lung, and more.
we didn’t leave anything behind
We had 2-3 packets of nasi lemak (RM 1) per person to go with some ayam madu (honey chicken), cockles, potato, and cuttle fish. Chicken and cockles were pretty good, but the cuttle fish was the one that caught my attention. The texture was just right, a little bit like biting down well cooked cartilage and went very well with the sambal. Personally I am not a huge fan of spicy soggy potato chips, but the other two dudes seemed to love it though.
The nasi lemak with lauk and drinks costs us about RM 6-8 per person. I guess nasi lemak isn’t exactly the cheapest meal these days, but it was worth it at this place though.
Nasi lemak CT Garden opens from 6pm to around 5am, parking is not too difficult. The place is also pretty clean and comfortable. Now I’ll have to try antarabangsa and see what the fuss is all about.
Address:
Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman
Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur
GPS: 3.16246, 101.70113
Others:
masak-masak
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By mimid3vils on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
Does the nasi lemak packet served hot?
By KY on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
mimid3vils,
It was warm but not exactly hot (pun intended)
By cumi&ciki on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
basic packets of nasi lemak that get transformed into a massive FEAST! lovely!… cumi&ciki will be headed thr ths wk
By xin on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
wah sapu everything cleanly. must be very delicious. now nasi lemak ayam at mamak can easily cost RM5.
By aeroplane1234 on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
woah damn. look at the plates… they are signs of spicy, cholesterol, oil and cancer….
but WTF right?
By winsern on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
too bad nasi lemak is not that easy to find here…=((
By KY on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
cumi&ciki,
Great!
xin,
That’s true, I never really have nasi lemak at mamak though.
aeroplane1234,
Hahaha, correct correct correct!
winsern,
Ooo I didn’t know that it’s not popular in Kelantan.
By eiling on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
Yau Mo Kau Cho?!! Eat nasi lemak at 11pm?!! No wonder still so thin.
By Yatz on Jul 24, 2008 | Reply
eh..enough of 222 dy ah? or izzit 223? argh wtf..
eiling >> after futsal ma..they burn the cal alredy..buthen add-on again..lol
By KY on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply
eiling,
Hahhaha, yes! Jealous or not?
Yatz,
Ohh never enough!
By boon on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply
Maybe you should try the nasi lemak stall at wisma genting hawker centre. The Hilton corner nasi lemak is quite tasty.
By KY on Jul 26, 2008 | Reply
boon,
Interesting, I shall keep that in mind.
By fara on Jul 26, 2008 | Reply
been there.. very good selection of lauks - though was there when i already had my dindin.
parking was a hit-and-miss affair though - was lucky that when we arrived somebody left
By KY on Jul 27, 2008 | Reply
fara,
Yes yes, I agree. Parking at late night wasn’t too bad though
By Bernsy on Jul 28, 2008 | Reply
my last experience at CT garden was lots of cockroaches running over your feet and stuff. I agree CT gardens NL taste quite nice, I’d prefer NL Antarabangsa because u don see those roaches running around…
By KY on Jul 28, 2008 | Reply
Bernsy,
They’ve renovated the whole place since then though!
By earl-ku on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
the Nasi Leman is only 60 cents if i am not mistaken, not RM1
the nasi lemak is cheap … the lauk is expensive …
we had 6 pack os nasi lemak, so that like less than RM4
but the lauk, 2 portions rendang + 2 portions sotong + 2 ayam goreng + few skewers of paru …RM25++
By KY on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
earl-ku,
oOO you’re right I think. I didn’t scrutinize the bill though.
By sentalje on Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
peh..this nasi lemak i told u..kaw2 ma..i go there with my frens we all sental all the nasi lemak..almost 35packet with otak almost 50pack..syok ma..u must taste the sambal petai,paru gorebg n ayam sambal..n i told u the cost what all we eat only under rm50 with 8 people eat only..u imagine la how cheap it is..when u talking about food u must try everything without complain about fat,cancer,oily o everything..just enjoy da food dat la ORANG MALAYSIA..
By KY on Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
sentalje,
Hahaha, I agree about the last part!