I am one of those people who loves variety when it comes to food. In a typical week, I probably had Malay food, a variety of hawker food, maybe even Japanese, Taiwanese, Italian cuisine. It is very rare that I have the same dish more than once in the same week.
Cristang pork burger P7 (by request, not on menu)
But once in a while, a particularly dish come along that is so awesome I just had to have it twice in a row. The latest of such phenomenon come in the form of a very unique pork burger from Cristang Restaurant.
The first time I had it was on Wednesday, I went there again for the same dish on the very next night for dinner, and there is no doubt I would go to Cristang again many times more.
mushroom soup and bacon ribs curry (non spicy)
Cristang Restaurant is located at 8 Avenue in PJ State, a stone throw away across the big Police Station that handles all sorts of traffic accidents in PJ. 8 Avenue itself is a relatively new shop lots that has paid parking much like the concept of Plaza Damas.
The good: there’s always parking spaces
The bad: you have to pay around RM 2 for the spot
pork burger P7, Weihenstephaner beer, pork burger P5
At Cristang, their specialty is pork, and oh, they do serve beer, including the 3 types of Weihenstephaner.
The menu is actually rather extensive, you can find pasta, fried rice with bacon & Chinese sausage, pork bacon soup, pork noodle soup, Portugese laksa, and even Bak Kut Teh noodle.
KY, Terence, and Gareth gobbling down our pork burgers
Then there are the 6 different types of pork burger code name P1 to P6.
Every type of burger comes with their specialty pork patty made fresh and grilled when order. The differences are:
- P1: pork patty (RM 16.80)
- P2: P1 + back bacon (RM 19.80)
- P3: P2 + minced pork chili con carne (RM 23.80)
- P4: P3 + petai stuffed in patty (RM 25.90)
- P5: P4 + grilled cajun prawns (RM 28.80)
- P6: P5 + grilled fresh cut pineapples (RM 30.80)
Missing from the menu is P7, by special request, is basically a P4 plus melted cheese. This was the burger I ate twice in 2 days.
kerol, kim, jeff, shiang, cheesie, and jaclyn
To say the burger is unique is probably an understatement, it is a creation of art, something so ridiculously out of this world I am suspecting the chef probably has a very weird sense of imagination.
Who would have thought a little bit of diced petai in pork chili con carne (something similar to pork sambal at 6-10 nasi lemak , except actually better) with melted cheese, bacon, and that oh-so-juicy pork patty and buns could result in a burger that tastes so good?
My favorite animal meat in three different textures and three different tastes, with that fresh yet slightly pungent smell of petai, then there’s the cheese, the onion, tomato, and pickle. It’s just so goooood!
Did I mention that the wedges accompanying the burger is one of the best I’ve tasted from anywhere too? There’s a hint of rosemary to the potato, a mark that the chef doesn’t prepare the wedges just for the sake of serving the burger with some potato.
Well, other than the burger I’ve tasted the mushroom soup and the bacon ribs curry, they are good too, but I’m not sure when I’ll order other dishes and forgo my stomach space for P7 yet. We shall see.
Address:
Cristang Restaurant
Unit B-G-19
8 Avenue
Jalan Jernih (8/1)
Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.09985, 101.640208
Tel: 03-7956 7877
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By JD on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
The pork patty looks very yummy from the picture. It’s good to know that there are more and more of this restaurant that serve pork burgers. That’s what we have been missing out for like the last 10-20 years? Need to start planning, pork burger here I come!
By KY on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
JD,
Yaaa u must try this!
By weng on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
wow! porkilicious .. think will go and try it when im back to kl
By KY on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
weng,
Cristang in itself is good enough a reason to go back!
By saikua on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
the intersection between federal highway and jalan 222 / jalan barat reminds me of something…. can’t really recall what…
anyway bestest burger ever! evER! eVER! EVERRRR!! and please. don’t ask terence to unhealthy places like this anymore. he eats like a girl..
By noobie on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
Do they also serve seafood?
By J2Kfm on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
yeah, to imagine adding petai bits to a pork burger with cheese, certainly OUT of this world.
such creativity. though I’ve qualms on how the actual combination tastes like.
By KY on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
saikua,
Hahaha best burger yesss!
noobie,
Ahh I am not sure :S
J2Kfm,
Gotta try to know!
By God on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
damn good burger, i just need to share this with another fren that have the same stomach capacity.
By Monica on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
wow..the burger look so tempting..must try when I’m back to KL..
By eiling on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply
wah this is very tempting! But I don’t know how to get there!
By KY on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply
God,
Yah you noob! Eat more!
Monica,
Yahhhh absolutely must!
eiling,
GPS!
By Catherine on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply
Love the food there!! Try their orgasmic mashed potato!! Its really GOOD!! and also their nasi lemak goreng! very unique!
By brian on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply
omg so tempting…..hopefully its pork burger is better than sid’s one…
By foodcrazee on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply
OMGosh . . . .must go . . . . . . . .hope my wife likes them. . lolz
By KY on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply
Catherine,
Thanks for the tips!
brian,
It is!
foodcrazee,
Everyone loves it ok!
By Suertes on Oct 25, 2009 | Reply
I had my #4 – delish! Saw a guy with what looked like a huge Tiramisu, pretty attractive..
By KY on Oct 25, 2009 | Reply
Suertes,
Oooo awesome!
By Huai Bin on Oct 25, 2009 | Reply
Yup, very awesome place indeed – best time to go is Wednesday!
Erm…actually we try to schedule meetings on Wednesday 10 am just coz of Cristang.
By KY on Oct 25, 2009 | Reply
Huai Bin,
Yahh, 20% off pork burgers on Wednesday!
By ericyong77 on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
yeah man… its so damn good!!!
I’ve had it for like 3 times in 5 days…
By KY on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
ericyong77,
Hhahahah you’re hardcore!
By xes on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
Cristang FTW!!! Can’t wait to try it!!! Kekeke
By taufulou on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
woah~ since you mention till like dat,must go liau! if not feels like never try will regret!
By babe_kl on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
the burgers really look awesome
By KY on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
xes,
Hahaha make it happen soon!
taufulou,
Yesss do it!
babe_kl,
And they are awesome!
By Simon Seow on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
Hope they open till late. This Wednesday I only finish work at 8pm.
By Adele Archuleta on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
eh the burger damn yummy can!
By Firdy on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
yummmmmyyyyy!!!
i want!
By KY on Oct 27, 2009 | Reply
Simon Seow,
Quite late!
Adele Archuleta,
Yess, very stim!
Firdy,
Make it happen
By adrian on Oct 28, 2009 | Reply
ky, thanks for pointing this out. my current proj site is just around the corner in the ’sudah potong’ bldg. definitely gotta have this before i roll-off
By fatboybakes on Oct 28, 2009 | Reply
SHEESH, that does it man, i HAVE to make my way there. HAVE TO HAVE TO! how do you tuck it all in and still stay so slim ah?
By KY on Oct 28, 2009 | Reply
adrian,
Hahha great! do it!
fatboybakes,
Staying slim is overrated!
By Ian Liew on Oct 30, 2009 | Reply
pork burger…damn im salivating already… whr else can we get pork burger around the kl/pj area?
and what advice do u have for aspiring food bloggers like me? lolz thanx!
By KY on Oct 31, 2009 | Reply
Ian Liew,
Another place for Pork Burger would be at Sid’s TTDI or Bangsar South.
By Jess on Nov 19, 2009 | Reply
looking at this again, im so hungryyyyy…roarrrr
By KY on Nov 19, 2009 | Reply
Jess,
Hahaha obsessed much! just go eat it!
By tiff on Feb 7, 2010 | Reply
You should try the pork burger at Fitou in Desa Parkcity. The patty is thick and juicy.
By KY on Feb 7, 2010 | Reply
tiff,
oOo interesting, will try that some day!