After passing Jalan Semarak en route to work for the past 6 months or so, I finally decided to check out the wet market/medan selera look alike building at the intersection of Jalan Semarak and Jalan Padang Tembak in the morning.
It turned out to be another good food find.
Nasi Kerabu at Medan Selera Semarak
Selera Semarak is one of the older type of food court serving mostly Malay and Mamak food. After scouting the place for a little bit, I decided to order nasi kerabu from the second stall on the right of the entrance.
the blue colored rice is the result of butterfly-pea flower (kembang telang)
For those who aren’t familiar with nasi kerabu, it is a traditional Kelantanese dish with the signature blue rice. The color is obtained from the buds of butterfly-pea flower (kembang telang), which also gives it a distinct aroma.
Chopped long bean, cabbage, coconut sambal, and keropok (prawn crackers) makes up the rest of the dish. I added a fried chicken drumstick for good measure.
a cacophony of flavors, perfect for breakfastÂ
I really liked the coconut sambal though it proved to be quite spicy, the aroma of blue rice and freshness of those vegetable made this a pretty awesome dish. For about RM 5 including the chicken, this was definitely one of the better breakfasts I’ve had in recent time.
Address:
Selera Semarak
Jalan Semarak
Kementah, Kuala Lumpur
GPS:Â 3.175878,101.720737
Hours: Breakfast and Lunch
We’ve one place here, the one and only, selling nasi kerabu and it’s absolutely awesome. Drawback is it is only available on Saturdays, can’t have it any other day and we’d go for this for lunch/brunch.
suituapui: well one is a good start!
This looks awesome! I hope I can male it out there on my next trip…
MightyTravels: when’s the next trip?
I’m on my way to Indonesia in April – stopping over in KL 🙂
MightyTravels: Have a nice trip!
Do you find the blue rice has a different flavour or is it just the colour that changes?
TheYumList: it definitely does, you should try it!
Rm5 sounds like a good deal for that portion
Ken: definitely a more than decent deal.