Being from a somewhat typical family in Penang, I’m no stranger to Nyonya style cooking, this is mostly due to the fact that Baba-Nyonya cuisine shares many similar recipes to Penang Hokkien dishes.

So when we were at Baba Nyonya Restaurant in Avenue K, I had certain expectations on what they should be able to cook up.

Baba Nyonya, Avenue K
Baba Nyonya, Avenue K, with my dining partners

The restaurant is located at the same level with the LRT station, with an interior decor that is pretty tastefully done, catering to mostly 2-4 people per table, though larger crowd can be arranged, to a certain extend.

The menu offers quite a variety of dishes, with selections from individual noodle or “daily plates”, as well as ala-carte entries to be eaten with steamed rice with a group of your favorite buddies, which was what we mainly did when I find myself with a few colleagues at Baba Nyonya a couple weeks ago.

proper meal for three, with poultry, fish, and vegetable
proper meal for three, with poultry, fish, and vegetable

We sampled one single dish in the form of Ayam Masak Merah, and three shared lauk of terung belado (RM 16.90), chicken pongteh (RM 26.90), and asam fish pedas claypot (RM 35.90) over dinner.

The ayam masak merah is a dish you can enjoy over lunch and comes with loads of those sauce that has a good balance of sweet and spicy taste to it, there’s also a spring role to get you started.

terung belado, chicken pongteh, ayam masak merah, asam fish pedas claypot
terung belado, chicken pongteh, ayam masak merah, asam fish pedas claypot

Asam fish pedas claypot was our favorite among the three shared dishes. The fish retains some crunchiness while not overly fried, with the asam pedas broth brings forth a good kick, perfect when mixed with steamed rice.

The terung too was proper, soft, tender, and packed with flavor. However, we did agree that the chicken pongteh was pretty average, or perhaps just overshadowed by other offerings from Baba Nyonya during this session.

The experience at Baba Nyonya Avenue was certainly a positive one, I think I’ll be heading over for lunch one of these days to check out more of their individual dishes.

map to Avenue K

Address:
Baba Nyonya
Lot UC-1, Upper Concourse,
Avenue K,

156, Jalan Ampang, 
50450 Kuala Lumpur
GPS:  3.159257, 101.713610
Tel: 03 2181 5544
Web: www.babanyonya.co

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16 thoughts on “KY eats – Baba Nyonya, Avenue K

  • February 13, 2018 at 5:10 am
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    wahh.. this is subcontracted post ah? #keke

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    • February 13, 2018 at 11:02 am
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      Kekek: was an invited review 😁

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  • February 13, 2018 at 7:34 pm
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    KY, Nyonya cooking indeed different from Ca

    X

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    • February 13, 2018 at 8:08 pm
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      Sorry my son now one year old was playing with laptop. Food that Nyonya

      looking so different from Cantonese and Northern Chinese food make me head to Malaysia to trying it. There. None in states.
      .

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    • February 14, 2018 at 9:31 am
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      Vickie: yaa, it’s usually a bit spicier but yet different from traditional Malay food.

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  • February 14, 2018 at 9:24 am
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    I think when I go to KL, I must go to this place. Thanks for the information Bro…

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    • February 15, 2018 at 6:21 am
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      who call me? who call me? oh…

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        • February 16, 2018 at 5:15 am
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          soli wrong number

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    • February 15, 2018 at 1:27 pm
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      eatwhateatwhere: yess we were on a mission.

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  • February 15, 2018 at 4:03 pm
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    Awesome, food looks so good!!! I love Peranakan. Decor is very tastefully done too, very nice.

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    • February 19, 2018 at 9:02 am
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      suituapui: yaa, very nice find actually.

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    • February 23, 2018 at 11:14 am
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      Choi Yen: pretty good I must say!

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