A couple weeks after one of our Sunday KL car free cycling session, Jean took the initiative to arrange for lunch and brought us to Bukit Damansara for something pretty interesting – a proper big bungalow that serves hawker dishes from Johor.
This place is none other than Kecur. As I found out later, kecur is a Malay word that meant the feeling of saliva forming when you’re attracted to food, so, an aptly named place for sure.
this is a proper bungalow house at Bukit Damansara
The set up as as what you’d expect, a typical big bungalow, with tables and chairs of different shapes and sizes sprawled within the living room and even at the garden. I imagined seating outside must be pretty nice in the morning, but it was getting hot when we arrived, so the indoor area was our pick.
The menu changes from time to time, ordering is done via picking from the list shown by our server on a mobile device. For our lunch, we went for the classics – lontong darat & Laksa Johor with some teh tarik ais.
lontong darat, laksa Johor, teh tarik ais
I’ve always had my lontong the usual way with sauce, so this was my first time having it dry (lontong darat means “landed” lontong) and I really enjoyed the thick kuah/sambal that gives it a stronger taste profile, and goes really well with the nasi impit within. I can probably have this weekly without getting bored.
The laksa Johor too had a thick kuah and plenty of fresh greens with spaghetti noodle (yes, spaghetti noodle is perfectly normal for this traditional dish in Johor). It tasted as any competent laksa Johor should be.
awesome dining experience at kecur
While the food at Kecur was certainly above average, it is the ambiance and unique environment that we really enjoyed. If you’re into a one of a kind dining spot, do check them out.
Address:
Kecur
64, Jalan Setiakasih,
Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur
GPS:
Tel: 012-665 6790
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Never heard nor seen lontong darat before, always the masak lemak soup version. Love it! Would love to give this a try.
suituapui: haha ya thanks for pointing it out, yaa this was quite a neat place for sure.
Never had lontong darat before…the one I’ve had comes with a yellow curry (I think it’s called kuah lodeh?) with a dollop of sambal. The laksa Johor looks nice….and psst, I think you need to change your post title…hehehe! 😉
eatwhateatwhere: AHhahaha yesss my post salah, thanks for pointing out, I’m changing it!
Wow, Bukit Damansara bungalow as restaurant, cool!
Choi Yen: memang cantik kan?
wawawaaahhh, u really have a lot lubang to find good stuff!
Ai Wei: hahaa this one my gf cari wan.
Kecur – the feeling of saliva forming when you’re attracted to food – I MUST remember this!
Monica: what a cool word isn’t it?