Every once in a while, the bunch of jokers at work would organize a fun “eating out” session, usually when one of us has something to celebrate and belanja the team.
A few weeks ago, we ended up at Jalan Bellamy for some good old fashion ikan bakar on one of such occasions.
Gerai Mak Alang Ikan Bakar Jalan Bellamy
Tucked behind Agong’s old palace between Jalan Syed Putra & Jalan Istana is a small hill that is very different from most part of KL. There’s virtually no development, you can’t find any big commercial buildings or high rise offices. A place so close to the hustle & bustle of the likes of Puduraya and yet immune to the change of time.
It is here that you find some half a dozen ikan bakar places, all packed with hungry lunch crowds any given afternoon.
Gerai Mak Alang was the restaurant of choice for our excursion.
tempoyak is always a plus at ikan bakar places
Gerai Mak Alang offers quite a good selection of grilled fish and other dishes. You have the standard ikan pari (sting ray), kembung, tilapia, and even terubok (toli shad, full of annoying tiny bones but with the softest meat ever). There’s also a selection of sambal to complete the dishes, including my all time favorite – tempoyak!
prawns, cuttlefish, and cockles are available too
In addition to fish, they also offer prawns, cuttle fish, and cockles. I expected the cockles to be of the Nong & Jimmy bakar method, but it came coated with curry powder/sauce instead, which turned out to be quite ok nonetheless, but I would still prefer it grilled tho.
The cuttle fish was superb though, soft, succulent, and tasted supremely fresh. The prawn seemed to be prepared similar to nyonya asam prawn style, which was mighty fine by me.
food is always best when enjoyed with great company
Food quality is more than decent, and we certainly had a great time at Jalan Bellamy. There are a few other stalls still yet to be explored for me, and judging by the amount of crowd, I believe they are all worth trying out.
Address:
Gerai Mak Alang
Jalan Bellamy
Kuala Lumpur
GPS:Â 3.130557, 101.694670
Oh that ikan bakar with spicy sauce sounds good! Must be finger-licking good eh?
finger-licking good is copyrighted by KFC, sonny boi
Colonel Sanders: lol.
Ken: yessss
KY, no serving ware use so hands must be pretty messy after you are done eating. I find it lot of fun and something different at time.
Vickie: haha yah, it’s the local tradition to be eating with hands.
Love ikan bakar…and that plate of cockles (if only I dare)!
ewew: why don’t you dare? haha.
Food is tastier if eat with hands huh 😛
Choi Yen: agreed!
My kind of cuisine. I’d go for this anytime…instead of all that western, Italian, Japanese, Korean…or whatever.
suituapui: I like them all, variety is key to me 😀