hello from the mrs! it’s been a long time 😛
so after days and days of pigging out, the husband and i went kayaking at jamieson park to work off some of the smarties and etc. after two hours of hard work, we decided to reward ourselves to a meal at ipoh (as well as taking advantage of their recent 30% off total bill offer). as we both decided not to have a full breakfast, we were starving by the time we got back to the city. we went with the nasi lemak with beef rendang, wat tan hor and murtabak.
the nasi lemak rice was fair; it wasn’t very fragrant and the coconut taste was very mild. it’s probabvly a good thing too since i don’t particularly love the taste of coconut and not to mention the extra calories that comes along with the coconut cream! the beef reandang was alright but there was a bit of inconsistency with the beef texture. some bits were really soft but some were more tough. i thought the amount of sambal they gave was quite stingy! it’s was just a teaspoon of it on the side… the dish as a whole was quite flavorsome thanks to the rendang.
however, after having such a strong tasting dish, it was not a good idea to have the wat tan hor. the taste of the wat tan hor is quite mild and delicate. wat tan in cantonese means slippery eggs. the noodles came in a thick eggy sauce (they called it egg gravy) which either didn’t have much taste or the rendang taste in my mouth was too much and overpowered the taste of the wat tan hor. i thought the dish must have been quite healthy!
the murtabak, for the price, was sadly a bit of a disappointment. the curry that came with it, however, was great. i’m not sure how to pinpoint the downfall of the murtabak; the portion was a little sad, the roti looked really crispy but was actually quite soggy and the filling was a little bland i guess. it just wasn’t as good as the murtabak i had the first time ever at a mamak on the streets in kuala lumpur and that only around 5 ringgit ($2 aud).
all in all, our meal was fine. i didn’t have high expectations to be honest and i’m quite glad i didn’t! i’m not sure i would go back but i would like to try their laksa someday.
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