(closed as of January 2014?)
Restoran Padang
43, Jalan Dang Wangi
50100 Kuala Lumpur
+60326924950
(Coordinates: 3° 9' 21.75", 101° 42' 1.25")
This is another been-here-so-often-its-taken-for-granted kind of restaurant. A hop, skip and jump away from our apartment, this restaurant ranks second in our list of favourite nasi padang restaurants (number one is still at Capital Cafe).
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| along Jalan Dang Wangi |
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| right across Wilayah Complex |
This is a family business run by three brothers; we’ve been coming here well before their late father passed away. Due to its close proximity to my office I used to frequent its sister shop managed by one of the brothers in Pertama Complex until it closed down a few years ago.
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| been around quite a while |
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| Cat ordering the catfish (pun intended) |
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| me waiting my turn |
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| aah, torpedo scad (seriously!) |
The padang fried chicken is Brendan’s firm favourite while Cat usually has the fried ikan keli (which strangely enough, is catfish). I am almost always here for their ikan cencaru cooked in chili gravy.
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| the mighty torpedo scad! |
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| Cat and her catfish J |
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| Brendan should run his own poultry farm |
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| poor imitation of a catfish? |
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| bon appetit J |
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| iced nescafe + iced lemon tea |
By the way, I learnt something new today. The ikan cencaru or torpedo scad (megalaspis cordyla) is a species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family. I kid you not!
Hi Harry, do you by any chance know where they are today? I still cant replicate/find the taste of the fried chicken (with kerisik?) I used to go there back in 2003-2007. Was in secondary school. Been craving ever since. Would love to hear back from you
ReplyDeleteyeah, I know what you mean. I haven't had much luck tracking down the brothers. They used to also run a small cafeteria in Pertama Complex as well, but that too closed down after their father passed away.
DeleteI'll be sure to update this post if there are any positive developments!