Teh Ais. It was a very hot day that afternoon, and I could not bear myself to drink the hot teh tarik, so I ordered the teh ais. The environment in Pelita is hot and stuffy, even the fans do not give much air. The dining experience was slightly unpleasant during afternoon. The teh ais was the best drink to cool down the temperature. It was filled with ice with a little taste of tea.
Roti Tampal. That morning, when this roti tampal was served to my friend, I was shocked at the texture of it because I have never seen nor heard of roti tampal before. It was a new term for me. The roti tampal was made up of the normal roti canai but the middle part as a piece of egg, similar texture to a sunnyside up but cooked. The egg yolk gave the roti canai a slight salty taste.
Nasi Kandar - Sambal Sotong. Often I will avoid picking any seafood dishes as the price will shoot up sky high. However, once in while, I will treat myself on the seafood varieties. This time, I took the sambal sotong. The sotong was cut into smaller pieces and it was quite springy. The sambal together with the sotong was quite spicy. Definitely has to be eaten with the rice.
Nasi Kandar - deep fried fish egg. Out of usual options, I tried the deep fried fish eggs since the last time I saw my friends praised about it. The fish eggs were being deep fried with a little bit of batter. The batter was really crispy and the fish eggs were lumped together. It was slightly salty, but it was fine with me. It tasted nice eaten together with the curry.
I like how Pelita restaurant and any other nasi kandar restaurant served different type of curry with different meats. So there was a day I was craving for nasi kandar, I went to the Pelita. Took rendang mutton to eat with rice! The mutton was surprisingly tender, not too oily and the inner mutton meat wasn't dry at all. It was well cooked and I believed the chef had put some efforts in meat marination. The curry gravy was really good!
Stirred fried long beans with spices is one of the famous nasi kandar dish in restaurant. One of the speciality of this dish is that it is stirred fried with spices, the smell of the spice is not too strong but it tastes just nice. Long beans are cooked to medium, not too soft but a little crunchy. It is stir-fried with carrot slices and onions. Price is reasonable.
Papadam Chips anyone?
Teh tarik ice in Pelita Restaurant is famous!
Fried rempah chicken in Malaysia is a famous among the citizens. It is normal to find fried chicken around the whole world but fried chicken with rempah (spices) are unique. Unique as in it has a mixed of spices that bring out the special smell that can attract you from far. Fried spiced chicken here in Pelita is not too oily. Spices make it a tad bit salty but overall this is yummy.
nasi kandar pelita is there at ampang and nice to try out the dishes here. range from the meat of the lamb meat, beef meat and crispy chicken. everything seems so tempting and i do like to come here to try the fragrant nasi beriyani here. cheap nasi beriyani, tasty chicken and good service. the environment is clean enough and neat place. the gravy i like the most with the chicken meat
Spicy carrot and turnip. I wanted a different vegetables apart from my usual “cubis” and long beans, I took this orange color looking thing. When I returned to my place, I noticed it was carrot and turnip cooked with dried chilli. The carrot strips were quite raw as I still taste it, it was crunchy no doubt. The turnip was soft and sweet. Overall, the taste was not too spicy and it tasted weird to me.
Teh Tarik. I went to Nasi Kandar Pelita at Kuala Lumpur to meet my friends and had breakfast there. The service was quite bad and unattentive. We have waved many times for a waiter to stop by our table. I ordered a teh tarik and it was being "pulled" nicely, very light texture. The sweetness was just nice to me. I would say this was not a bad drink in pelita and quite standard.
Roti Telur. One thing I would say that Pelita should make an effort to improve the outlook of their tosai as well as roti canai. The roti telur looked a bit "pale" to me, it seemed like it was simply made. The roti was not too salty and not bland due to additional egg to it. The roti was not too crispy and some pale parts tasted dough to me. The chicken curry and dhal were not bad.
Tosai paper. Tosai paper is my favourite food for breakfast. This was the first time I try it in Nasi Kandar Pelita. By the look of it, it looked very pale in color. Indeed, the tosai paper does not tasted extremely crispy type of texture, it was soft, although it was being stood up like that. It was not salty. The chutney was not too bad, it had some sourness in it. A normal tosai paper I would say.
