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2013-10-05
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Growing up in Sarawak, I've never had banana leaf rice before because my family tend to only stick to Chinese food or home cooked food. So it took me 28 years to discover this. Nirwana is fairly well-known banana leaf rice restaurant that is almost always busy. Not surprisingly since the food there is consistent and good. A basic set of banana leaf rice comes with rice (of course), 3 vegetarian side dishes, then you can choose to have some fried chili (not sure what it's called) and rasam (tamar
I love to flood my rice with plenty of gravy and often will request for chicken and fish (their dahl is pretty good too). Being conscious of what I eat, generally I will stop them from giving me too much rice. My favourite side dish would have to be the deep fried bitter gourd. Not sure what they used to achieve the vibrant red colour (hopefully not food colouring) but they sure are addictive. I love the crunch and the mild spices. Delicious. The middle one was chopped up long beans and they were pretty good too, well seasoned and retaining their crunch. Lastly, on the left we have somewhat a salad with cucumber and carrot. I think the milky liquid might have been yoghurt, this tasted pretty mild, but refreshing. I love their rasam (not pictured) too. With a meal like this, there is no need to order more side dishes but if you prefer to have your meal with meat or seafood, there are plenty to choose and most are quite good. Especially their chicken dishes. Just beware it can get quite expensive if you go crazy on the side dishes. Otherwise the basic set is only RM6.
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