Nirwana Maju @ Bangsar Village area.

This place for banana leaf rice is recommendation by a fellow colleague; and it's also his treat. (Thanks L* gor =) It's already a crowd when we arrived @ ~12.35pm. 

GPS location: 3.131131,101.668784

This place stands out during lunch time, just opposite Bangsar Village. Walking down the shoprow, you will notice the queue-crowded nasi kandar shop, almost impossible to miss out there. Parking is pretty tough to find around this area. Probably be better off to park inside Bangsar Village carpark itself to save time. We got lucky this day, perfect timing to find a spot as soon as we turn into the row in front of Bangsar Village.

Our wait lasted about 30min+ and the waiter take order while we wait for tables to be seated. Standard set of white rice costs RM8.50 per pax and briyani rice set costs RM12.50 including a piece of chicken.

Each set comes with curry gravy (chicken, fish and dhal) of your choice to top with 3 vege dishes- the crunchy fried bittergourd, pickle vegetable/cucumber and pumpkin? Other sides being offered are salted chili and  pappadum. Rasam looks like is a separate order now or probably it was because i only requested after we got served with all 3 types of veges mentioned just now.

Served on banana leaf, we ordered medium fried chicken & fried sotong. Must say the fried chicken is aromatic and crunchy, and not losing out is the fried sotong, which i usually don't take much unless it's crunchy good.

On par with sambal style fried chicken if you will.

Big serving at one go, but seems like cannot top up, which is surprising as i thought all banana leaf offers unlimited top-up. Well, portion is big enough as it is now for an average joe i guess.

Here comes gravy being served, my request is mixed all together (chicken+fish+dhal gravy). The gravy of right is a bit sourish type, but still good enough. Not spicy enough to me, but tasteful. Only turnoff i found is the salted chilli. If only it's not fully stuffed with salt inside, it will be perfect - my initial before my 2nd bite. Inside the chili pocket is stuffed with salt which is just well...pure saltiness.



Eating banana leaf rice with so much sides and gravy keeps on reminding me on how Malaysian food uniquely stands out as a blend from melting pot of cultures/flavors (makes sense as much as 'unicorn pooped in your mouth') and be thankful that we only get this standard of food here, not other places. Home is truly where your heart (& tastebud) belongs to =)

Total damage 'payung' by L* gor for 7 person is ~RM136 (about RM20 ish per pax). Not so bad, if you like indian food of similar type with a cheaper budget option there is a stall near Maharajalela monorail station. It's also one of my favorite place for lunch. Just realized it's not logged in my blog entry yet. Okay, coming soon i guess =)

*Updated link for the indian stall near Maharajalela post.