Oh it smells really coconutty
Whoa
The reason why it's the ultimate bite, you get all those flavors especially with this one
So nasi lemak in Malaysia is like pizza in New York City. There's always favorites,
everyone has their opinion. We're gonna check out some of the best
and we're gonna keep it unique too. We're gonna go traditional, non-traditional. Very
excited to show you, starting off with the best nasi lemak in town.
We're here at Village Park, many people say this is the best nasi lemak.
We'll see. We've had it once before. We loved it. It was our brief visit here
three years ago. Been dying to come back. That fried chicken is a thing of beauty. Oh it's
been in our dreams, it's been haunting us for three years. Now we can satisfy the craving. Let's go.
I've never seen fried chicken like this in my life. I love fried chicken, but look
how look at that shatteringly crisp skin right there. Look at that. Just
these crumbles you eat some of that crumble just by itself look at that.
You can just take these crumbles, put them on rice, sambal, call it a day. But
you still have that whole chicken. Less talking more eating. Let's get in there
Still the best marinated fried chicken I think I've ever had in my life. Wow
So of course the most important part of the nasi lemak is the nasi, the rice. Let's try it.
It's so coconutty and fragrant. There's a little pandan in there too.
Very coconutty flavor, nice fluffy rice. It's so good. Now let's try with the sambal.
So sambal is quite nice too. Got a little kick, nice sweetness to it to balance it all out.
Very nice. And you have your peanuts, you have your cucumber, you got your egg.
They say it's the best nasi lemak. They're probably right
So what makes this nasi lemak so special is just that balance of all the flavors. The nasi itself
is so fragrant with that coconut and pandan. And then you have that fried chicken which has
all those aromatic spices. That lemongrass, the lime leaves, the turmeric. And it's so crispy and crunchy.
Then you have that sambal with the ikan bilis in there, so it's a little sweet,
a little spicy, it's got that slight fishy flavor that's just the perfect level of it.
You got your peanuts and your cucumber, that boiled egg just got it all. It's really
the breakfast of champs. This one's just got it all down. It's served right on that banana leaf too.
We are at Nasi Lemak Wanjo. I've got a plate and Greg has his own plate.
I've got chicken rendang, beef rendang, fried egg, fried lung, cucumber, sambal over my rice
What's cool here at Nasi Lemak Wanjo it's in Kampung Baru, which means old village and we love this part of
the city because it is like an old village in the middle of the city. So you have these small houses
and surrounded by the Petronas Towers and all the skyscrapers.
It's a really special part of the city here in KL.
And so I got a similar place to Jumi, but instead of the chicken rendang I got the sambal sotong,
the squid sambal. It looks amazing. And even their ikan bilis is really interesting looking. It's
like it's like more of a tan color. They even sell it over there by the counter
so you can actually buy a jar of it to go if you want to bring it home.
The nasi is covered, so I'm going to try to get that little bit of nasi by itself first just to taste it.
Oh it smells really coconutty
Wow that's some very fragrant rice right here. What's nice is it's a little bit oily,
fluffy, got very nice coconut flavor and nice pandan flavor as well.
This is some excellent nasi already. And we'll try a little bit of the sambal
The sambal's really nice. It's a little sweet, a little smoky.
Not too spicy, which I like. It's gonna balance out all the other ingredients.
Really good. Try a piece of the beef rendang by itself. This is a very like classic beef rendang,
not saucy. It's like all the it looks like it was like slow cooked absorbing all the flavors
so you get a really nice beefy flavor in this, but you still get the aromatics like the lemongrass.
Really good. I'm gonna try some of the ikan bilis by itself. Like you know it's got to be
good if they're selling it by the jar at the counter. So let's try it just by itself.
Quite salty, but nice crisp to them. These look a little smaller than some of the
other ikan bilis we've had. Really nice. We're gonna try this beef lung right here. The beef lung appears to
be fried, does not have any gamey flavor at all. It's quite a peppery flavor too. Really good
Yeah Wanjo is very popular for good reason. For our next stop, we're at a very famous spot here in PJ.
It's Medan Selera 223 and they have two stalls here for nasi lemak. The simple classic style,
no side dishes, just the essentials. Starting here with the blue sign. It's been covered in
that banana leaf, so i'm really excited to have that banana leaf aroma on the rice. Let's see.
Really smell that banana leaf on here.
Just trying the rice by itself, it's very fragrant. The rice really absorbs the banana leaf flavor. I love that.
Now let's try with the sambal.
Ooh it's got a kick.
Really like it though. Smoky, a little spicy it's got a right amount of fish flavor. Not overly fishy,
but it's got a nice punch. It mixes really nice with that fragrant banana leaf covered nasi right there.
Ultimate bite.
Ikan bilis is very crunchy, very fresh. Wow it's really good.
A few steps away from each other. And we're at the blue spot and now we're at the red spot,
with red spoon and red plate and red table. We got the cop merah, which means red stamp. So
still smell the banana leaf on this one like the last one
The way it's attached to the banana leaf, it's a little softer, but not as fluffy. I'm gonna try with the
sambal this one smells much fishier, much more pungent flavor. I'm very curious how it tastes.
Oh the spice is coming in. Yeah. Sweet and spicy. Even though it smells pungent, it doesn't have a heavy
fish flavor. Nice and balanced. But this one tastes spicier than the last I feel. This one - I don't know
maybe the red means spicier. I don't know. But this one's definitely more of a spicy kick.
Really nice flavor with the peanuts. It's hard to say which one I like better.
I don't know. They're both subtly different. The rice is fluffier at the blue spot,
sambal are both quite tasty, this one's a little bit spicier. I feel the first spot
you can really taste more of the banana leaf flavor on the rice as opposed to this one. Both quite tasty.
We're at Mamalee and it's down the block from Village Park. We are
getting salted egg nasi lemak. It's gonna be our first time trying it.
Usually with nasi lemak, we like to go right in with the nasi first, the rice, because that's how you really tell
how good the nasi lemak is. But this salted egg fried chicken is calling my name. That aroma - it just looks so good
and you want to eat it while it's hot. So I'm gonna go with that first. It's a whole chicken
leg. You have the thigh and the drumstick. It's chopped in half. It's a huge piece of chicken here
It's so hot. Let's go. Look at that - it's a really creamy layer on the outside.
Wow. That salted egg flavor is so good. So you get that you get that texture, the
egg yolk texture. It's a little bit sweet too. It's incredibly fresh. The chicken is juicy, the skin is
a slight bit crispy. Not too much because the salted egg makes it more moist, but it's such a rich nice
flavor. I love how that curry leaf comes in too so it kind of like complements the salted egg.
So you don't have just salted egg flavor, you get that nice curry leaf flavor going with it. Wow. Never
had any fried chicken quite like this before. It is incredible. And now without further ado, gonna go with the nasi.
Oh it smells very aromatic. Smells coconutty, let's see what else.
That is a really nice rice.
Fluffy, coconutty, a little pandan maybe even some lemongrass in here. It looks like they put a
little bit of salted egg yolk on top. So now we're going to try this sambal. Sambal looks really good
Good thing I was careful because it's got a kick. This is a wonderful nasi lemak right here.
It needs to be on your radar for sure. So this is more of Nyonya style, which is cool because this this
restaurant specializes in a lot of Penang Nyonya style dishes. Man this place is a gem.
We have salted egg fried squid and kangkung belachan. Yes. This one is really good too. Wow.
Before we even get into the nasi lemak, I gotta get into how cool this place is. So
this spot Bumbung, it's a nighttime only spot. It's hopping. So even with the current
situation, they got the tables distanced, you have all these red tables, you got the red stools.
I love the vibe already. You walk in, you come down the stairs, they're cracking fresh
eggs, cooking them up fresh to go. They got the fresh fried chicken right here - that ayam goreng.
It looks amazing. I love nasi lemak. We've covered so many in this video. This one looks really
special. Let's do it. Like we often do, we're gonna go with the nasi first. Smells nice and fragrant.
Oh wow. The santan flavor is not that strong, it's really lemongrassy.
Wow. Not as coconutty, more lemongrass. I like it. Chicken looks incredible too. This is a
really crispy piece it's actually the skin is just coming right off holding like this.
Whoa. Wow that's a different spice blend that I did not expect. Wow instead of the usual like ayam rempah
that may have like lemongrass and lime leaves, it's a totally different spice blend. This tastes more
like oregano and some other herbs maybe some maybe thyme or rosemary. This is a totally different
taste of fried chicken right here. Kind of blowing me away. Go with the sambal and some of that rice. Oh that's good sambal.
It's kind of liquidy too, which I like and it's got a kick and you really get the
nice fish flavor in here as well. It's a very very good sambal. They actually give you
the large slices of cucumber here, got your peanuts. The ikan bilis is mixed with the sambal
so it's not on the side, it's a little different in that way. But man I'm really digging this.
This nasi lemak is so good, we got another one and this one's got that beautiful fried
egg very yolky on top. We're extra hungry after this workout and man we have not worked out like
this in a very long time, so big shout out to Farell right here. Check out his gym, Salvador's
Boxing Academy. It's awesome if you really want to get into shape and not just do you know
your average workouts, check them out. He's been whipping us into shape so we can eat all this food
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