It's really all about this whole package Gotta get a little of that chicken, rice, gulai
That sambal's no joke Malaysia has one of the most incredible
food cultures in the world and in this video we are going to highlight one of
our favorite Malay dishes that we've had so far
Nasi kukus, which hails from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. So sit back
relax grab some snack too. You might get hungry.
We are at Famous Ilham. It smells
delicious in this place. The smell is the appetizer here and this is
nasi kukus ayam goreng rempah. When we got here, they said you gotta
wait about 10-15 minutes for the fresh ayam goreng rempah, the spiced fried
chicken and we're glad to wait because we just saw it bubbling you could smell
the aroma. I mean it was torture to go over there and wait, but it's all for
this. This is the big payoff right here. Everything is wrapped up here
bungkus style like to go. Nasi kukus means steamed rice. So there's this big
multi-layer steamers over here with these little round packets of the rice.
That's why they're shaped so nicely like this round mound right here. So he
just plops it down onto the banana leaf. Smacks it down. Puts all these big chunks
of pineapple here and then you have some ikan bilis on the side, the fried
anchovy. And then you got your chicken. He asks you what type you want, so I went
with the wing, Jumi's got the thigh. And then he gives you little packets.
One is this delicious-looking gulai curry right here and then one of the
sambal, which is like a multicolored sambal. Oh I didn't even want to talk about it
anymore, I just want to eat
Gonna go first with this ayam goreng rempah this is oh it smells so good oh
let's get in there
Wow so nice and freshly fried. It's got a little bit of a crispy edges on the side.
which I'm gonna take a bite of
It's also nice and hot. So it doesn't have like an extreme rempah flavor
so it doesn't have a lot of that like lemongrass and other spices to it but
this is a really well fried chicken. Now I'm gonna go ahead and try this
nasi that I've drenched in this gulai. It's just covered. It's just
you don't really find any white piece of rice probably until you dig inside. But let's get
in there. When you touch it, it's very firm so you can just pull out a
piece like this. So you can see the inside that's the plain rice.
There's the curry. It's from being in that container that it stays very firm.
Ahh this gulai smells incredible! Let's see how it tastes.
Oh my god. It's exploding with flavors this curry is just out of control
Spicy. It's got a lot of spice in here. Definitely taste cumin probably has
some turmeric in here. You could just give me a big jug of
this curry, I will drink it like no problem. Ooh that sambal's got a kick.
Got a real kick. It looks like it too. You can see the green, can see the red, you
can see all those seeds. That's how you know it's gonna be spicy. It's really all about this
whole package when it comes to this nasi kukus. Gotta get a little of that chicken,
gotta get that rice, then get that gulai. Get that sambal. A little of the
pineapple too. Gonna go in with the megabite.
Bong bong.
That's how you gotta enjoy this nasi kukus. Get it all in one bite.
Man it's all good, but the star of that show is that gulai. That gulai is just
totally next level. So you mix it in with that pineapple chicken you get that
nice salty sweet spicy curry flavor cumin you get it all. You get that
little funky fish flavor. Ooh forgot about the ikan bilis.
Get it all in there for the ultimate bite. This spot is delicious and
definitely worth coming out here for it to PJ.
Oh wow. Your mouth is just bursting with so much flavor that it's just amazing
We wouldn't have known to come here if it wasn't for Puri and Sue. Thank you because you
showed us this place.
At this spot right here Maliki Nasi Kukus. We heard about it from the
JetLag Warriors. Check them out too, awesome channel.
Travelers who have been out here in Malaysia too. Without further ado, let's go. This nasi
kukus, we just doused it in this amazing looking gravy
curry not sure what it is about to find out. Let's try that first.
That's like sweet spicy curry. This little shred here
So much flavor in this. This is incredible. Without further ado. Let's give this a bite.
Can already see the shards of lemongrass. Looks pretty yellow - I bet you there's turmeric
in here. Can't even talk about it anymore, let's take a bite.
The first bite right away I got a bit of sweetness in there. The chicken - this is
the fried chicken but it's not really crispy. It's more - it doesn't look like it
has like breading on there or anything like that. It's just it's covered in rempah, the
spices. Very juicy, very well flavored. Definitely taste turmeric in here too. Nice stack of
that rempah right here. The shards of lemongrass. Gonna try the rempah by itself.
Oh here's some pineapple as well. Looks very ripe.
Very interesting dish here. I like all these different flavors. It definitely has a
sweetness to it. Mixed with the spice. We also have the sambal here too
I'm going to go ahead up and rip a piece of the chicken here, put it with
the rice little bit of sambal, cucumber, those crackers. Let's get the big ultimate bite.
This sauce right here, this gravy, curry is just phenomenal. It really
makes the dish extra special. Then you pair it up with that flavorful ayam rempah. You
have that sweetness from the pineapple, the crunch from the cucumber, this little cracker right here. Awesome awesome stuff.
Now this, this
Heavily spiced in a good way.
So we are at Farni's Nasi Kukus. It's a cool
place. It's like under a tent outside a mosque. People are here eating on long
tables and there's different stalls in this whole tent. It's about two o'clock and we came
here late. We were told that if we came earlier,
we would get more stuff. It looks very delicious
Alright so this spot is only
open from 11:00 to 2:00 every day so it's lunch time only. So definitely
better to get here on the earlier side because we were told that we missed out
on the cucumber cabbage a couple other little sides here. What they do here the
nasi kukus they have the rice. So nasi kukus is the steamed rice. It's
shaped in this little bowl, right. So they smack it down on this paper right here
So it gets that really nice shape from the bowl. They douse it in the gulai that
really nice-looking curry here. They put this really spicy looking sambal. Really
excited to see that. The slivers here I'm not sure what they are.
Might be beef. We're gonna figure that out. And they put this beautiful piece of
ayam goreng berempah, the spiced fried chicken on top. Man this
smells so good. I'm ready to just dig in. Gonna try first just the rice
with the gulai.
This nice clump right here. Mmm. Wow. This gulau is just packed full of
flavor. Ohh man. Got that strong current taste. That strong cumin taste. Probably some cardamom
in here too. Wow This alone just that rice with that gulai
would be plenty. I'd be happy with just that. And now we're gonna get into some more
good stuff. I'm gonna figure out what the sliver of meat is right here.
This looks like beef, tastes like beef, probably beef. The beef's a little on the saltier
side, but nice to balance out that heavily spiced gulai. Now I'm gonna
try some of that sambal right here. Looks kind of menacing. See a lot of seeds here.
It's very red I bet it's gonna be spicy. Let's find out. With a little of the gulai.
Ohh yeah. That sambal is no joke. I knew from all the seeds
that would be spicy. It was really good too. It's got that really like tangy
limey flavor to go with it too. Nice contrast. This chicken is calling my name, I gotta
try. It looks great. It really looks like it's got a lot of that rempah on there. It's
probably shards of lemongrass is what it looks like.
Mmm thats some good chicken.
Even though we came late, the chicken is still really fresh and crispy and warm. Can only
imagine if you come here earlier when it comes right out of the fryer but it's still really
good. You really get that lemongrass, some turmeric in here. You can see the
chicken's quite yellow. Very crispy. Now I'm gonna take a piece of the chicken scoop
the rice, gulai, a little of the sambal. Going for that big perfect bite.
Get the nice texture of that crunchy skin on the chicken with that rich gulai.
A little spicy sambal. And that really dense compact rice. It's
really good stuff right here. All the nasi kukus we've had are all quite different. Ooh look
at how yellow that chicken is. Just like how Greg described the gulai, it is
amazing. Wow the sambal is really spicy!