I'm so worried it's gonna drop.
Hey, fam.
We are here today with no kids.
Feels like a date.
It is a date.
But no Mark O'Dea this time.
No Mark O'Dea this time.
We are in Damansara Utama, I think.
I don't know what Damansara this is.
But we came here because...
Lots of people have been telling us...
the two greatest nasi lemak in all over Malaysia is here.
We'll be the judge of that.
We'll be the judge of that. We're going to be trying both of them today.
One is at Village Park's nasi lemak and the other one is Mama Lee's nasi lemak.
I think I've had Village Park back in the day. I can't really remember.
I can't recall like how good it was but I think it was decent.
But today, I want to like try both.
Rachel's gonna try both
and we're gonna tell you whether it's worth your money,
which one is the winner, which is the best.
It's really extremely busy in here. Like insanely busy.
It's like so much things happening over there.
I wish you guys could smell how good it is from here.
It does smell very good.
I wish I could like sit... I mean we could sit and eat
but we're choosing not to because we gotta pick up the other one.
One nasi lemak with fried chicken
One iced milk tea.
One iced tea.
Lime iced tea. Less sugar.
Okay, we're... Covid operation
And by Covid operation, I mean like how they have evolved their business for Covid.
It's really insane.
We paid over there. As soon as we came back here...
They already got our nasi lemak ready. I think they're just looking at drinks right now.
But they make it so quickly and pack it up right here.
I'm excited.
Maybe we should have ordered two.
Have you checked? Yeah.
Okay, let's go
For being so chaotic and so busy,
honestly, it went really really fast.
Yeah. It was organized. Yup. Organized chaos.
Nasi lemak with fried chicken? Yeah.
One nasi lemak with fried chicken.
The ambience here feels a bit more chill and relaxed.
Okay, so the...
This is broken.
Makeshift tripod.
We'll make the setting work, all right.
We had to move because the shop was too loud next door.
I know. They were like doing construction right there I'm like, "Urghhh".
Everything. Everything's... They're still doing it
Can you guys hear it?
Hopefully you guys can hear us okay. Yeah.
We have noise-cancelling on so...
If you can't hear us, there are subtitles.
Click on those.
Village Park, first.
Number one.
That's not the Village Park's nasi lemak.
Oh, wrong.
Okay, so this is, guys is a Village Park's.
Village Park's.
Chicken's really big.
So first impressions, chicken's really big.
They got the egg over there.
Where's the utensils? Right here.
We got the egg over there.
I don't see any anchovies.
Oh, yeah. Oh, there's underneath.
Let's see what they have. I see some peanuts.
Yeah. We got cucumber. We got some peanuts and anchovies is down there.
Not much but you know it's there.
Looks like the chicken is really the highlight right now. It looks amazing.
I think in Asia, it's actually the most meat to rice ratio I've ever seen. Yeah.
Yeah, there's not much rice actually.
Yeah, I kind of like it, though.
Yeah, I like it. We like less carb food, so... Works out well.
Okay, we got a table right here now.
Okay, we're gonna go in with the first bite. Rachel, go ahead.
All right.
You gotta get a bite of everything, yeah? I know.
I'm gonna get some sambal in there, some rice.
Eggs.
Oh, that's good.
That's insane.
The second bite is going to like tell you more things usually.
That's how it usually works.
Okay, fam. Here's the deal.
It's really good.
It's so freaking good.
It's everything you want in nasi lemak to be.
Yeah. I...
The fried chicken really really shines through.
But what I think is the best thing for me is...
the spiced fried chicken really goes well with the sambal.
It's like they... It just works so good.
Like sometimes you get like a sambal which is spicy or sweet or salty or whatever it is
and then you got fried chicken.
This one is like in harmony.
Just everything works together and it's... So poetic.
Yeah.
So I had it without the chicken, it was okay.
It was a good nasi lemak. The sambal is good.
But when I had it with that fried chicken, that's where it's like, "No, you want it with the fried chicken".
All right. Oh, thank you. Thank you.
After you're done, put it back.
Sure, I'll put it back. Yeah, thank you. Thank you so much. He got us like utensils.
People are so nice.
They're so nice.
I don't know if he's the owner or something.
He seems to know what's going on here but... He seems to know.
This is life-changing.
That was going to be my complaint...
that trying to get this chicken with a plastic fork and spoon was...
very difficult.
That's nothing to do with nasi lemak.
No. No. Can't blame the nasi lemak. Can't blame the nasi lemak. Can't complain about that. No. No.
Okay, new location.
New location. A bit more shade.
Like 10 feet away.
But still more shade, right?
We'll take it. We'll take it.
Okay.
Look at how much we've already eaten.
That's all that's left
and we just took like three bites each, I think.
Maybe maybe four.
It's good.
I feel like we need to try the other one before we like...
Yeah, before we tell you more details, let's go to the next one.
But seriously... One more bite. Just one more.
Oh, this one looks pretty, yo!
It looks pretty. You know what I mean? Very lovely.
Really? It's like lovely. It's like you'd photograph this.
Yeah, you want to Instagram this. You know what I mean.
You know what I mean.
Is that chicken floss on top?
It's not chicken floss.
It's like the fried chicken the extra base when you fry the chicken, you just put it on top.
Oh, it looks like chicken floss.
I don't like chicken floss.
Wait. Maybe it is chicken floss.
No. It's not. It's not. It's just that fry stuff.
Are you sure? Uhm-hmm. Okay. Definitely not chicken floss.
So initial thoughts.
The chicken again screams out like, "Hello, I'm chicken"
Everything else like seems like very organized and proper.
It looks like a clean nasi lemak. Not a sloppy one.
Very clean. Which is fine.
But, the chicken...
Oh, there's like lots of onions in the sambal.
Okay, onion sambal.
Whoa!
Chicken. When I went in, it's like, "Kruppp. Kruppp". Crispy
So very crispy. Very crispy.
The other one was... It wasn't as crispy as this one.
Oh, the sambal.
Is this more Chinese style sambal?
I don't know.
It's good. It's good
Before I tell you like my thoughts about the food,
you really can't go wrong with either.
You can't.
If you're craving for a nasi lemak...
or it's your first time eating nasi lemak...
go with either two would be good.
Sambal's been more spicy on this one. It is spicier. In MamaLee's. I like that.
So...
Million dollar question.
Million dollar question is which one now do we want to continue eating?
Rachel?
Okay, so I would like to emphasize that they are both delicious.
And I'd be happy with either meal.
But, I must say that I would want to keep eating the Village Park.
Mainly because it is just quintessential.
Like it has that really traditional nasi lemak taste.
Everything about it.
The rice is perfectly cooked.
The chicken is just "mwah".
The sambal is spicy but not too spicy.
Everything is absolutely perfect.
To me, this is what... Like if I want nasi lemak, I want to get as close to this as possible.
The MamaLee's is good.
It feels a little bit less traditional to me.
The chicken is a little bit more like its own special show.
Uhm-hmm.
And the rice is a little bit more like...
Soggy? Than that I personally like my rice.
Personal preference but...
It's still absolutely amazing and delicious.
So for me...
Village Park.
You're right. Like the traditional nasi lemak is Village Park.
I think like when you're comparing like what a nasi lemak should be, Village Park is definitely it is.
One thing that steered me more towards this way is that...
the sambal in Village Park's nasi lemak has a belacan (shrimp paste) taste.
I think it's a belacan (shrimp paste) sambal.
I don't know but it has almost like a belacan (shrimp paste) taste.
This sambal more like an oniony sambal which is it's more spicy actually
which I'd hope that Village Park was a bit more spicier.
I really hope that this guy's a bit more spicier
but the taste of the sambal and even the fried chicken...
It's a pure rempah (spiced) chicken.
and what I mean by that is they didn't use a lot of flour anything.
It's just the spice, marinate the chicken and toss them.
MamaLee's on the other hand,
the chicken is coated in flour and all that to get the real nice crisp and all that.
Great. I'm not saying that bad. It's good.
But traditionally, you want a spiced fried chicken like this
Traditionally, you want a sambal like this
and traditionally, you want the elements all to come together in...
harmony.
Well, MamaLee's is good too. Don't get me wrong. Dang, I'll eat this.
I'll still eat this.
And this is probably a better nasi lemak than many other nasi lemak out there.
My preference is still this bad boy right here.
MamaLee's, no offense. And also, I mean...
We like them both.
Yeah. I personally, I think Rachel might like this
but I personally am not a fan of like organization in your nasi lemak.
Nasi lemak is slapped together.
You know, you put your stuff in there.
Here's your nasi lemak. That's it.
I do like how clean and pretty it is.
Yeah, so she kind of appreciates that, but...
for me it's like, "Urggh, come on". Nasi lemak, just toss it all.
Sometimes you get more sambal or sometimes you get a little less.
Sometimes you get more anchovies. Sometimes get more peanuts.
You know, it's just like whatever. I just need my nasi lemak.
Okay, fam.
That's it for today's episode.
There you have it.
Village Park versus Mama Lee
and the winner... clear winner is...
Village Park's nasi lemak.
We loved it.
So, if you guys are in the Damansara Utama area,
You know what? You guys try it out.
And if you guys have already tried it,
let us know down in the comment below which one you prefer better?
Whether it's Village Park?
Whether it's Mama Lee's?
Or if there's one that's even better that we didn't even go to.
Yeah.
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