Hi I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate, today we've come to
Petaling Jaya in Selangor and we're trying a dish that we really don't know
too much about but a lot of subscribers have told us that we need to try it so
here we are, today we're trying nasi kukus, let's eat!
we've come to restaurant Ilham and I love these types of restaurants that
just do one dish and do it well let's find out what this nasi kukus is
all about
something we really like about traveling and eating is working
out how to order cos often it can be quite confusing
this particular restaurant you seem to line up at this little stand to get your food
over there there's another little stand where you can get a drink and then
there's another place where you can pay and then you just sit wherever you want
but sometimes it's table service, sometimes it's multiple stands you never
quite know but as a traveler don't let that put you off eating at these places
because I think a lot of people find it quite intimidating and we have in the
past as well but if you just give it a go
they're always going to help you out because when you really think about it
you're eating at their business they want you to be there so don't be
intimidated by the way you have to order just get in there and figure it out, if
it takes you a minute to just see what other people are doing just do that just
stand there and look confused that's what we do all the time but it
always works
I'm beyond excited to be trying this dish we were waiting in line for a few
minutes because the chefs were frying up this huge wok filled with fried
chicken and it looks like it's worth the wait the chicken has been marinated
in what looks to be a number of spices and it's sitting on top of this steamed
rice, it's been freshly steamed and then it's been covered in all these delicious-looking sauces, I think they
might be gulai which is similar to a curry sauce but slightly different they're usually flavoured with turmeric to give it a bit
of a yellow colour and there's also this sweet caramelised looking pineapple on the
side and also some anchovies and then I can spot here I think it's some sambal
belacan which is a fermented shrimp chilli condiment, oh my gosh it looks to
die for I'm gonna dive right in and then give this a go, I'm using my hands
today because everyone else is so it's the way to do it I think. I'll just
give this rice a bit of a mix up with that gulai and just taste the rice
it's steaming hot
there's so much flavour coming through from those sauces I've no idea what they are
but I did see that the abhang put about three different types of sauces on there
next I'm gonna try the pineapple because that just looks too good to be true it's
bright yellow it's gonna add a bit of sweetness I'm gonna grab some of those
anchovies
oh my god I honestly don't know why we have not heard about this dish until now
that is what I love about Malaysia the cuisine is so varied and you our
subscribers have been so amazing in recommending dishes to us, if there are any
more things that we should be eating like nasi kukus whilst we're in Malaysia
we're here for another few months at least please let us know in the comments
below and whilst you're down there we would love you to subscribe
When we were at the drinks station we saw this ridiculously coloured drink being
poured out so we had to try it it's called jagung which we are not quite
sure, we think that's corn we've never had it before so I'm gonna try it
it looks milky but it's kind of water in texture
hahahaha that is so good it's definitely a corn drink it tastes like
popcorn gone wild it's so good oh that's amazing, I've had something that
tastes like this before I can't quite I can't quite pick where, somewhere in
Asia I think in Taiwan I think it was some sort of ice cream dish maybe in
Thailand there's a corn ice cream that's what it tastes like that's super good
that's gonna be a good accompaniment to this because from what Sheena said I've
got just flavours building in my mouth for this dish I can't wait to dive in
I'm just gonna do no explaining because I think Sheena has done a good job I'm
gonna do a whole lot of eating, the rice is really like held together and firm it's
quite moist maybe that's cos it's steamed to order in that big tower of
stainless steel steamers what should I try first? I'll get some anchovies and some
rice
there's no words it's incredible how have we not known about this sooner like
Sheena said thank you to the subscribers that have let us know because what a
winner, I've had one mouthful and I'm hooked for life this is incredible
I've just peeled off some of the fried chicken and it is incredibly tender I'm
gonna have rice, fried chicken and a piece of that pineapple which is so
yellow I don't even understand how it's so yellow
that had sambal belacan on it as well
which had a really good kick, the rice is incredible the way that that sauce is
just soaked through the rice but not ridiculously it's still got a lot of white
rice there so you've got the ability to chop and change how much sauce you have
it's not just soaked. The chicken- next level, the pineapple's got some crunch but
some softness, I've still a bit of pineapple in my mouth
oh man this is good this is gonna disappear in seconds, absolute seconds
this is one heck of a dish unreal, again Thank You subscribers for this
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I'm a massive fried
chicken fan, I'll eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, I will eat any type of
fried chicken so I am super excited to try this, so I think it's called ayam goreng berempah please
correct me if I'm wrong and rempah means spice mix so I gather that the chicken is just
marinated in the spice mix and then chucked into the hot oil, the skin is so
crispy
it's perfectly cooked it's not dry, it's so moist it's got that beautiful crisp skin that's been marinated and you can really
taste those spices oh my gosh I feel like I want to go up to the chef and ask
for another piece and I have only had a first bite of my
my first piece that is so good I've gotta try this highlighter yellow drink it
looks so wild
that's so crazy it's like a milky corn drink, it's quite sweet but as Thomas said it's
gonna wash all this down really well, we're gonna stop talking and we're just
gonna eat because this is far too good to be sitting here waiting.
that was an unreal lunch, that place is a must visit, so good so good. It was phenomenal, I have no words, that fried chicken was
out of this world so fresh we were lucky to get there just as they were bringing out the fresh
batch but even if that had been sitting around it would have been in
epic because it was so juicy and so crunchy
so flavoursome the rice every everything in that packet was absolutely top notch,
unreal, what a meal. Thank you so much to our subscribers who recommended we check
out nasi kukus and also that place there we loved it. We hope we inspired
you to eat and explore like a traveler, not a tourist, if you enjoyed this video
please give it a thumbs up and thank you so much for watching we'll see you next
time, jumpa lagi! Oh remember details below for where this restaurant is, jumpa lagi!