hi I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate if you're in Malaysia
a must eat is Malaysia's national dish nasi lemak so today we're in Kuala
Lumpur and we've come to Selera Jaya 223 food court to sample the famous
nasi lemak. Let's eat!
A lot of our subscribers told us we had to come to Selera Jaya 223 to try a nasi lemak in its most simplest, traditional form, nasi lemak bungkus which
means it's wrapped up in a banana leaf, ready to eat what's most interesting about the
food court here is there are two nasi lemak stalls
one which has a blue chop or blue stamp, the other with a red stamp.
Some people love the blue, others love the red so we are going to do a bit of a
taste test and see which we like most. Let's open these bad boys up and find out what the
difference is between the two. So nasi lemak is Malaysia's national
dish and traditionally it's eaten for breakfast but in reality it's eaten at all
hours of the day so breakfast lunch dinner supper, snacks
It's made up of coconut rice so rice which is cooked in coconut milk, sambal which is a chilli sauce
hard boiled egg, roasted peanuts and you'll often find ikan bilis or fried anchovies and slices of cucumber on the side
I can't wait to get into these.
now the Sheena's done all the explaining I get to do the
fun part the eating. Now I'm gonna start with the blue one so like Sheena said
there's one with a blue stamp and one with a red stamp so it's pretty cool that
you've got these two different stalls, apparently they taste quite different so
let's start with the blue one it's got a very red sambal or the the
chilli sauce, there's about one peanut maybe two peanuts and half the egg so, so
simple the rice- very fluffy, let's get some rice and some sambal
hmm that rice is amazing there's so much
coconut flavor coming out of the rice it's almost creamy it's so coconutty
and the sambal is very spicy not not blow your socks off spicy very easy to
eat but it's got a very spicy kick it's not maybe it's a little bit tangy
but it's not sweet really it's just spicy, a little bit of a tang that is
very good I'm gonna grab some more let's grab some egg and some rice and some
sambal so this is this is a whole lot of everything I just dropped my sambal
can't have that, let's get some more
hmm that egg is really nicely boiled it's not
overdone so the the yolk is still quite creamy and the whites just nice and soft
very easy to bite through, it's terrible when an egg's over done and gets all rubbery
so it's not like that at all it is very nice I'm just gonna try the rice by
itself
the textures amazing it tastes like pudding it's really soft but it's dry so
it's all light and falling to bits or it's single strands but it's very
pudding like in its taste it's almost sweet because of the the coconut on
there that is awesome but let's do a back to back eating, I'm gonna try the red
stickered nasi lemak let's see, I'm gonna go rice and sambal to
start me off just like I did last time, this one's got a few more peanuts not
many though there's only about four the sambal is a much different color it's
very red and sort of dark in its redness, deep red let's see
that is completely different that is so so good
it's um it's sweet this one much sweeter not nearly as spicy, it's got a little
bit of a tang again almost like a vinegary tang it's got much more of a
fish flavour so there must be some sort of anchovies or something in the sambal
I imagine the rice once again is so fluffy I'm going to try that by itself the rice is less
coconutty than the first one I had, it tastes a lot more like just normal
steamed rice it's definitely got a coconut edge but it's not very strong at
all, I'd better try this egg do the whole the whole thing, there's some peanuts
I've got the egg and a bit of rice and some sambal
Wow I love this one the sweetness in that sambal is incredible when you
take the spiciness of the chillies and add the sweetness they have created a very
very special sauce there. That is unbelievable the peanuts are actually
not really crunchy cos they've been sitting in there I think they've gone
soft oh man that is so good both of them are
so good actually but if I had to vote on the spot I'll
pick this one which is the the red the red sticker one but I'm definitely gonna
have to try a bit more to get a true opinion unbelievably good Sheena you have
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hit subscribe that helps us so much. Thomas and I have become addicted to
nasi lemak and I can't wait to try these so I'm gonna try the red stamped nasi
lemak first I'm gonna get a bit of the sambal, egg and
peanuts and just go for it
there's so much flavour in the sambal and it is quite sweet but
even though it's got that sweetness there's still that spice level so there's that chilli level in there, that rice is very
creamy, I'm going to have a bit of it by itself with the ambal and maybe a peanut
mmmmmm
it's very soft, the grains are very fluffy you can definitely taste the coconut so it
almost has a salty edge to it, a salty but creamy edge to the rice
that's really really good now for the blue one so as Thomas said the
sambal or chilli sauce in this is a lot more vibrant so it's a more
fiery red I'm gonna give it a go just with the rice and sambal
that's really good too I really like the rice in this one the
rice has a bit more bite a bit more texture that sambal though is definitely a lot
spicier than the red chop packet it doesn't have that sweetness at all it really is just quite fiery
but I really love the rice in this, the grains are separate and they're not as
mushy although the red one isn't mushy it's just fluffier I suppose. They're both amazing I'm
gonna have to eat more to decide which one I like best. To go with our
nasi lemak we have ordered or we have a basket of otak otak. Otak otak
literally translates to brains brains but it's not brains it's actually a fish
paste or like a fish curry that's just been wrapped in banana leaves and then
popped over the grill so basically it's minced fish
blended with spices and aromatics and also I think it's tapioca flour correct me if
I'm wrong but I'm gonna give that a go too. I might just scrape that off the banana leaf
It's almost like a custard, it's very
vibrant, very red
that's really really good. The aromatics are really fragrant and that fish flavour is
very strong I really like it. The other thing that's really cool about
eating here is everything's kind of self-service so you get like your otak
otak in a little box on the table, nasi lemak come on a tray
you just eat what you want and you pay for what you eat so they come five at a
time, so if you eat three you pay for three, if you eat all five you eat all five
then get another tray of five it just keeps going and going
it makes it so easy cos you're not calling for a waiter all the time you've
just got it sitting there and you eat what you want I'm absolutely loving it
we suggest if you come here that you come in the evenings because that's when it really
fires up especially if you want to try both the red nasi lemak and the blue
nasi lemak because the red nasi lemak stall only opens at 7:00pm
and they say the busiest time for this food court is around midnight
so people come here for supper, it's a really cool atmosphere.
And remember we always put the details down
below of the places we're eating so if you want details pop down to the
description you'll find out exactly where we are tonight I'm loving it but
do you have a favourite. Red or blue camp? Ohhhh this is really tricky
because I loved the sambal in the red, I liked the sweeter sambal
But I loved the rice the texture of the rice in the blue so because I'm really picky when
it comes to rice I love a hard rice, I've gotta go the blue.
I'm totally going red I love the plainer rice and I love that sweet sambal
I would normally go spicy to be honest but for whatever reason tonight that
sweet still spicy but sweet sambal is just doing it for me
it is incredible in my books we would love to know whether you are partial
to a sweet sambal or a spicy sambal for your nasi lemak, let us know in the comments below.
That was a really
cool experience it's definitely a little bit outside the normal area you might be
in as a traveler totally worth the effort though there's other stalls here as
well so there's plenty of food to try but trying those two dishes side by side
is super fun sorry about all the noise it's pretty chaotic and fun here
We hope we've inspired you to eat and explore like a traveler, not a tourist
thank you so much for watching we'll see you next time
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