Kedai Makanan Sithique Nasi Kandar
Pulau Pinang
Jalan Dang Wangi (within the old Odeon
theatre)
50100 Kuala Lumpur
(Coordinates: 3° 9' 25.50",
101° 41' 47.25")
Today is the 17th day of the lunar
Islamic month of Rabi-ul-Awwal which marks the birth anniversaries of Prophet
Muhammad and is a public holiday for certain states in Malaysia, including
Kuala Lumpur. And it is on this day that Sogo too saw fit to announce today the
start of their two-day “Sogo Member’s Day Sale”. When this happens, the streets
in and around our home will be flooded with shoppers.
Rather than enduring the snarling traffic
to drive out and back, we opted to have lunch at our old favourite 1Nasi
Kandar joint nearby. Right beside the old Odeon Cinema which still stands tall to this
day in its Art Deco style it’s just a hop, skip and a jump away from our
apartment, and we’ve been coming here for our Nasi Kandar fix since we moved in
all those years ago.
1a popular northern Malaysian dish which originates from Penang. It is a meal of steamed rice which can be plain or mildly flavoured, and served with a variety of curries and side dishes. The word ‘Nasi Kandar’ came about from a time when rice [Nasi] hawkers or vendors would balance a large pole [Kandar] on their shoulder with two huge containers of rice meals.
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| follow the arrow! |
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| at the start of the bustling Jalan Dang Wangi |
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| you can see it from Sogo |
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| if you're not into rice |
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| what I'm here for |
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| Brendan and his Chicken Curry |
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| good to go! |
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| tending to his dishes |
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| a lot of tender loving care went into this dishes? |
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| in the mood for something stir-fried? |
We’ve posted about Sithique before and you will know that this as well as Haji Ibramsha are our two most favourite Nasi Kandar shops in the
Tuanku Abdul Rahman area. As always I ordered the Ayam Kicap (Chicken in Thick Soy Sauce) with my (halved
portion) white rice while Brendan dutifully had the Chicken Curry with his
white rice. Cat was not in the mood for rice and ordered the 2Mee Goreng Mamak instead.
21yellow egg noodles sit-fried Mamak (local Indian Muslim
cuisine) style
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| Brendan's chicken curry |
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| pleased as punch |
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| my ayam kicap |
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| Cat's mee goreng mamak |
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| eager to dig in |
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| our beverages |
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| time to put the camera away |
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| yup, your eyes do not deceive you |
The verdict? Sithique never disappoints,
it has always been and will always be our default Nasi Kandar restaurant. And
the damage? The photo above says it all; the everyday food for the everyday
person? Heck yeah!
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