Nasi Lemak Ujang @ Medan Selera Greenwood

These days, you would probably find the iconic Nasi Lemak only during night hours instead of the usual brekkie time.  So it doesn't matter if you missed it in the morning, there would always be a night time for you to search. Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa, Nasi Lemak Cinta Sayang, Nasi Lemak Ujang - just to name a few of the local favourites. Last night, Deo - the co-owner of "Nasi Lemak Ujang" has invited us for a small 'whatsapp group' gathering.  Eventhough I'm not a "night-time-nasi lemak-eater", for the sake of its popularity, I dare to break my rules!!

Being a Gombakian and spent most of my childhood years in Greenwood Park, I couldn't believe that I am unaware over this stall existence until I've heard about the long queue of people waiting to be served from a friend cum loyal customer few years back. Located at the food court @ Medan Selera at Taman Greenwood, Jalan Batu Caves, this stall has been opened since 1981 (I was only 3!!) and still continue making big hit until todate!!.  The stall opens around 500 pm and close to midnight or precisely until they finish the stock of food.  This is probably one of the reasons that they became favorite among locals who always look for a good variety of dishes.  When your turn to order at the counter, you would simply become spoil for choices as on their menu are fried chicken, sambal sotong, sambal kerang, rendang daging, rendang limpa, paru goreng bersambal, bergedil etc.  No menu price are displayed on the board, so you will need to roughly calculate on your head over what you choose before you go uhhh..ahhh...errr???..:-))) ..Simple calculation - a pack of nasi lemak with sambal kerang and telur goreng can easily priced at RM5 - RM6.

As an 'honoured' guests, Deo took orders from the table, and we agreed on everything that he recommended.  When everything has arrived, and the MAKAN time started, I must agree that the SAMBAL is the key feature that attract the patrons.. Not too sweet or salty, it has a distinctive flavour of belacan (shrimp paste) and in terms of the spiciness level, I indicated as less hot.  Other dishes also tasted good, and my favourite was the rendang limpa.  Will definitely give a go on the next visit.  Although I'm a fan of sticky nasi lemak, according to other members of the table, another thing that attractive in Nasi Lemak Ujang is the rice itself.  It was nicely cooked until you can easily distinguished the beads and the adequate santan has been added to give that creaminess of nasi lemak.  Deo said that this is the secret that has been passed from generations to generations as the cooking method is complicated where the rice need to go through repeated steps of soaking, tossing and steaming.  Above all, surely worth it . As a result...licin pinggan masing-masing!!  

Deo continued to serving us like there's no tomorrow..haha..after nasi lemak, there came 2 siakap in masam manis and steam version prepared by his wife (note that this is not part of the nasi lemak menu) and few plates of sate Minang which he ordered at nearby stall..bloated gilerr!!  Thank you very much, Deo and Nasi Lemak Ujang team for hosting..semoga Allah murahkan rezeki kalian and may longer queue formed from day to day.  I'm very sure that i will return to savour other lauk pauk!!  For those interested, here are the details: -

Nasi Lemak Ujang Medan Selera Taman Greenwood, 

Batu Caves, Selangor

Nasi Lemak Ujang, Bandar Baru Selayang

Tel No: 017-3337791

 Long queue at almost every night..not a big deal as they could served quickly!!

 Deo in action!!

 The mouth-watering Sambal Sotong

 Eventhough the set is complete with lauk pauk, I still think that they shouldn't skipped the ikan bilis & kacang

 These are a few of "OTAI MASIH BERBISA" group members.. The lady holding the orange is the most otai!!hahahah

Satay Minang