The friends scored a set of nasi kandar from IG darlings Straits Curry Company (@straitscurryco). Helmed and cooked by Edwin Lee (who's a trained chef in a restaurant by day), these monthly sets ofnasi ulam and nasi kandar are ridiculously hard to procure.
When the orders open on its Google form, they sell out within three minutes. Like WTF. If you type too slow, you ain't gonna anything. I'll try to get the nasi ulam next. The collection point is at Tiong Bahru Estate on Yong Siak Street. There's a big carpark at the park, so it was super convenient for us to pick up our order.
Straits Curry Company recommended diners to buy 2 X Nasi Kandar Lite Set A to feed 3 to 4 persons or 4 to 5 small eaters. But we decided to get just one set instead of over-doing it and ending up with leftovers. Luckily we did so. 2 X Set A Nasi Kandar Lite are totally not for our small stomachs. Just 1 X Set A Lite was sufficient. Set A didn't come with rice, and the reminder emails also warned us about it. So the friends cooked the rice, and for fun, also prepped an extra dish of BBQ sambal stingray. That went beautifully with all the dishes and gravies.
It was nasi kandar Penang style. Ahhhhh... There were assam fish curry, daging masak kicap, ayam masak merah, kerabu taugeh, and achar timun. There were two kinds of sambal — geprek bilis and belachan. There was decent heat in all the dishes, and they were flavorful and held all the expected spices. The meal also came with papadum and salted eggs. I liked them salted eggs. Heh! The friends even prepped dessert in the form of ice-cream — ube cheesecake and ondeh ondeh.
We didn't even contribute to anything much! We simply turned up and ate our fill. Okay, we brought wine. At least. The refreshing and crisp Bauget-Jouette Blanc de Blancs Brut Millésime went well with the spices. Intended the Chateau Roubine’s La Vie en Rose for the friends to keep in their fridge for random drinking another night, but they finished it anyway. Hahaha.
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