Who? Me? Leng Looi?

One day as I was making my way to The Embassy@The Starling, I heard a voice caling out "Leng looi! Leng looi!" Of course I ignored it. I mean. Me. leng looi. It couldn't be.

Then a hand tapped my shoulder. "Leng looi, Nam Heong li tou?". It was a group of little old ladies (which explained why I became leng looi) who were looking to yum cha at Nam Heong. So I pointed them in the right direction.

I was walking on air for a good 30 seconds when I caught my reflection on The Embassy's glass partition. That sent me back to mother earth with a resounding bump. It was nice to be leng looi for that few seconds. Bah!

Anyway, this is one restaurant that is rather quiet whenever I walked past (not anymore at the time of writing). One Saturday past 12pm I passed by to check the menu. It was sad and empty unlike this other place that the little old ladies were looking for.

There is a perpetual crowd at the entrance of Nam Heong. I guess it will take a while before I have a chance to dine there.

Coming back to The Embassy, I decided to pay a visit to try their Embassy Nasi Istimewa. I read good reviews and I had to try it for myself.

I like the decor and ambiance. It has that very warm cosy feel to it. A very nice place to hang out with friends.

There's an outdoor seating too. Perhaps better for cooler days.

They serve water which is nice. I usually stick with water but I figured a nice coffee would help me stay awake in the office after my nasi hee..hee...

My iced Americano (RM9.00). Almost my default order at places that serve it. It was nice and strong.

My Embassy Nasi Istimewa (RM28.00). It does not look appealing at this angle. Let me shift a bit.

There, better but the egg and other accompaniments are hidden by the two giant papadums (I love papadums!)

Unveiled. Pineapple fried rice with a fried egg on top, fried cabbage, mango kerabu and tempeh with ikan bilis sambal.

The Embassy gets top marks in terms of portion size. Imagine me struggling to finish the rice. I was thinking of brownies for dessert at first, but no, forget it. No space. So small eaters, it is best to share.

There is also a bowl of ayam pindang served together with the rice. So that made for a mighty fine lunch (Total cost RM40.70 inclusive of 10% service charge).

But I will be honest. I will not be ordering this again. But I came back another day for something else.

Nasi Lemak Kg Pisang (RM25.00). I was very hungry as it was way past 1:00pm. I usually don't eat so late but I just came back from a meeting. And I noticed the place buzzing with a healthy lunch crowd. Business is picking up.

The nasi lemak was accompanied by one hardboiled egg, peanuts, ikan bilis, sambal, cucumber slices and one whole fried chicken leg (ayam goreng berempah).

I must say that this is one very decent nasi lemak. Very fragrant with adequate santan. The sambal was good too and very spicy.

If you have are not into spicy stuff, you may find the sambal a bit too hot to handle.

And what I like is that the egg yolks do not have that greenish greyish ring around it. Thumbs up for that.

The ayam goreng berempah was served piping hot and it was crispy though the meat was on the dry side.

Again I had the Americano (RM9.00) which succeeded in keeping me wide eyed and bushy tailed throughout the day in spite of the carbo loading.

The Embassy gets top marks again for portion size as I was more than satisfied after starting off with an empty tank. No brownies again for lack of space. Hmmm...next time I just come for the brownies.

Total cost of this nasi lemak meal is RM37.40 plus 10% service charge. Next time, I will try the western menu.