Tuesday 10 May 2022

Hungry Bacon, Damansara Uptown

Hungry me ended up at Hungry Bacon @ Damansara Uptown many Saturdays ago. This restaurant is situated at a very quiet part of Damansara Uptown, along the same row as The Ship.

It was past 12:00pm when I got there. I was actually feeling rather uninspired that day and was debating in my head, what and where to eat. 


I thought of trying Cafe Lafayette (also along the same row which I eventually did a week or so later) but decided on Hungry Bacon because this eatery does not open for lunch on weekdays.


When I got to Hungry Bacon, it was nice and quiet with only one table occupied. I reckon this place sees more business in the evenings.


The space is quite small and narrow and I felt rather oversized (and clumsy) when I got behind the table. Notice that the seat is quite narrow.


I certainly did not intend to photograph the young lady (who came in much later) at the next table but merely wanted to show you the seat. Ladies with ample behinds (like me and worse for Kim K) we would feel a little unsupported by our seat, if you know what I mean. I had to remove the cushions behind me to make more space for my butt hah..hah...

When presented with the menu, I immediately chose the Assam the Bois and Nasi Kerabu Babi Percik Kembar.


This is the very refreshing Assam the Bois, which is calamansi lime juice with sour plum. It was topped with a scoop of (I presume calamansi asam boi) sorbet. What I loved about Hungry Bacon's version of this popular drink is that it is barely sweet and mostly tangy. Yes! I very like!


I have seen many photos of the Nasi Kerabu Babi Percik Kembar making its rounds on the internet and was, naturally, very attracted.

It was a bit of a wait for it to be served but it certainly was worth my patience. My plate was served by the chef/proprietor himself who very kindly briefed me on the three sauces and how to eat the nasi kerabu.

The three sauces were - percik sauce, sambal belacan and budu - to mix the percik/sambal (budu is optional and to taste as it is very salty) with the rice and raw vegetables. I appreciated the chef's initiative because not everyone is familiar with nasi kerabu and how to go about eating it.


There was a special ingredient on the plate - crispy pork lard! Ooohhh...la...la.... The other ingredients were the blue tinged rice, solok lada, a wedge of salted duck egg, babi percik, keropok, thinly sliced raw vegetables (a generous amount, thumbs up) and kerisik.

So I poured the percik sauce and sambal and mixed into the rice.


I would say this is a very commendable version of nasi kerabu. The percik sauce and sambal were adapted to the west coat taste, ie more savory than sweet. As someone from Terenganu, I would have preferred a bit more sweet to the taste. 

The babi percik well marinated and grilled but still a tad chewy. Had it achieved more yield to the bite, it would have been perfect. This tasty babi percik reminded me of my grandaunt's satay babi.

As for the crispy pork lard, freshness is key or you end up with an unpleasant rancid taste. I'm afraid I bit into two or three of these that gave an off aroma and taste. Thankfully the rest of the crispy lard were pleasant.


I admit to feeling a little bit jelak after indulging in the fried pork lard, and the Assam the Bois was the perfect remedy to the rescue.

All in all, I had a very pleasant experience at Hungry Bacon and was suitably stuffed. Burp!


I won't mind coming back to  try other dishes on the menu.

16 comments:

  1. Wowwwww!!! Non-halal nasi kerabu. So neat and tidy! Gosh! I have not had nasi kerabu, the real thing, for so long now and you're making me crave for it. Gotta make my way to the place here to tapao one of these days, another side of town that I seldom venture to.

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    1. I hope you managed to get your nasi kerabu fix!

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  2. I have been eating Nasi Kerabu at Foodies in Starling Mall. It was just nice to please me with their basic one sauce presentation. Your Hungry Bacon's version is superb with 3 sauces. My 2 eyes turned into 3 eyes with delight. I will definitely visit there to eat.

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    1. Have you tried Capital Nasi Dagang? It is along same row as Telekom. You go try their nasi kerabu. The family that runs the place come from Kelantan. After you eat their nasi kerabu and nasi dagang, the one at Foodies will pale in comparison.

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    2. Yes I ate there twice and gave up because the queue was too long. I totally forgot about this place. Will go there soon.

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    3. Great! Better luck on your next visit :)

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  3. I recently went to Damansara Uptown and found that many eateries had closed down and there are many newcomers to joint the F&B scene. This Nasi Kerabu is not cheap hor.... but the Percik Pork was rather small for the price charged. =.="

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  4. I think I would say no to the 3 sauces and the chef would go no no no, you must eat with sauce. For delivery, I wrote no sambal please but they still give me the sambal. So you didn't eat the budu sauce after tasting it as salty?

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    1. LOL! They think it is so weird because it is eaten with sauce. I took just a bit of the budu.

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  5. i'm not into budu...but yes for sambal and percik sauce! i would also pour the 2 sauces onto the rice and mix everything together....super delicious!

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    1. Budu is too salty, just the other two sauces is good enough.

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  6. When I am really hungry, I think I could eat and finish the whole plate!! Nasi kerabu!! How I miss this. Hard to get a good one here.

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    1. Definitely you can finish as it is not really that heavy, just nice.

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  7. The place is about bacon but you ate nasi kerabu instead....that was a bit of a surprise...lol. Omg, crispy pork lard with nasi kerabu? That's a first....I mean I love pork lard but in my mind that would be a bit weird eaten together. I would enjoy that tangy drink for sure and even though it's not too sweet, there would still have been quite a bit of sugar used to balance out the sour (but I just pretend there isn't...haha). I recently had an assam boi ice cream potong and though it was nicely tangy, I could taste the sweetnesss too. >_<

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    1. LOL! Apparently (from what I read), Bacon is the name of the owners' pet doggie hah..hah... For sure there is some sugar in the drink, maybe not as much added like in some places where I can taste the sweetness plus tanginess.

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