Every wall has a story, every dish is a dream: that's the tagline for this bungalow restaurant, which dishes out luxurious Indian spreads & depicts lavish Mughal tales of bygone empires on handcrafted walls of limestone & mortar.
First, the food _ northern Indian fare of a wide variety. Our favorite: tender chunks of salmon, flavored with fenugreek leaves for a herbal bitterness & charcoal-cooked for a subtle smokiness.
Lamb Pasanda, a mild curry with cashews & raisins, reputedly once served in the court of Moghul emperors. Alas, Mughle Azam's version was ruined by the terribly gamy, sinewy meat, which tasted more like mutton than lamb.
A safer choice: clay oven-cooked butter chicken. Deliciously creamy, though the accompaniment of chapati could have been less chewy.
Fish moilee _ dory sauteed with tomatoes, cilantro & coconut. Went well with the cumin-laced rice & potato curry. Mughle Azam's food is reasonably priced; RM50 per person should suffice.
Lamb briyani. Good but not great; the rice was fluffy & fairly flavorsome, but something seemed missing, something that we couldn't put our finger on. All in all, expect both hits & misses here.
Booze is available. Jack Daniel & Jim Beam White.
Cono Sur Sauvignon Blanc (Chile), a heartening RM15 by the glass.
Cono Sur Cabernet Sauvignon, the only red wine offered here.
Note: the kitchen only closes at midnight; thumbs up for that!
Mughle Azam,
19, Lorong Yap Kwan Seng, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-2166-1022
Will there be a narrative-friendly waiter, regaling us with Mughal tales while we dine? :D
ReplyDeletekenny: errrrmm, as is the case with many restaurants in the city, we must be grateful just to find a waiter who'll jot down our orders correctly before we dine. heheh :D
ReplyDeleteU shud try The Aryan @ The Weld...they serve excellent North Indian...had their Executive Set Lunch once...nice :D
ReplyDeleteOh crap...my Indian cravings is back on d warpath :p
your response to kenny made me cracked up... quite true, that fact.
ReplyDeleteIs that almond cream on the clay oven cooked butter chicken ?
ReplyDeleteMmmmm. Lots of yummy curries that go
ReplyDeleteso well with carbs :D
Lol I always wondered why Indian restaurants are always so dark - same goes for Spanish restaurants.
ReplyDeleteI love that your tag has "booze". how was the pricing? that bread with the butter chicken looks good.
ReplyDeleteUlric: aryan! i'm pleasantly surprised to hear it's still surviving! i remember having dinner there several years ago, and it was tasty, but i never managed to return =)
ReplyDeleteMichelle: heh, i guess i've just been having difficulties with service staff at various restaurants recently :D
Missyblurkit: hmmm, i'm not too sure. i think it seemed more like some kind of yogurt cream. forgot to check... =)
J: yeah, thick & flavorsome curries ... though as usual, some of it was a little too fiery/spicy for me :D
ReplyDeleteBaby sumo: heheh, on the other hand, i do wish that all chinese restaurants wouldn't be so brightly lit =)
Fatboybakes: gulp, i've got nearly 800 posts tagged 'booze' on this blog so far. prices are really fair for this part of town. the butter chicken cost RM18+ :D
Indian food? Did I read correctly? :P It's been ages since I last read posts on Indian food or spicy food, for that matter. Hehe.. When are you going to join me for chilli pan mee? :P
ReplyDeleteiamthewitch: heheh, variety is the spice of life, right! but you're right; in the last two years, i've only blogged about indian food a dozen times! and i'm too terrified to join you for chili pan mee! or maybe i'll come and just eat the noodles & the egg, without the chili, heheh :D
ReplyDeleteI also only nom d fish fillet noodles at Super Kitchen Chilli Pan Mee @ Sri Petaling...huhuhu :P
ReplyDeleteUlric: ah, I haven't tried that one either =)
ReplyDeleteFace to Face @ Sri Petaling is good too..always there for their kolo mee :)
ReplyDeleteUlric: rite. ya, I haven't been there either, but I do like kolo mee =)
ReplyDeleteSo true - I've lost count of the number of times they get the order wrong. Sighs...
ReplyDeleteKenny: heheh, my worst encounter this week was with a pushy waitress who tried to pressure us to order the most expensive items on the menu =)
ReplyDeletethe only dish I'm familiar with is butter chicken with naan. that's the best!
ReplyDeleteeiling: yeah, simple but satisfying! :D
ReplyDeleteLooks good! I wanna try this!
ReplyDeleteWas the chapati al dente or like rubbery? hah!
Ciki: heheh, if I had to pick another word for the chapatti, I'd say leathery! .D
ReplyDeleteHi Sean
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