This inconspicuous enterprise opened this year in the thick of Sungei Wang Plaza's third-floor Food Emporium, run by a family from Malacca.
Staples of my southern hometown's most cherished traditional cooking are accounted for here, from Nyonya claypot chicken pongteh ...
... to Portuguese grilled fish, stingray enveloped in a sambal of kaffir lime leaves, all at food-court-appropriate prices of little more than RM10 per serving.
Mutton curry seku. Feels like honest, home-cooked fare, suitable for two light eaters.
Pineapple prawn curry, a Eurasian favorite that's a real pleasure with steamed rice.
Other fowl options: the can't-fail devil's chicken curry that's punishingly/pleasurably fiery ...
... the lightly sour ambiler kacang of long beans with chicken ...
... as well as sehbak, a spicy braised chicken salad with lots of lettuce.
Finny fun: Prementeh fish, prepared in tangy black pepper curry ...
... plus chuan-chuan fish, deep-fried & simmered in black bean paste with ginger.
For fiber, the always-welcome kangkung sambal belacan ...
... & some lovely soy-limang brinjal, pan-fried brinjal, achingly soft without being agonizingly mushy, in a soya sauce & lime gravy.
Have always adored sambal belacan. Suitably fiery spices here; chili-wary customers can petition the kitchen to ease up on the heat.
Portuguezze Kitchen,
Food Emporium, Sungei Wang Plaza, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
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