We were going to be at Lucky Plaza this morning, and I was looking forward to the Nasi Lemak there. It was the famed River Valley Nasi Lemak located in the basement of Lucky Plaza. It has been there for quite some time actually, and I’ve eaten there several times previously. It was quite good. But it seems standards have dropped tremendously since. The rice wasn’t fragrant. The egg was dry and hard. The chicken was tough. The fish was was tasteless. There was not enough ikan bilis (the peanuts were plentiful but the ikan bilis were a rarity). Even the chilli wasn’t nice either.

Perhaps about the only thing that barely “pass” was the otah. But Nasi Lemak is supposed to be a lot more than otah. I think this was a great disappointment.

I think my current favourite Nasi Lemak is the one at Dover Market and Food Centre. They aren’t very famous, so I thought I’d just mention them. The rice is super fragrant, and generally everything is good. They tend to run out of the Nasi Lemak items before mid-day IIRC (they sell other things too). Unfortunately, the whole area, including the market and food centre, is due to be demolished soon.