The several times that I am there at about 12:30pm on a weekday, all the food has been sold out but fortunately, this time round, I was there much earlier and managed to get one of the last few plates of this elusive nasi lemak. As the stall name suggests, the only thing that you must get is their nasi lemak as they are truly specialists in this dish. Using premium grade basmati rice and fresh coconut milk, the rice is wonderfully fragranced that you just cannot get enough of, and tag teaming the rice is the slightly sweet, mildly spicy sambal.

For true nasi lemak connoisseurs, the two most important elements are the rice and sambal and the Nasi Lemak Specialist nailed both flawlessly. Going back to basics, the original nasi lemak does not have many accompanying ingredients and what these originators focus on are solely the rice and sambal and as time goes by, more ingredients get added into it but the most familiar and straightforward ones are the fried egg, crispy anchovies and peanuts, and the chicken wing. The egg here is nothing out of this world, just a regular fried egg, but the crispy anchovies and peanuts are so well deep fried that it provides the right crunch and flavour. Last but not least, the chicken wing and I will end my review with a few words of it; one chicken is not enough, trust me and get at least two.

Never underestimate the art of perfecting simplicity because that’s the true definition of a good plate of food.
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✨ Nasi Lemak Specialist
📍 137 Tampines Street 11, Tampines Round Market & Food Centre, Unit 01-14, Singapore 521137
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