M E D I A D R O P
I am familiar with @chefshentan’s twice-steamed nasi lemak rice. In fact, my familiarity goes back more than a decade to when I first had it at her stall in Maxwell Road Hawker Centre in 2008.
Her gently fragrant, moist but not clumpy rice forms the “foundation” of Nasi Lemak Bento Sets by newly-launched @tginasilemak. You can place your order online for their food anytime but please note delivery is only available from Thursdays to Sundays weekly.
Each set meal ($15) comes with two pieces of thick, fluffy omelette, crispy ikan bilis, lacto-fermented rainbow pickles plus a “hot main” of your choice. Because I got to try two sets, I decided on the Crispy Chicken which lived up to its name and was convenient to crunch on as it’s boneless, and the Beef Rendang, which I ended up favouring as it really impressed with its fall-apart tenderness and lip-smacking rempah. I topped up $10 to purchase 2 extra “hot mains” of Sambal Goreng (a stirfry of beancurd with vegetables in a spice paste) and Sambal Brinjal (priced at $5 each). Both were really decent and I wouldn’t mind ordering them again.
To enjoy with the #nasilemak were not one but two housemade sambals - a dark, earthy Coffee Sambal and a bright, sharp and spicier Sambal Belachan. They were both terrifically addictive. I had a lot of fun trying them together in different ratios.
The dark horse from this meal though was the dessert of Double Valrhona Fudge Cake ($8 for a piece / $64 for a whole cake). This is not to be missed. The large square of fluffy and moist deep chocolate cake tasted incredible on its own but when I had it with the caramelised-coffee infused 64% Valrhona chocolate fudge sauce, it made my jaw drop.
@tginasilemak also offers their food in larger servings for sharing under the a la carte section, and even retails a couple of items on their website too, such as the aforementioned sambals. Do tap on their link-in-bio to find out more and to place orders. I would also suggest doing it sooner rather than later because it seems there is an end date to this and it falls on 9th August 2020.