Nasi Lemak Beef Rendang
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Nasi Lemak (Coconut Rice) is easily a Singaporean favourite and many renditions of the dish can be found all across the island.
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Chef Shen’s version comes with rice that has been twice steamed with coconut milk, not water, and over 10 different ingredients are used in the process as well. Each fluffy grain of jasmine rice gives you a well balanced mixture of coconut, pandan, onions, lemongrass and ginger flavours in your mouth. Apparently, fenugreek is also added but my tastebuds were not discerning enough.
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However, if you are looking for a very concentrated taste of coconut and pandan in the rice, which is the more common version of Nasi (Rice) in Nasi Lemak, then this is not for you.
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The sambal in the dish are also different from the sweet ones you typically get. Instead, sambal belachan and coffee sambal, both made in house, are served. I was told that the coffee sambal is made with beans that the café uses for their coffee.
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You can choose to have your Nasi Lemak on its own for $2 or with Beef Rendang (Pictured), Chicken Rendang, Crispy Pork, Crispy Fried Chicken or 5 Spice Pork Confit. In any case, your gourmet Nasi Lemak will cost you less than $10.
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Thanks @burpple for the invite and @revolutioncoffee @chefshentan for feeding us!