Saturday 9 February 2013

Aunty Aini's Garden Cafe @ Kampung Chelet, Nilai

As I had a meeting in Nilai today, I had checked on Google last night on some of the good places for food and this particular restaurant kept popping up many times. Curious, I decided to have my lunch here today.

Aunty Aini's Garden Cafe
This restaurant is located out of Nilai town heading south and almost near the Selangor state border. Good thing that this restaurant is listed in my Garmin GPS and it was easy to find it.

Aunty Aini's Garden Cafe
To find this place, drive along the state road from Nilai heading towards Sepang and in a secluded location and just after a sharp bend, you would notice this restaurant on the right side of the road. Parking is a little problematic here and you would have to just park your vehicles by the side of the road.

Garden Concept
The entire restaurant is in a garden concept. There is an indoor dining area and an extended paddock dining area. There are also a few secluded huts available for private dining. Once I was here, I noticed the huge crowd and quite a number of tables were already reserved. There was also some small tour groups here.Pretty fascinating to see all the ethnic races dining here in this restaurant. As it is a garden concept, it is not surprising to see black ants running occasionally on your tables and also chairs. The staff were quite slow to attend. I do not blame them as they were literally full house but a guy attended to me shortly thereafter anyway. The menu comprises of two categories of food, Malay and Western cuisine. It seems like it draws a fair share of customers here for both sets of offerings. This is from my observation while here. As I was in the mood for Malay food, decided to stick to that for lunch. Placed my orders and as usual was just observing around and taking photographs of the place.

Teh Tarik @ RM 3.50
Within about 10 minutes my drink arrived. I had ordered a glass of Teh Tarik. It was good for a Malay shop. Of course this cannot be compared to a good Mamak place but as I said, pretty decent tea. RM 3.50 was a little high for this but thats fine.

Also Famous for their Homemade Tapai with Ice Cream
Seems that their home made Tapai with ice cream is also pretty famous here and they have built a hut like ice cream station just away from the kitchen as you can see from the above photograph. I never tried it though but almost every table did order it.

White Rice @ RM 1.50
Well, there is nothing much to comment about the above. White rice is white rice. Now waiting for the dishes eagerly.

Kangkung Belacan @ RM 6.50
The vegetable dish that I had ordered was the above Kangkung Belacan. Since it was just me, I could not order many dishes. One thing here is that the portions are relatively big. As for this dish, it could be shared by three people lavishly. The taste, was good and my my, look at the vegetables, they are fresh and even after being cooked, it is still crisp and has not faded. Would I recommend this dish, oh yes I would. As for the rating, I would give this a 8/10 .

Assam Pedas Fish @ RM 11.00
This is the BEST Assam Pedas that I have ever eaten in my life. It comes in three choices of fish, Jenahak, Ikan Merah and Tenggiri. I first ordered the Tenggiri but they were out of stock and then I settled for the Ikan Merah. The gravy was thick and absolutely delicious. Spicy to the right level and infused wonderfully. The fish was also cleaned well.I do not find the price to be expensive as this dish is good for two people. I would definitely recommend this dish to anyone!!! Rating...10/10 .

It was very unfortunate that I could not try other dishes as these two items itself were a little too much for me. I would strongly recommend this restaurant. It is seriously a hidden gem and more should be spoken of this place and here I am doing my part. They do not even charge Service Tax on the bill. Day or night, this is a great place to dine with the family.

Address:  Batu 16, Jalan Sepang, Kampung Chelet,
                 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

Telephone: +606 799 1276

Opening Hours: 1130 - 1500 & 1730 - 2330 Daily.
                            Closed on Sundays

6 comments:

  1. Got to auntie's aini place thru ur blog.. Managed to talk to her n showed ur blog.. She's very friendly n talkative.. Haha.. She asked to update its not homemade icecream.. It's homemade tapai with icecream :)

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    1. Hi Amri, that's very nice of you to show her my blogs and glad to know that you found the place through this blog. Would definitely make the change. :)

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  2. We have been informed and told everyone to everyone. YIP KUM FOOK (lawyer, president of SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE) was embarrassed by Buddhism, as a shame of the Buddhist world

    In addition, do dirty with monks. He thinks this temple is his, when we read the articles on the internet, our mind is sadder because of many posts and comments on the internet.

    But he still doesn't know anything. Maybe he is close to the six senses feelings. This is very low knowledge. Some old man groups at Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong are also very embarrassing when they speak about SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE

    On the contrary, if this Yip Kum Fook has learned the law, he needs to understand some laws, other lawyers do not make problems and deceive people, only this Yip Kum Fook in the world…..

    In Buddhist also same, if he understands Buddhist knowledge, why does he need to do badly, insult Buddhist monks (rejected monks out from Temple), we know about SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE because we are groups opened this Temple at Taman Ehsan on 1987
    We don't say much because of his karma (YIP)

    By Mr Lim, Desa Jaya, Kepong

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  3. Dear Sir and Madam,

    We are from the Buddhist community in Malaysia and we want to inform more about Datuk Yip Kum Fook on social media or internet news because it is very bad, embarrassing for Buddhists in Malaysia, and abroad

    Our topic is Datuk Yip Kum Fook is a lawyer, MCA Gombak, President of SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION in Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong and others. He is very bad for the Buddhist Temple because he plays politics in the Temple, cheats money and cheats women for sex everywhere. Now many are boycotting him

    We have already written to too many organizations and Buddhists societies (Temples) in Malaysia and abroad to protect Buddhism and other religions in the world. On the other hand, we plan to have a letter to the Sultan of Selangor to return the title of Datuk to the Sultan of Selangor as soon as possible, this makes the Sultan of Selangor embarrassed and of poor quality

    Again, in the internet, so many people comments and posts about Datuk Yip Kum Fook and they say bad things to Datuk Yip Kum Fook, this also causes MCA to lose for any election because everyone goes to research the internet as technology nowadays.

    Finally, we thank you for your kind cooperation in this matter and we hope to hear good news from you as soon as possible… we love our Buddhists and MCA in Malaysia


    With kindly
    Buddhist group in Kepong

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  4. 敬爱的佛教信土:
    我是甲洞三宝寺 (暹廟) SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION NO: 19-21 JALAN 38 TAMAN DESA JAYA KEPONG 52100 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA. 的理事, 当任此职多年, 对内的事務也一清二楚。

    最近, 在网络上看了PHRA PIYATHAMMO和尚和马华公会鸱唛区主席叶金福(Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak)律师的双方信件, 使我的内心久久不能平伏, 良心受到很大的譴責, 不吐訢不痛快, 所以我要誠恳的説:他叶金福(Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak)侓师叫外来的流流氓到三宝寺(暹廟)挑衅和尚打架及电招警方人员扣捕沙彌, 其嘲笑手法, 不外是要显示其权力, 而鞏固其职位, 以达到权力就是一切, 好让住持难堪, 自动離开, 方便行事……这种举动, 已间接的表逹其含意, 住持和尚兼顾问, 都无能为力,你们这些信徒能做什么?即使告马耒西亜佛教总会又能为难什么?这种心态, 的硧令人反感, 不是一个正信佛教者应有的行为。

    至今, 三宝寺的理事成员多数是其親戚, 这是实事, 加入会员需交RM100元费用,同时,必须经过叶金福(Yip Kum Fook)律师的同意,否则免談, 所以会员也不多。

    马华公会鹅唛区主席叶金福(Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak)律师,自控制三宝寺之後,把三宝寺(暹廟)当着私人產業,聘用和尚賺钱,利用佛教的道地为政治活动埸所,而处理三宝寺的钱财也不透明?这点,值得信众追问。马来西亚地擴人多,和尚也不缺乏,为什么不用本地和尚当任住持化缘,却偏偏劳心劳神,浪费签证费,交通费? 还要烦劳梹城佛总的推荐信, 向文化不同, 而語言又不通之千哩外囯缅旬和尚求助? 为什么….为什么? 只要我们用头脑想一想,便一日了然, 不必晝虎添足。

    叶金福(Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak )律师说:欢迎任何人如有意见,可以电话03:62762369/0122039700 Email: YIPKUMFOOK@HOTMAIL.COM 戓到其马华公会鹅唛区会甲洞三宝寺及以下地圵:NO.2,B JALAN 53 TAMAN DESA JAYA KEPONG 52100 SELANGOR, MALAYSIA.討論, 我要老实的提醒大家, 最好不要一个去見他, 因为这个人狡滑, 笑裡藏刀, 很阴险, 出家人都不放在眼裡, 連TAMAN DAYA 52100 KEPONG, KUALA LUMPUR. 众人的印度廟也敢放火燒, 利用权势把场地佔为己有, 由此可见, 他是何等的心毒? 还有现在三宝寺内, 各处都按裝计孔监视来人一举一动。

    目前, 三宝寺很多信徒及当地居民, 已经对叶金福(Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak )律师不满, 但也不能做什么。他计划把三宝寺主席的职位轉给其子YIP JIUN HANN律师, 续承皇朝. 想近一部了觧詳情, 可上网得知。

    再说, 根据前理事在网络上给叶金福(Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak)律师的批評, 説他懂得包裝自己的道德守则, 以宗教为幌子手, 到处募款, 啇業经营, 政治活动为重, 并没依循佛教守則行事, 也没对人道作出貢献, 只不过借三宝寺宗教之名捞取权和私利而己, 其言也不为过, 是实事。

    在此, 我恳切希望, 廣大的佛教信仰者, 给予关注, 并共創義举, 弘扬佛教. 谢谢。

    Mr Lim Sok Chia敬啟

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