Restaurant Curry Leaf is located in Damansara Utama, along the same row as Sate Kajang Haji Samuri. In Damansara Uptown, this is the second Indian restaurant to open and has been in business for about a year and a half now. I have visited them sometime in April last year and that was to try their banana leaf meals and was generally quite satisfied with the food there. My brother popped in this afternoon and called me out to try a new place, since he has not come here, I decided to bring him here to try out the food.
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| Restaurant Curry Leaf in Damansara Utama |
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| Restaurant Curry Leaf, Damansara Utama |
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| A Write Up On The Restaurant |
This is the branch outlet of the famous Curry Leaf restaurant in Seremban and there has been so many write ups on them in the local newspapers and magazines. I usually don't quite trust these write ups as you could get your close friends to do it for you. Individual blogs like this always gives a better review of the place. The biggest issue when getting to this restaurant is finding a parking bay. That seems to be an incessant challenge in Damansara Uptown.
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| Worker Heating Up The Dishes |
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| Interior of the Restaurant |
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| Interior of the Restaurant |
It was already 4pm when we arrived here and of course at that time, you don't expect to see much crowd in restaurants. We also had to wait for 20 minutes as they were heating up the dishes since they were cooked for lunch and topping them up accordingly.So we waited until they were ready.
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| Choice of Dishes for the day |
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| Choice of Dishes for the day |
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| Choice of Dishes for the day |
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| Choice of Dishes for the day |
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| Choice of Dishes for the day |
There definitely was a good spread of dishes to choose from. There were both a good array of dishes from vegetarian and non vegetarian options.Besides these, you could also opt to try their North Indian dishes which they have a separate menu to choose from. Those dishes are cooked to order unlike the Tamilian dishes.
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| Coca Cola @ RM 2.20 |
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| Soya Bean @ RM 2.20 |
The can drinks were all priced at RM 2.20 each which is reasonable for Damansara Utama. We then walked over to the curries station and choose our dishes.
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| White Rice @ RM 2.00 |
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| 3 Idli's @ RM 3.60 |
We decided not to go for the Banana Leaf meal. My brother went for a plate of White Rice which came at RM 2.00 per plate. This is definitely on the high side. I went for the Idli's which were priced at RM 1.20 each. I know that these Idli's were breakfast leftovers but I didn't mind as I was not in the mood for rice. Their Idli's were just okay, slightly on the hard side. I would rate them at 6/10 .
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| Sambar |
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| Sambar |
Curries like the above Sambar were provided on the house. Honestly, their Sambar was horrible. There was something seriously wrong with it. I remember trying their Sambar before and it was okay, not sure what went wrong today. As for today's preparation, I would rate this at 3/10 .
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| Chicken Kulambu |
Their Chicken Kulambu was not bad, it was not great but decent. The spices were all balanced and it had a decent flavour. I would rate this at 7/10 .
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| Vegetable @ RM 3.00 |
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| Vegetable @ RM 3.00 |
This vegetable was very nicely done. It usually takes skill to make this dish as the leaves are generally bitter and it has to have the right mix of grated coconut to make this bitter sweet. The preparation was very nice here and I would rate this at 8.5/10 .
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| Onion Pakkora's @ RM 3.00 |
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| Onion Pakkora's @ RM 3.00 |
The Onion Pakkora's were once again very good. The pakkora's were not oily and did not have any smell from the oil used. They were crispy, just the way they should be. I would rate this at 8.8/10 .
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| Mixed Vegetable @ RM 3.00 |
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| Mixed Vegetable @ RM 3.00 |
Their Mixed Vegetables were not really good, in fact it was below average. The vegetables were over cooked and they were soggy. It also lacked flavours which should have been there. I would only rate this at 3.5/10 .
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| Potato & Brinjals Koottu @ RM 3.00 |
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| Potato & Brinjals Koottu @ RM 3.00 |
This dish was simply fantastic, really one of the best that I have tried. Everything was perfect that there is nothing for me to comment. I would rate this at 10/10 .
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| Chicken Perattal @ RM 6.00 |
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| Chicken Perattal @ RM 6.00 |
Their Chicken Perattal was good. I am not saying that it was excellent, but it was nice. Tender chicken chunks were wonderfully prepared with spices in a mildly spicy gravy. Definitely a good dish and I would rate this at 8.7/10 .
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| Mutton Perattal @ RM 7.00 |
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| Mutton Perattal @ RM 7.00 |
Their Mutton Perattal was not up to the mark. Even when I tried this dish the last visit here, it was the same. A let down actually. I would rate this at 6/10 .
Most of their dishes are good except for a few that could have been better. Our total bill today came to RM 35.00 including the drinks which is quite decent for the number of dishes we had and the locality of the restaurant. Apart from improving one or two of their dishes, I would say that they are doing an excellent job here. Definitely a good neighbourhood Indian restaurant.
Address: 75, Jalan SS 21/37, Damansara Utama,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Telephone: +6017 337 7880 & +603 7726 5880
Email: curryleafuptown@yahoo.com
Opening Hours: 0700 - 2200 Daily
Facebook: www.facebook.com/restaurantcurryleaf
