One of my friends had always been urging me to try out this restaurant called Chennai Xpress which is located along Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and since we were in the vicinity this afternoon, we decided to do lunch here. The place wasn't difficult to find as I am quite familiar with this area. This restaurant is located on the ground floor of Viva Residency which is a condominium. The first two levels of this building are solely retail space and they have taken up one of the units there and it is quite a nice place I would say. Parking is easy as one could park inside the condominium and there are bays which are reserved for these retail customers. Besides that, you get more parking on the rear side which is where Tasty Chapati Restaurant is located, which is also part of this very same building.
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| The Restaurant in Viva Residency |
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| Indoor Air-conditioned Dining Space |
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| Outdoor Dining Space is Available Too |
The restaurant isn't a large one. Indoor and outdoor seating areas are available and in total, perhaps there would have been around twelve tables. They had a very extensive menu covering vegetarian and non vegetarian items. Apologies as I can't share the menu photographs here as somehow they had gone corrupt. Since we were vegetarians today, our focus were specifically on those pages in the menu and truly they had some remarkable dishes that I would only expect to find in Tamil Nadu. All their staffs and cook are from Tamil Nadu as well. Initially we had some communication issues as the staff couldn't really explain but then we managed it somehow. Otherwise, they were quite efficient.
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| Banana Leaf Saapadu (Meal) @ RM 7.90 |
This Thali Meal Set is definitely a steal for the price of RM 7.90 . Just look at the spread. Rice, Urgai (Pickled Lemon), Moor Milagai, Podi, Papadam, Raddish, Peanuts Aviyal, Beetroot, Rasam, Vegetable Kulambu, Sambar, Moor, Payasam and Lemon Rice, all for just RM 7.90 .
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| Radish |
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| Peanut Aviyal |
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| Beetroot |
Even the choice of veggies served were not the usual cabbage and cucumber and these are pricey items. It's good to see such veggies being served and that too cooked in ways that we don't usual come across in Malaysia and they tasted great.
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| Vegetable Kulambu and Sambar |
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| Rasam |
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| Moor |
As for the curries, Vegetable Kulambu (Gravy) and Sambar were provided. Both were tasty. Rasam was quite good as well and they even went to the extent of including some Moor in the set.
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| Payasam |
And to finish off the meal, there was some Payasam as well. This isn't the Tamil style Payasam, more like the Kerala style and it was very good. Not too sweet and just nice.
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| Lemon Rice |
As part of the same set for starters, they had provided some Lemon Rice. For Malaysian standards, this was good but I have tasted better ones in Tamil Nadu. As a complete meal set, the spread was amazing and the taste was good. I would rate this set at 8/10.
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| Gramathu Kootanchoor @ RM 5.40 |
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| Sambar Satham |
Here they have named this Sambar Satham as Gramathu Koottanchoor, perhaps just to give it a hint of nativity. Quite a huge portion and it came with some Peanut Avial. I am a huge fan of this dish and honestly, I didn't totally enjoy it here. Everything was okay but a little more ghee would have been ideal. Good but nothing close to the ones that I have had in India. Somehow I expected the same quality as the spices as well as the chefs in this restaurant are from Tamil Nadu. Maybe my expectations were a little high. I would perhaps give this a 7/10.
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| Aloo Paratha @ RM 3.90 each |
Aloo Paratha is bread stuffed with potatoes and this is another favourite of mine being a potato lover. It was priced at RM 3.90 each and in that basket above, there are two slices. Nothing to complain price wise and the size looked decent. However, the taste wasn't up to the mark. One of the reasons could be because the bread was overdone and charred on the sides and another thing that I felt was the potatoes weren't spiced sufficiently. Nah, wasn't that great and as such, I'd give this a 6/10.
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| Dhall Tadka @ RM 6.20 |
This Dhall Tadka was mainly for the Aloo Paratha and trust me, it was the saviour. Excellent would be the right word to use for this dish. Everything was so perfect and there's nothing that I can complain about. This deserves a 10/10.
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| Kumbakonam Degree Coffee @ RM 3.50 |
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| Bru Coffee @ RM 3.50 |
Their Kumbakonam Degree Coffee was super good. The exact same taste that I was expecting. And their Bru Coffee was good as well. I would highly recommend the Kumbakonam Degree Coffee and give this a rating of 10/10. The Bru Coffee would score a 9/10 from me.
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| Jil Jil Jigarthanda @ RM 6.20 |
Jil Jil Jigarthanda is another favourite of mine which originates from the city of Madurai, India. It's priced at RM 6.20 here but I wouldn't complain even if it is meant to be a poor man's desert in India as it was so good. Another one that I would highly recommend and I would give this a 10/10.
Based on the food items that we tried today, I am only partially satisfied. Some were exceptionally good and some were just okay. Maybe I should come another day and give their non vegetarian dishes a try.
Address: Lot A-2-3A, Viva Shop Lot, No. 378 Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Opening Hours: 1000 - 2200 Daily
Telephone: +603 4051 1132
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
ReplyDeleteIn 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
Dear Sir and Madam,
ReplyDeleteWe 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
DATUK YIP KUM FOOK and his brother-in-law (SIMON LOW KOK MENG) kicked Buddhist monks out of the Buddhist Temple (SAMNAK SAMBODHI, Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong) a few years ago
ReplyDeleteThe evil never stops from people's thoughts, gossip, and so on, and because DATUK YIP KUM FOOK is a great sinner in Buddhism, he cannot run away with this bad karma forever in this life and the next life and his family will falls in what he does with the Buddhist Sangha
He understands that the Sangha is our Buddha disciples, any monk has to live by the Sangha laws of their community, and they cannot just wear yellow robes and serve the devotees.
Now the news is all on the internet, we hear from people, he gives some money to someone to delete comments on the internet but people are sharing and forwarding all those messages more and more
By Luck Pang and Lee Keong….Taman Daya, Kepong
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ReplyDeleteKetua Belia MCA Gombak YIP JIUN HANN,
Berkenaan bapa U (YIP KUM FOOK, MCA GOMBAK) bertiga, Empat Isteri dan kaya, itu hal U sendiri,
Mengapa U cuba Menbangkitkan Nama NABI MUHAMMAD S.A.W. bagi menburukkan nama kebaikannya. U cuba ingat memalukan Muslim?
Yip Jiun Hann, U bukan Muslim kami harap jangan menyetul hal Agama Muslim dan kebaikan NABI MUHAMMAD S.A.W.
Kalau tidak kami akan ajar U seperti perkara yang terjadi di U.S.A
Kami Yang Benar,
RAKYAT GOMBAK
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ReplyDeleteAGONG MALAYSIA AND SULTAN MALAYSIA
ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE
KABINET MALAYSIA
PARTI POLITIK
MCA MALAYSIA
DAP MALAYSIA
DATUK YIP KUM FOOK dan pasukannya memanggil polis untuk memijak tempat Buddha untuk menghalau sami Buddha dari Kuil, ini adalah satu kesilapan yang besar dalam ajaran Buddha kerana polis beragama Islam dan mengamalkan Islam, kenapa Datuk Yip Kum Fook tidak memahami ajaran Buddha yang mudah dan adakah dia bodoh, adakah dia seorang peguam yang berpendidikan tinggi tetapi mengapa dia melakukan perkara yang bodoh
DATUK YIP KUM FOOK, kembalikan gelaran kepada Sultan Selangor secepat mungkin, tolong jangan pegang gelaran lagi kerana bagi semua Sultan Malaysia, ia akan memalukan dan sangat rendah kualitinya
DATUK YIP KUM FOOK, perlu tutup pejabat guamannya kerana jika masih membuka pejabat guaman, undang-undang Malaysia tiada nilai, sekarang ramai yang takut dengan peguam kerana peguam memberi harga yang tinggi, dan ada peguam yang palsu dan menipu, mungkin Datuk Yip tak sangka, dia seorang peguam, hari ini berbeza dengan dulu
DATUK YIP KUM FOOK, anda perlu berundur dari semua persatuan, kerana persatuan Buddha mesti berundur dahulu kerana ajaran Buddha sangat tinggi dan mengajar perbandingan dengan orang lain, hanya ajaran Buddha tidak kembali ke dunia ini, Buddha bukan anda kawan Datuk Yip!
Simon Low Kok Meng ialah abang ipar kepada Datuk Yip Kum Fook, dia seorang pengintip dan membawa berita kepada Datuk Yip, semua ramai perlu berhati-hati dan keluar darinya secepat mungkin
Dari Simon Lim & Ng Hong Siong, Kuala Lumpur