Kg Baru ( 'New Village'), a predominently Malay settlement anchored right in the centre of Malaysia's Capital City KL epitomises the perennial conflict between the old and the new, the modern and the conservative. Under laws passed decades ago, this area has been designated as Malay Reserve Land and may not be allowed for modern development, unless stringent criterias are met.
Good then for authentic cultural, souvenir & food connoisseurs right since things are really heritagely slow moving, and nostalgic....or is it ?
As you can see, the massively disproportionate pride of KL, the Petronas Twin Towers can be seen in the background where Kg Baru is. Here oldish looking traditional Malay dwellings, handicraft/souvenir shops and roadside food stalls are everywhere selling fruits,sweets, snacks & kuihs (finger food) and more.
But of course Kg Baru is more renown for its traditional Malay cuisine of fried fish & fried chickens, all kinds of beef soups, road spilling multi-coloured curry nasi campor (mixed rice) dishes, kampong-class nasi lemaks, skewered satays...
... but being a bit health conscious (today only) so we are only interested in...
... those slim and trim fishes of the famously burnt kind, called
ikan bakar, holy asap !
Pak Lang.
The aroma of burnt meats permeates you as you step into this veritable Gluttonhouse.
An all-in-one Gallery of BBQ fishes, nasi campor curry dishes, fresh veges/herbs, multiple sauces etc.
Select, match and enjoy, without the stress.
No untoward glances( u know how it is ), no hassles.
Refresh with iced kosong or red syrup.
Mostly DIY.

slippery, soft & delicate with an unusual fatty but not fat feel.
Slips into your tummy without your noticing.

Inseparable smokey twosome ikan pari (stingray) and ikan selar (mackeral lookalike).

They are all the difference.
Simple, neat.

Its good for your eyes too ( and we don't mean da ladies, 4 they are too busy eating...)
And all 4 around RM 3 or 4 a fish ( TQ ! )
...Cheaper than that singlet Chinaman in the other backStreets/foodcourts where a comparable stingray done smokeless/grilled not bakared/smoked goes for RM8 minimum,
and the selar RM6....
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Now you know.
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*delicioussss*
RM3 or RM4 only? that is indeed cheap. i hardly try malay's ikan bakar in penang but the one time that i did, i think it was not that cheap.
wei sik mus kwikly eat this one will make u c clearly and immediately get well !
boo
but I do believe de Tanglin ones taste better
kenny ng
da chillis enough hot 4 u meh ?
michelle
many chinese dun eat pari one means u r not Chinese (I guess right haha)
tummythoz
I know u can appreciate!
but bakared at own beach bbq is
B E S T
lucia
but b careful on size of cut tho !can be tricky
precious pea
that one is Portugese style I think (that fella say one)but that is no good bcoz exaggerated taste.
best with Tiger.
babe
plse bakar a few 4 us babestyle ?
Pg Delish
right on
meiyen
wait 4 me same place.
I will be a little late...
*go Jln Sultan Ismail(Hotel Concorde area)from Jln Kuching. Right after KL Sheraton( on yr right, da place v used to drink happily one remember ?), turn left.
Then go another 1 to 2 km.
Right turn is da place.
do u smell it ?*
melting wok
v shall b waiting. dun be late darling.
such graceful creatures.......
and who says most chinese dun eat ikan pari? i thought chinese eat anything....
u r right lah becoz they thot that one pari not hanghu.
fbb
sorry bout yr lovely graceful underwater spaceships, but I dun think they will become xtinct anytime soon. actually not many people overseas take this fish anyway xcept the Malays mostly. How many Chinese dishes got this thing ?
Alamak u neber say many Chinese neber take cow ? but again a Malay fav food ?
Talk about unity in diversity?
hey u r back in Malaysia oredi ah ?
can't wait to be melted lah !
da same time you say YES !