The stall serving naan and tandoori opposite Ampang Point doesn’t have a signboard, but the folk at FriedChillies call it Uncle Aru’s. Crowds throng this place daily for the most scrumptious naan and the tastiest, juiciest pieces of tandoori chicken and fish. I generally avoid using superlatives because the “best” is always arguable, but I haven’t come across a fluffier, tastier piece of naan in my life. Try the garlic + butter naan (2 in 1) – it is my favourite. They’ve somehow perfected the method of cooking in a tandoor oven. Chicken pieces, even breast meat, come out tender and juicy with the right amount of spices, and the fish (tenggiri) with lime juice squeezed over it is just divine. While I rave about the naan and tandoori, the accompanying curries and sambhars don’t excite me as much. There is no such thing as perfection. Didn’t someone say that the search for perfection begins with the detection of imperfection?
Plain naan
Succulent pieces of tandoori chicken
Butter and garlic naan
Tandoori fish
Celebrity spotting at Ampang stalls – former national walker and former national hockey player
Thanks, Jun Chan, for introducing this place to me!
On a different note, with the beginning of a new year, the following verse rings true to me and will be my assurance that everything has its purpose:
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Here’s to a wonderful 2011.
That Naan and Tandoori place
Tel: 012-354 5624
Open for dinner.
GPS coordinates: 3.157067, 101.750141 (+3° 9′ 25.44″, +101° 45′ 0.51″)
I know what perfection is, tapau curry from Vishal and eat it with the 2-in-1 naan and chicken tandoori… Dang, i need supper now. Care to join me?
Lol. Sure, munkey! See you in my dreams….zzzzz.
Ahhhh! So that’s who he is!! Former national hockey player!! I kept wondering why he looked so familiar!!
I gotta try out this restaurant near my place, Tandoori Corner. Their tagline – Finest tandoori, Indian and Chinese cuisine. So reminded me of you.. 😀
Yes, here’s to a fantastic 2011!
Wah. Must be the best hidden (tandoori) gem in town – look at all the celebrities there: The Queen, The (former) National Hockey Player and the (former) National Walker. 🙂
the former national hockey player is very cute..! and who are the two grown men with her .. ? 😛
OMG! I so need a Tandoori fix like…right now!
gfad: After all this time, eh? hehe. Hmmmm….chinese cuisine? I suppose they may as well lump all the eastern foods together!
Happy new year, Gfad!
J the Chocoholic: Well, it’s not quite hidden seeing how so many people already know of it! But yeah, not easy to find. The Queen was there? Where where? lol
cumidanciki: Hehe…good one! They’re her bodyguards, of course…in case anyone dares steal her tandoori!
unkaleong: You’ll have to wait till nighttime!
That’s been muh fav place since 1997 i think! My sis used to live round the corner, and every summer hol I just HAD to go have tandoori n garlic butter naan! Great post LL! xx
Aly: And you never brought me here?? Had to wait for a Penang boy to intro the place to me. Chis. 😛
That perfect red hue! Hungry….
Jason: Yeah, it’s not a sickly looking colour. This is just nice. 🙂
The way you described the naan is enough to make me put this place into my food list! I super love fluffy naan!! 🙂
Great find Meena. Must keep the GPS coordinates and look for this place when I’m out drinking in KL and crave for supper. 🙂
iamthewitch: Oh, you must take a drive there some time to check out the naan!
Bangsar-bAbE: not sure if it will still be available at supper time. I suggest you call first. 🙂
that pic of tandoori has decided that I must have it one of the dinners this week and I really appreciate the bible quote displayed, feeling more at ease now after reading it, really 🙂 thanks and Happy 2011! may this new year be fruitful in any way !
gosh, i’ve been eating at the wrong naan and tandoori places my whole life then! i first ate them a lot while studying in penang, and they worked fine for supper at mamak places, but from then on, i always had the impression of naan as dry, chewy bread (in comparison to roti canai, which i love, or even dhosai), and tandoori chicken as tough and stringy (in comparison to, ermm, kenny rogers roasted chicken). and i don’t think i ever found any in kl before that changed my mind! 😀
wat??? you guys didn’t eat Korean?? How can???
Fortunately, it’d never come to pass to we might write (Former) Queen DSLR. Long live the Queen! 😀
adel: I’m glad reading this post has helped you, both in making up your mind for dinner and giving you inner peace. 🙂 Happy new year!
Sean: I wouldn’t recommend that you seek out this place coz you may not survive the sweaty conditions. hehe. maybe you can tar pau the food, then eat it in the comfort of your airconditioned car. bring a bottle of wine.
Toygirl: hahahaha. are you kidding me, girl?? you missed a really good meal. hope your kepong dinner went well. 😀
LFB: Phew! Hopefully that will never happen, eh. I’d hate to be demoted to Princess. 😛
I think this is the place which my friend hyped about – the best naan in town
mimid3vils: Probably! It’s quite a well known place.
oh wow…i have to go there…wonder of the former hockey player will still be there….
I’ve been going to this particular stall for years and you’re so right, they are the best. However, I never knew they did a butter+garlic naan! Sounds so good, I’m going to have to go tomorrow to try it out. Hehehe
Hey Meena, just stopped by to look see and now you got me in the mood for Tandooooooori!
David
I would go for the tandoori chicken – so gloriously red & dripping, hehe!
omg the tandoori looks gorgeous!
I wonder if that was your title before you were crowned Queen DSLR? I mean, were you once H.R.H. Princess Point-and-Shoot? 😀
Ooooo … my regular place once in 2 weeks for tandoori fix. Cheap and tasty. You should try out the asam laksa here too …. not bad and can ask for extra soups
Been meaning to eat here for years now. Just… too… far!
But after spotting that tenggiri I might just bump it up my list.
So nice. I like those tandoori that’s not so dry. Can still feel the tenderness and the herbs blends together—-muaks.
The tandoori fish look pretty interesting….so far only go for the chicken instead. I am looking forward to try the fishy fishy 🙂
I love this place whenever I’m in KL coz my parents live very close by. I like the nasi lemak 🙂