Nasi kerabu
Only three things can make me get out of bed at 6 o’clock on a Saturday morning. The first is an activity that only 7 of my friends know of (an annual ritual that we have been doing for almost 10 years of our lives…i.e. since we were errrr….14), the second is the lure of a good breakfast, and the third is the lurer…preferably a Hot Sweaty Stud. Bald Eagle had no say, of course. Kinda. Sorta.
“What?!” he exclaimed.
“Breakfast at 7am,” I said.
“I’m okay, but I dunno about you,” he gave a wicked look. “You know how you are in the mornings.” He was right. I am definitely not a morning person. I am grumpy and foul-mouthed and hardly the model wife.
“It’s Kelantanese food, so I’ll make an exception. And Riz will be there…it’ll be fun!”
And that was how I ended up crawling out of bed at 6.30 am screaming “I’m late, I’m late!” and after scrubbing my skin off in a hot shower, we ended up speeding over to Riz’s place just 2 minutes away from our home. On time.
Nasi dagang
At Hatinie, one can get typical Kelantanese and malay goodies for breakfast. At 7am, the nasi dagang and nasi kerabu were freshly prepared and presented in food warmers. The various essential elements of the two dishes were available, from rich ikan tongkol curry to ulam (raw vegetables) and kerisik (grated coconut). The rice was steaming hot and fluffy…. literally a sight for sore eyes. Out of the corner of my eye, I spied laksam being prepared at another serving table, all very tempting fare.
Roti telur
At another table, brightly coloured malay kuih and various buburs including pengat pisang were available. And outside, one of the chefs had just started the fire and was making fresh roti canai. It was more fun than rummaging through my parents’ treasure chest of love letters and other stuff that parents keep away from their kids.
Kuih keria and tepung pelita
The food was amazingly good. If you’re curious about their lunch menu, check out this blog.
Restoran Hatinie
No. 18 & 20, Jalan Selendang 10/10
40000 Shah Alam.
Tel: 017-256 2825 (Tinie)
Open 7.30am to 11pm.
*still trying to imagine how bald eagle feels driving that particular morning*
We need to do something like slow morning (any idea where to get good breakfast late in the morning)
I was driving.
looks just great, question though, what would be the equivalent of such restaurant in KL proper.
thanks
hahah im pretty sure even if it is a good breakfast..i wont wake up..unless of course a hot pretty chick serves it to me and we eat on the bed..
I really need to relocate to your neck of the woods!
Can you direct me there?
Yup yup,super long no see. I disappeared fr blogsphere for almost 3mths!!! Gosh…Spending late nights in lab&rushing me experiments *sob* but fear not, it’s gg to b over, real soon, hehe!
Wow~ kelantanese food, nasi kerabu, nasi dagang… My oh my…making me drool in the lab with a pc of wholemeal bread in my mouth… Terrible la~
amr hegazi: Depends on your budget. Will email you some options.
lotsofcravings: To each his own, eh? 🙂
Cynthia: You know you’re always most welcome. 🙂
Rioj: I found a map here: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=&countryCode=MY#map=3.07981,101.52565|18|4&loc=MY:3.1502:101.708:8||Malaysia
JOjo: You poor thing….but at least you know you’ll be superslim by the time the exams are over, eh? 😛
i love that purple kelanatan rice! thx for the tip – we will chk out this plc 4sure..
Aren’t you glad, you found out that you don’t need to speed to Kelantan for these food :p
That must be really good for u to wake up at 6:30am on a Saturday morning!!!! I dont think I can do that!
Mei: Call if you’re lost!
jason: LOL…yeah…nowadays everything can be found in KL, eh?
daphne: Oh it’s definitely worth waking up early for. 🙂
oops 😛
how’s the JFKA coming along?
i doubt if i’ll ever wake up for ANYTHING..will probably ask kgboy to feed me with my eyes half opened
if only this place is 2min away from my house hahahaaaa…. :p
cool! gonna try it out! you should also give U-Lang Corner in Bandar Puteri Puchong a try… I tried their Khao Jam at the original place in Wakaf Mek Zainab in KB and now the son have a branch here ;).
Henry: It’s doing good, thx.
citygal: Kgboy is a gem!
ling239: LOL…yeah, you win some you lose some, eh? 😛
cupnoodles: Thanks for the tip. Been meaning to try that place, but I need to study the roadmap first. 😛
the next time i end up in Shah ALam i will try to make my way there….
visited this place couple of months ago and i found a cockroach in the chicken curry i had for lunch.. enough said…
i shared this story with my friends a few weeks later, and apparently, another friend of mine had similar experience during her visit…
thought u all should know this before ur next visit..
cheers!
Bernsy: Just take note of the comment after yours.
rin: Eeek. Thanks for letting us know!
Heh heh, such willpower! Not a morning person myself, and 6.30am on a Saturday, sounds more like the time I go off to bed, LOL! 🙂
i see you gave hatinie a visit dy :). yummy food, reading your post makes me wanna go there soon!
Dang, that is some nice looking food!
What makes the rice blue?
How did the rice become bluish?
Shilpa: You party animal, you!
sc: Yeah, I loved the food!
Nate and js: The blue colour comes from a natural source…flowers! In malay, it’s called “bunga telang”. In english, it’s called blue pea (butterfly pea?) – scientific name: clitoria. 🙂
Hi LL, fancy cooking some noodles for this year’s Merdeka Virtual Open House? This year’s theme is Mee and My Malaysia.
Cool, Babe_kl! Will try my best. 😀 Errrr….does my roast duck and mango salad above qualify? It’s got glass noodles. 😀 Cannnn larrrrrr.
You actually posted a comment on the other site that you wanted to go here. Haha. Finally you did? Coincidence. Went there again this weekend with my lil munchkin and it was all good as always!
Oooh, we had nasi dagang and laksam from Hatinie on the same weekend too! Too bad didn’t bump into you hor.
This morning I went to the Hawker Center opposite the IRB building in Jln Duta for my favourite nasi kerabu and they’re not open T_T but luckily got roti jala as substitute.
What time will they serve the Nasi dagang/kerabu until? Reaching there at 7am just seems too early….