Crave nasi lemak ($14.40)!
Nasi lemak from Crave: coconut rice with a fried chicken wing, fish fingers, a fried egg, ikan bilis and sambal. $14.40.
A sit-down nasi lemak dinner with BB at Crave: $14.40 a set, in air-conditioned comfort. 😋
What we had:
- Crave nasi lemak: coconut rice with a fried chicken wing, fish fingers, a fried egg, ikan bilis with peanuts, cucumber and a big dollop of sambal
Crave is the chain that brought nasi lemak indoors, and the plate (well, tray) is a generous one. The coconut rice was fragrant and fluffy, cooked with coconut milk and pandan so it has that rich, faintly sweet base that good nasi lemak needs.
The sambal is the heart of any nasi lemak, and Crave’s is sweet-spicy with a good belacan depth, the kind you smear across the rice. Their fried chicken wing is the signature, crisp-skinned and juicy, and there were also crunchy fish fingers, a runny-yolked fried egg to break over the rice, and the essential heap of ikan bilis and peanuts for salt and crunch. Cucumber slices on the side keep it fresh.
It costs a fair bit more than a hawker plate, but you are paying for the comfort, the consistency and the air-con, which on a hot day is no small thing. A satisfying, well-stacked nasi lemak.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Fragrant coconut rice with sweet-spicy sambal, a crispy chicken wing and a runny egg. Would re-visit.
