Nirwana's has been around since 2001 and is always drawing in large crowds. Famous for their yummy breakfast selection (which I have yet to try) and banana leaf lunch. Surpringly this would only be my 3rd time coming to this place for banana leaf rice. Not counting of course the times we hung out there in the wee hours of the mornin' sobering up.
The must have cup of Nescafe Ice. Not many places would make em' this consistantly rich and yummy. Most are watered down crap which don't give the kick I need to last the day. Hehe. I ended up having 2 cups of this!
Above is their claim to fame, the banana leaf rice (RM5). Its a simple meal consisting of white rice and 3 types of veggies, achar, papadam, deep fried chilli, rasam and your choice of fish/chicken curry or dhal served on a banana leaf. Everything of course is refillable but I can't imagine eating more than one round. Although I do know people who can wolf down quite a bit.
Their 3 veggies consist of 2 fixed ones and 1 rotational. The fixed ones are the chunky cucumber raita and deep fried bittergourd. Don't like the raita much as its rather diluted. Not much taste in it. The deep fried bittergourd however is a different story. I would head down there just to have that. Lightly battered and fried just about right. Its not oily and always has a nice crunch to it. The rotational veggy depends I think on the day or the chef's mood. Not really sure but so far I have seen 2 types. Previously was french beans and today we had pumpkin. Didn't think much of the french beans but love the pumpkin.
With the banana leaf rice we usually order a couple of side dishes especially since we need meat! This time around I ordered their Fried Squid (RM10) which is tasty but not really worth the price. Nice thing about it is the batter is light and spiced just right. Have eaten in a few places which overcoat the squid or fry it so long it ends up rubbery.
The other side dish we had was the Pepper Masala Chicken (RM5). We actually tried the mutton version last week and liked it except for overdoes of fatty bits. The chicken version is as good however they did put in quite a bit of bony parts. Would have liked more meat.
Service in this place is good. The waiters are attentive and always eager to please. I guess with 10 odd staff running about its gotta be plus its a pretty small place compared to most mamaks. An interesting point about this place is that their drinks come in plastic cups. Guess this helps save time when it comes to cleaning up.
Would definately rate this as one of the best banana leaf joints in the Klang Valley. I know many like Kana Curry House but sadly am not a fan of that place. Their staff could really take some lessons from Sri Nirwana's lot.
*Yaaawn* Think I need a nap after such a heavy meal. :P
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