油飯 Nasi Minyak & 嘛嘛檔奶茶 Teh Tarik @ Restoran Al-Rifaahy Maju PJ Phileo Damansara

07 June.2022 Lunch

@ Restoran Al-Rifaahy Maju PJ Phileo Damansara (click here to Google Map)

Unit 109, Block D, 9, Jalan 16/11, Pusat Perdagangan Phileo Damansara, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

GPS Location: 3°07'34.4"N 101°38'37.2"E 
嘛嘛檔奶茶 Teh Tarik rm$2.20 👍😋 6/10
油飯 Nasi Minyak (Oily Rice) rm$9 👍👍👍😋😋 7/5/10

Total bill: rm$11.20
Budget: rm$10++
Payment: Cash  
Cuisine: Mamak

Pork free: No Pork here, Chicken, Mutton, Beef, Fish

Alcohol free: No Beer here

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No

Internet Wifi speed: No  

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net  

Order & Delivery: Self-Service for Indian Mixed rice OR Tables Service for other items

On-line Delivery Service: FoodPanda

Indoor Seating tables: 16+tables (3-4ppl/table) with Fan

Outdoor Seating: 7+tables (2-3ppl/table) no Fan

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: Yes

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: Private parking in Phileo Damansara

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: Today's lunch is at PJ Phileo Damansara's "Restoran Al-Rifaahy Maju", should be an Indian Muslim eatery that offers variety 印度煎餅 Indian Roti (usually in the morning), 馬來/印度小抄 Goreng-Goreng, 馬來雜飯 Nasi Campur (or Mixed Rice with around 50 dishes), and also quite a good choice of 馬來/印度糕點 Malay/Indian Kueh. 

And the lunch is an interesting dish called "油飯 Nasi Minyak" (I think a little like 印度香飯 Biryani), where the rice is very likely the long grain 巴斯馬蒂大米 Basmati rice. BUT if you translate "油飯 Nasi Minyak" to english, it is then just "Oily Rice" which probably isn't that attractive. The rice dish is probably cooked with either 酥油 Ghee or 黄油 Butter, but don't it is really that oily; and probably cooked along with a variety of spices like 八角茴香 star anise, 丁香 cloves and 荳蔻 cardamoms to get all that fragrance in this special rice dish. And the rice is also topped with 炸洋蔥 fried onions, 腰果 cashew nuts, 葡萄乾 raisins, and maybe 薄荷葉 mint leaf. Supposedly choices of meat that usually goes with the Nasi Minyak are 咖哩雞 curry chicken, 辣番茄雞 ayam masak merah (spicy tomato chicken) and 仁當雞 chicken rendang (the waiter also highly recommended the 咖喱羊肉 mutton curry). BUT today it is a vegetarian lunch with 印尼炸土豆餅 Indonesian perkedel and 參巴蛋 sambal egg. 

油飯 Nasi Minyak (Oily Rice) is actually known as an 印尼料理 Indonesian dish influenced by the culture of 中東烹飪 Middle Eastern cooking. It is a special dish as originally it was only served to the 巨港蘇丹 Sultan of Palembang or the "Sultanate of Palembang" (印度尼西亞島南部 southern part of the Indonesian island of 蘇門答臘島 Sumatra and 占碑 Jambi) and the royal guests. But as the times passed by, the dish became more common although it is still associated with 大型慶祝活動 big celebrations in Indonesia.

Food today: 7.5 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋

Price: 6 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍
Service: 6 / 10 👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 😐😐
Parking: 2 / 10 😐😐😐😐 (Expensive parking)
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport:  7.5 / 10 👍👍 (200,+ from Phileo LRT station)

Website: not found
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Telephone: +6012-606 6162 
Operation hours: 07:00am - 11:00pm (Sunday closed)

馬來油飯 Nasi Minyak rm$9 & 嘛嘛檔奶茶 Teh Tarik rm$2.20

  

The Mamak Restoran

@ Restoran Al-Rifaahy Maju PJ Phileo Damansara