Naan at Restaurant MY, Jalan Bunus 6, Masjid India

Its expensive.
There, I said it. Other than that, do try this place out..the naans are fluffy (however I personally preferred the ones at Mahbub in Bangsar), the curries thick, fresh and fragrant and the meats oh-so-tender and flavourful.

The specialty here is obviously the naan, with the big tandoori oven outside taking centre stage. Orders poured in non-stop. The wait was long and irksome.

Luckily for us, we got a dedicated waiter ;p and most orders came promptly. Most.

There were about 10 of us; loud rowdy lot from CS (CouchSurfing.com) gathered over food, and thus another gathering of great laughs, meeting of new people from different parts of the world and the pleasure of introducing to them our Malaysian cuisine.


That night we had guests from Russia, India, US, the Philippines, and Estonia. Needless to say, they enjoyed the food tremendously ;p.
One of them actually exclaimed “Malaysia Boleh!!! “. LOL. I wonder where he pick that up from!

Back to the food, the most ordered dish is the tandoori chicken set. The surfers were all gathered around the oven and went “yeahh.. yeah..I’ll have one of that..” 🙂
At RM7.00, I would say it is still worth it, since most mamak-ed tandoori would have cost between RM5.50 to Rm6.50.
It comes with the mint yogurt dip of which I would have preferred it to be thicker but perhaps it was meant to be that way. Great for dipping both the chicken or your naan with..creamy, sourish and sweet at the same time.
How about the chicken? Well, its not one of those “powder”- coated tandoor chic you’ll find in abundance on KL streets. This one is nicely spiced- coated, has a subtle sweet end taste, and overall it is moderately spicy from the chillis (as you can see the seeds coating the piece here).
The meat is tender although it is breast-meat. But of course that’s expected. Side dishes such as the one here, potato curry cost RM3.00.
Fluffy, airy piece of dough. RM2.50 plain.
Garlic naan. RM3.50.
No complimentary dhall were served. We requested for a serving and was charged RM1.00. Huurrmmpphh….
Mutton curry. RM9.00, single portion. Meat falls off the bone at the nudge from a fork. Enough said.
Beef curry, RM8.00, single portion. Same tender and soft texture, yet still yielding a good bite.
Cheese Naan. RM5.00. It was ok..
Beef rendang. RM8.00. Single portion.
The Naan master, who churns out the naans non-stop the whole night.

Order your curries, cooked on the spot. Hence, every plate of chicken/mutton/beef curry arrives piping hot to your table.
Note: Its more like re-heating to me, for the meat weren’t raw to begin with. The cook will scoop ladles of curry, paste, seasonings etc into the wok, then adds the meat. A brief stir and its ready to be served.
Skewers of well marinated grilled chicken. RM7/pc.
As one chews away, you’ll notice most tables has a plate of towering naan stacked up high in the middle with a whole gamut of dishes at the sides. Each person from the table will grab a naan, put it on his plate and proceeds to devour it. The stack recedes. The naan on his plate is gone in 5secs.
The next stack arrives 15mins later, and the cycle repeats.
Now, did I mention that you got to wait for your food? oh, I did, right?

My guest Leonid from Russia. Surfed my couch for a night before he was off hitch -hiking to Indonesia. (map of his travels so far will be attached later..forgot to upload it ;p)
MY Restaurant
Jalan Bunus 6,
Off Jalan Bunus (Right in front of Semua House)
Masjid India.

I used GPS (mapking), using Semua House as a destination and managed to get there.
While directions are complicated, it is not that difficult to find.

This Post Has 36 Comments

  1. Myhorng

    cheese naan looks like pizza though. should be good.

    grilled chicken looks drooling.

  2. thenomadGourmand

    myHorng: yes, the chic was different.wanna try??
    oh, can recom gd Pg laksa? the one in seapark the best already ah?

  3. Nic (KHKL)

    Masjid India area is a hidden gem offering some good Muslim Indian food. i like!

    it’s always when i introduce guests to our glorious food that i am the proudest. malaysia definitely boleh, in that sense. ;D

  4. Leonard

    hey Why tak Ajak ? Ish ish !

  5. Allie

    The naan and chicken tandoori makes me drool although I just had lunch. 😛

  6. mimid3vils

    cheese naan quite oily =.=”

  7. Bangsar-bAbE

    Serious ah Mahbub better?? I only eat their nasi briyani and roti telur bawang…

  8. thenomadGourmand

    yes Nic, i so agree!
    Leonard: haha..hw i know..u so bz w bands, babes, studies and work! ;p
    mimid3vils: yeah..that sheen of oil puts me off a bit..had to dab w tissue! lol…
    bangsar-babe: i had the cheese naan at Mahbub, much fluffier and airy compared to this lohhh…

  9. teckiee

    oh man.. the last time i ate at masjid india.. 2 of my friends had stomach aches after that…we picked the wrong mamak

  10. UnkaLeong

    The potato curry looks nicelar.

  11. thenomadGourmand

    teckiee: hellooo! oh dear! really tat bad? but yeahh..that area aint that clean..hehe
    unkaLeong: it is. can go try if you havent!

  12. J2Kfm

    1st time seeing tandoori chicken without the red marinade.

    least its safer without the colours?

    couchsurfing?! means like homestay of sorts?

  13. Tummythoz

    yeah, what’s coachsurfing? With such good food thrown in, sounds almost like an extreme sports made for me.

  14. cheryleong

    heehe hello!
    cheryl here from the foodster award, lets meet up with christine one day for the chocolate durian cake !

  15. 550ml jar of faith

    I can’t stand the powdery residue from eating some tandoori chicken around either! This one looks really gorgeous, well worth the RM7! Good sized portion, I’m assuming!

  16. thenomadGourmand

    j2kfm: yes, i liked it cos there’s no thick powdery paste on it! really gd “clean” marinate.
    couchsurfing is a online grp, the members r mostly ppl who luvs travellin n u can set up ur profile to shw whether u wan to HOST someone when they happen to b in ur ctry..
    tummythoz: heheh..the couchsurfing msia grp has its own “otr” grps created, and bein Msians u know la..sure gt foodie grps!!
    cheryleong: wahh that was fast!! hehe..yeah..jz set the date n time!
    550ml: go try it! one of the better ones had so far!!

  17. My Taste Heaven

    I think I would love the cheese naan, was it just ok or yummy? I love mutton curry too. But I think I might have difficulty in finding out this place, I am from Penang 🙁

  18. eatinginkl

    Hi,

    I’m Inspektor Sedap and I have set up a new food blog at eatinginkl.blogspot.com.

    I’ve recently posted up a 100 links post on my blog which included your esteemed food blog as well.

    Here’s the url: http://eatinginkl.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html

    I would appreciate it if we could exchange links. 🙂 Thank you.

    Cheers,
    Inspektor Sedap

  19. backStreetGluttons

    The food looks very solid and rich !
    and tasty. Must be many happy diners

  20. Steven Goh

    wao… the tandoor chicken looks powderful leh. When I go down KL bring me to this place. Btw, the ang mor that u are taking picture with looks sleepy leh. Is he sick?

  21. thenomadGourmand

    my taste heaven: hello there! thks for visitin! aiyohh..Pg dun hv good naan & mutton curry?? cannot be!!let me show u whr! me in Pg this Sat/Sun.
    my dear Inspector Sedap: i already linked u last week! and tried so so so many times to leave a comment on ur post but cant one..
    bsg: well, its in a backstr! so u guys muz go try!
    steven: u arr..say so many times but i stil dont see u here!!

  22. Alexandra@Chefspiration

    hee hee I’ve been reading your blog all weekend but forgot to comment!! doh! anywho your blog is yummylicious! lots of great places I would like to try out now…and I’m also curious about these blogger meetups you go to…where do I sign up? 🙂

  23. Selba

    This is exactly the kind of food that I would love to try when I visit Malaysia 🙂

  24. vialentino

    reply back to ur comment bout orange run…yeah…guess wat…got old folks wear casual and walk too…got the pics from pmtey..will post it soon

    ooo la la…saw the naan and the dahl….i been once to masjid india only….one day shud go and try their food there.

    follow u in google connect…do follow me if u like my blog

  25. worldwindows

    Masjid India should be good place for Indian Cuisine? I always benchmark food on their mutton curry. If its good its good for me!

  26. thenomadGourmand

    alex: eh.my blog posts nothin compared to those others seasoned floggers!
    blogger meetups? no plc to sign up..couchsurfing u can join as a member as is open to all..the rest is by invite & thru friends thru atr friend etc.. but I'll keep u informed laa if got any food outing..c if u can join us!
    vialentino: google connect? i dunno hw 2 use.let me figure it out.
    Yes, i nvr step into that area till recently! expect lots of indian food!

  27. thenomadGourmand

    selba: i’m waitin for ur arrival!
    worldwindows: The name’s is Masjid India..so yeahh..indian cuisine rules!

  28. Sean

    gosh, this place is only a five-minute drive from my office, but i’ve never been here … masjid india can be kind of a dodgy area though … but i’ll try to remember it when i’m in the mood for curry! it looks really scrumptious. 😀

  29. CRIZ LAI

    Hmm… never though the place would charge for Dhaal when it was to be given for all “bread” servings as in Penang. The amount of serving here looked rather small and pricey. Let’s hope the food were good enough to be charged that amount.

    By the way, which area is exactly Masjid India? The location is rather vague here.

    http://crizfood.com/

  30. cariso

    You are Indian food Queen lah! :p

  31. Life for Beginners

    Mission International Accomplished! 😀

  32. thenomadGourmand

    sean: oh yes! since its so near ur office. hv dinner there!
    criz: oh..its near Dang Wangi, CapSquare etc.
    well, my Pg mentality says its expensive lohh..but for KL stds i guess not..
    cariso: hehhe..had to find halal plc mahh..such a diversified grp!
    LFB: oh no.. almost every week we hav a meet-up like this!

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