Even more food from Umar Ali Cafe

Part 3 of the compilation of eats from Umar Ali Cafe.

I had the idea that Horlicks dinosaur came with Milo powder. Apparently not. Not a bad rendition if you like Horlicks.

What innocuous looking newfangled prata might that be?

This was one up from a previous honey mushroom prata at Al Mubin - a banana honey mushroom prata. I know right? The mushrooms were quite tasteless and the honey was subtle. Most of the flavour came from the bananas which actually paired pretty well with their fish curry.

Maggi goreng popcorn chicken combo. Added keema to the Maggi goreng and that was nicely goreng-ed. Dry, no excessive oil and deliciously salty. More generously salted than the kuey teow goreng previously, possibly because of the instant noodle seasoning.

Tried their egg kothu prata. It's a torn/chopped up prata stir fried with loads of onions, curry leaves and other spices. Not bad tasting, a little heavy with the grease and also pretty good eating with their dalcha and fish curry.

Teh tarik's decent if unexceptional. Flavour from the tea felt muted compared to their teh halia cino. Don't know if it's a one off.

On the morning of Hari Raya Puasa......

Poori masala. Bread was thin and less greasy than the one at Al Mubin. Masala potatoes tasted starchy. The dal that came with this was different. This was beany unlike their usual dalcha which was laced with the flavour from mutton fat.

We got a fried chicken thigh freshly fried in the morning. Bird was moist, greasy and warm; with a nicely spiced and salted batter. Nice.

Kopi tarik's not bad. Coffee has got a bit of strength and pleasantly sweet. YMMV on the sweetness.

A few weeks later......

 

Mee hokkien...their rendition of Hokkien mee. 😅 Here's where we're in slightly unfamiliar territory because we've never ordered something like this from a mamak. There's obviously no lard involved. The flavour of the braised noodles tasted like it was just salt and pepper compared to a prawn based stock. Did not taste bad actually. The prawns...meat was slightly stuck to the shell. Meat stuck to shell is usually is an indicator of freshness - or rather the lack of. The meat was firm and actually sweet. Sweet! 🦐

Love their nasi goreng merah...with mutton keema. The keema part was something we asked for. Apparently the regular rendition here doesn't use keema. Noticed that the rice grains were short and small and not starchy. This plate was savoury and spicy with some heat. Would come back for it again.