The last meal in Cherating and the best Indian food ever.

On our last day in Cherating I dragged Jono back to the same spot that we had the Nasi Goreng the day before. I know I said its all about whats around the corner, but at the same time I knew this place was good, and I really wanted to try their Roti. And once again it was a win. We ordered the ubiquitous Teh Tarik, not the best I'd had on the trip, it was really missing the usual froth and bubble. But the Roti Canai was great. Im a massive fan of savoury for breakfast so I ordered the onion and cheese roti.

My roti was cooked perfectly it was nice and crispy on the outside and on the inside the cheese and lightly cooked onions blended together perfectly. It was a little wetter on the inside than a plain roti would be but the flavour of the filling more than made up for it. The dal that went with it was a perfect match for the onion bread. It was nicely flavoured with a hint of chilli and a great marsala blend that I've never had before. It was kinda like the dal from the dosai that I'd had in KL but this was thinner and had more of a kick. A perfect breakfast.

 When we got back to KL we were all hanging out for lunch. We had found our cabby having lunch in this restoran when we went to cherating. The food looked amazing so when we were coming home we asked him to drop us back here so we could try it for ourselves.

 This was without a doubt the best meal I had in KL. Called Banana Leaf Rice, it was absolutely stunning. This southern Indian style dish is famous in Malaysia. In fact I found on google a malaysian restaurant in Adelaide that serves just banana leaf. Apparently the hot rice on the banana leaf releases some kind of digestive aroma. I dont know how true that is, but who cares? It looks cool! At the heart of this dish was the boiled rice. The guy served this out of the characteristic esky bucket. He kept piling it on until I had to beg him to stop, it was hilarious, he looked at me funny like I was being soft by not wanting more rice, and added a little more just for good measure.

Then came the condiments I really dont know what any of the names were and I still cant quite figure it out, feel free to comment if you can shed any light. The first one, the orange one was dal based, a sweeter chutney but with a nice warmness kind of like mustard seeds. Then there was the green spinachy one, I wasnt a massive fan of this one, it was ok, a bit of garlic and something a little sour, not so bad just not my scene. There was a  simple little cucumber salad, nice and fresh and a good bite from the spanish onion. The best one though was the white pasty looking one, after much research I found out it was a coconut chutney. You dont usually expect heat from something this colour but this stuff s stuff was stunning, firey hot but still fresh, something the indians are great at, packed full of green chilli and coconut this stuff was a revelation. Then there was the curry and the dal. I cant figure out what style of dal this is, but I think its similar to the stuff they serve with a lot of the bread dishes, kind of like a dal stew with veges, not to hot but a great marsala. I have been effusive i know, but damn, this stuff was amazing. Please if you are in KL, eat it, in fact eat it twice