Zam Zam has been the childhood favourite – dinners
and suppers. Even as the other childhood favourites have been replaced
by others, this remains fiercely so.
Dinner crowds are feisty, food gets
cleaned out even before 730pm leaving us
with few options.
Chicken Murtabak
Only the Dad gets the order right – extra gravy,
extra spicy, extra crispy. We have tried placing the usual order, it
hardly impressed. Charred as can be, the insides are still well done –
pratas filled with generous chicken chunks. Two
orders of this and I was really satisfied. The other flavours are not
as good though – beef and mutton were dry and their new addition of deer
was hardly interesting. For once, white meat against red, white wins!
Table appetizers.
Fish Curry
To go with the murtabak, fish or not, it was tasty enough.
Beef Rendang
Hardly lukewarm yet still tasty chunks of meat.
Mutton Curry
This was way tender than beef yet missing out on some punch.
Fish Head Curry
Despite their claims that they purchase fish daily,
this was hardly fresh, infact stale with a fishy aftertaste. The herbs
and spices actually failed to uplift this dish.
Briyani
I am amazed at how an understatement their briyani
rice is – no trace of oil, light and fluffy! So different from the
roundish pearls of Chinese or Japanese rice. Two thumbs kind of good!
Mee Goreng
While I thought of this as Malay, the Indians have them too. Other than it being brighter than normal, it was an ordinary plate of fried noodles.
Teh Tarik to wash the grease down. I would have preferred Ginger Tea for a more authentic experience.
The murtabak shone and outshone every other dish.
Expect no frills from this dining establishment, a blast from the past
that has managed to maintain its standard.
697 North Bridge Road
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