Nostalgic Malaysian breakfast at retro-themed diner sells out in 3 hours

As Malaysians, we take breakfast very critically. I don’t imply fancy, overpriced Western breakfast. I imply back-to-the-basics nasi lemak and roti bakar sort of brekkie. So once I found that Warong Che Limah, a restaurant in Klang was buzzing with rave opinions for his or her 70s atmosphere and very low-cost nostalgic breakfasts, I needed to discover out extra. 

Despite arriving at 8am (the restaurant opens at 7am), there have been already a superb 60 folks ready forward of me for his or her desk. Yes, you’ve been warned— it will probably take as much as an hour simply to get a desk right here. The atmosphere, nevertheless, took me proper again to the 70s with its vibrant old-school curtains, P Ramlee music taking part in within the background, typewriters, and even a black and white TV. 

There’s a methodological course of to ordering your meal at Warong Che Limah and every step is just about a ready recreation (endurance is vital right here). 

You will first be handed a restaurant pager (the one which vibrates and lights up) at your desk. However, this doesn’t imply you’ll be able to place your order! You are to take a seat at your desk, and as soon as the pager vibrates, you could then head over to the cashier to put your order. 

Once you’ve executed that, it’s again to the desk. Once your pager beeps, head over to the kitchen subsequent to the counter to gather your order (there’s no desk service right here). The menu solely has 10 dishes and the costs begin from RM2.50 and goes as much as RM5.50. 

But then got here the query: at such inexpensive costs, simply how good might the meals be?

What I attempted at Warong Che Limah

Warong Che Limah provides conventional Malaysian breakfast comparable to Roti Bakar Kaya (RM3) together with Telur Gedik (which is principally soft-boiled eggs) (RM2.50), Paratha Janda Gedik (RM4.50) and Lempeng Che Limah (RM4). 

I used to be torn between ordering the Roti Benggali Goyang (RM3.50) and the Roti King Goyang (RM5.50), however this dilemma was in a short time put to relaxation after I observed that the bread for the Roti King Goyang was inexperienced in color. How uncommon and fascinating— I merely needed to strive it!

The Roti King Goyang was really known as ‘King’ for a motive. What greeted me was a hunk of evenly toasted milk bread with a light-weight inexperienced color and a thick brown crust— which I found was really pandan bread. The toasted pandan bread was topped with a jiggly poached egg topped with a thick drizzle of kaya unfold within the form of a ‘W’. 

You know what got here subsequent— everybody’s favorite meals porn second. Piercing the fork into the extraordinarily delicate egg white, I had the satisfaction of watching the golden yolk ooze out. Boy, did the golden nectar ooze everywhere in the bread and the kaya unfold. It was really a fantastic sight, oh and the way my mouth watered.

I greedily dug my fork proper in and tore off a piece of the toasted pandan bread, combined it with the kaya-egg bloodbath, and shoved it into my mouth. Oh joyful days! The aromatic pandan bread was so gentle and fluffy and had this beautiful candy coconut style from the kaya unfold and the fatty yolk. Despite the thick-looking crust, it was fairly crunchy and paired nicely with the candy kaya unfold. 

I couldn’t resist ordering the Kari Kaki Ayam (RM3) in any other case referred to as Chicken Feet Curry, good for dipping the leftover bread in. The curry was thick and never spicy and the leftover pandan bread soaked the wealthy curry completely. I’m unsure if it was the nostalgia of devouring leftover curry with bread but it surely was so tasty.

The rooster ft on the finish had been a deal with (I can eat rooster ft like potato chips)— there have been about 5 items and every bit was an absolute pleasure to eat due to how tender and tender it was. I took my time to eat it, popping every joint in my mouth, chewing off the pores and skin, and sucking on every bone.

The meat got here off cleanly from every joint and I ended up sitting there for 10 minutes devouring all 5 items. Lastly, I washed all of it down with a refreshing, frothy tall glass of Iced Nescafe (RM3). 

Final ideas

Waking up at 7am simply to have breakfast at Warong Che Limah was an incredible expertise, and I’d do it once more. As prospects fortunately ate, there was an expert flautist taking part in outdated 70s P Ramlee tunes within the background. The atmosphere, decor and meals— it actually introduced me again to the 70s period. 

Expected injury: RM5 – RM11 per pax

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