Sunday morning in PJ is serene and quiet. Driving through the housing area, you could feel the homely atmosphere of the daily life of middle class inhabitants in Klang Valley.
Next to SMK La Salle, PJ is a restaurant called Raju Restaurant, hailed as one of the top 40 restaurants in Malaysia.
Unlike its serene surroundings, the restaurant was bustling with customers and waiters coming in and out of the shop and the expanded eating area next to it. The customers were mostly English speaking middle class Malaysian. There were quite a few Ang Mohs too.
Unlike its serene surroundings, the restaurant was bustling with customers and waiters coming in and out of the shop and the expanded eating area next to it. The customers were mostly English speaking middle class Malaysian. There were quite a few Ang Mohs too.
The old car with the car plate number 3344 parked outside the shop next to a big scrolled tosei doll belongs to the owner, probably Mr Raju.
We sat down and not too long a waiter came with a metal tray with different types of chutney and put banana leaf on the table. Another waiter came and asked whether we want some fritters for a start and took our orders. I must said the service was swift.
We ordered tosei gee, tosei rawa and drinks. My favourite chutney has always been coconut chutney with green chili, the red chili chutney was really hot.
The deep fried sea food at the shop front looked fresh and appetizing. We ordered quite a bit.
The ikan senangin served hot was nice and sweet.
The prawn was okay too, except a little bit hard, just a little bit.
The squid was so so lah. A bit hard and below average.
After all the sea food, I ordered another tosei telur bawang (tosei with eggs and onion).
Yummy! And lastly a piece of wadeh!
The bill came up to RM70 plus. Luckily, I didnn't have to pay!
Expensive breakfast ah! Actually the meal became my Sunday brunch! Well, this is what the owner has to say about their food.
Well, I think the strong point of this restaurant really is their swift service and foods served hot always taste good.
This area of PJ seems to have a sizable Indian community as evident from the shops around the restaurant. After eating, we went to a CD shop 2 doors away, Ragaa's. We were attracted by the accordian music playing loud in the shop.
Wow! This BBC documentary on the sitar player Ravi Shankar is selling at RM199.
In the end, Azam bought the accordian music CD for RM65. It turned out to be French music titled Moulin Rouge.
