HERBA AND REMPAH

Recently I saw a friend posted on food she catered for a family gathering and I immediately fell in love with the pastel colored roti jala. When I saw them on this Herba and Rempah restaurant menu, I was excited to try it out.

Rainbow roti jala with chicken curry (RM16.90). Look at the Oh-so-pretty colors!

Parking was a little hard to get as most of the outdoor street parking were reserved for offices in that area. When the lady boss brought the menu over, she said the Rainbow Jala was sold out. Owwhh, I was disappointed… Perhaps I was a little too expressive and my ‘disappointed’ face was too obvious, she told me to hold on, she will check to see if there was 1 last set left. Boy, lucky me, there was! She even threw in 2 flower jala for me, for free! Happy me!!

I also ordered the blue pea nasi lemak with salted fish bone vegetable curry, another 1 of their signature dishes. The rice was fragrant. The curry was nice but I think if the salted fish bones were slightly saltier/more savory, it would be nicer.

Blue pea nasi lemak with salted fish bone vegetable curry (RM24.90)

Last but not least, petai - my favorite! All my friends know I looovveee to eat petai (stinky beans) haha! I believe this is the first time I see a sambal petai like this. Instead of the usual stir fry together with sambal dried shrimps, the beans appeared to have been steamed and added onto the dried sambal. Different, but not bad at all. The dried shrimp sambal was fragrant, with a hint of lemongrass towards the end, and the level of spiciness was just nice for me. A lil pricey though, I would say, RM32 for this small portion.

Sambal hae bee with petai (RM32)

Overall, it’s nice cosy place for some Nyonya cuisine 😊 Go early as I heard they don't prepare a lot, the wait can be pretty long sometimes and most things get sold out pretty quickly even though they close at 3pm. Would I be back? Hmm... maybe not.

Food: 4/5

Service: 5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5

Address:

13-1, Block i, Jalan PJU 1/37,
Dataran Prima,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opening Hours:

Mon - Thurs: 10am - 3pm

Fri - Sat: 10am - 3pm, 6pm - 9.30pm

Sundays: Closed

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