Foodie Arabian Adventure @ Al Rawsha Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur

Chicken & Lamb Mandy

Last Saturday my cousin NS, her mum, brother NF, YH and me went for an Arabian dinner at the Al Rawsha Restaurant along Jalan Kampong Pandan, Kuala Lumpur before NS left for New Zealand after being home for holidays. This Lebanese restaurant humbly started in a small bungalow along Jalan Damai, off Jalan Ampang behind the Jalan Tun Razak police station where parking were a big problem. Anyway, legends has it that the name is derived from a legendary rock in Beirut Lebanon.

The menu was very impressive with rows upon rows of Lebanese cuisines which were hard to pronounce lest to know what it were, but for the Grace of God there were accompanying pictures to provide us some ideas. However, for the record, NS could speak and read  Arabic. We ordered the mandatory Chicken and Lamb Mandy which according to the menu's description were a traditional Hadramawt earth baked rice with chicken/lamb. We ordered a serving for three person though there were five of us. To our shocking eyes, the serving were really enormous! 

To complement the Mandy dishes, we ordered Lamb and Chicken Kebabs which were made of minced meat with onion and parsley marinated in spices served with generous portion of fries and coleslaw. Enjoying Middle Eastern cuisine is not complete without its bread and Hummus which were made of chick peas, sesame sauce, lemon and olive oil.The Hummus was very tasty, soft and tender and we had to have seconds, together with my all time favourite middle eastern salad, the Tabbouleh made of finely minced parsley, finely diced tomato, onion, weet and olive oil. To complete the dining experience, my cousin brother NF and me had the authentic Arabian mint tea in tiny glasses while NS had apple juice, my aunt had black tea and YH enjoyed her plain water.

Full Table

Overall, it was a great dining experience. Everyone enjoyed the dishes to the last bite of the very sweet Baqlawa at RM2.00 per pop! The Mandy dishes were accompanied by a bowl of creamy yogurt much to YH's delight and tomato gravy with a tinge of spiciness. The Mandy rice were very tasty, even eating on its own. The chicken portion were enormous, half chicken per serving and we ordered 2 serving of Chicken Mandy which translate to one whole bird on the dining table! Everthing were a perfect 9.9 on Acepaizah's scale. The ambiance were very nice with very Arabian decors and music but it could be better if the tables were not to too close to each other. What a memorable irresistible Middle Eastern cuisine-exquisitely Lebanese dining interlude and observations.

Till we meet again

arabian dance
~Acepaizah~