Otak-Otak Place

Food post!

The weekend saw us making a trip up to Genting where the Chief was given a free room stay (yes even Genting loves the Chief) - the Chief got an email for a complimentary stay in a Deluxe Room at First World. And the both of us had the impression that the Deluxe Room was the kind we stayed in when Team Layton participated in the Toyota Amazing Trails, and imagine our surprise when we both entered a room that was definitely much smaller and cramped compared to what we stayed in previously.

Turns out that what we used to stay in was the Deluxe View Room. And now we know.

Anyways back from Genting we stopped by 1U to get some stuff, and decided to lunch in the new wing because we'd noticed since Chinese New Year that there's quite a fair number of new restaurants that popped up in our absence. There's quite a number of new stores there (well not really new by now but still, new to us), and so after checking a few menus we decided to stop by Otak-Otak Place.

Admittedly we chose it because they were having a promotion for otak-otak at 60 sen per piece instead of their usual RM1.10. And we think 60 sen is the price you'd normally pay outside, so it was acceptable while we might have balked at paying RM1.10 per piece.

Sat outside under a sort of picnic table with brolly setup, and friendly waiters brought us the menu and such. Call us skeptical if we think the store only just opened just because the staff is very friendly and customer service is good and have not been jaded by complaining and difficult customers yet.

As we were doing lunch in the better part of 3pm, there were also tea time sets available to order. We ended up calling a couple of sets, the otak otak, an additional side meal, and waited to be served. Had a bit of difficulty choosing dishes as a fair number of them had otak-otak in them. Thankfully the decor of the place didn't try to match their theme too much - the menu was like a schoolbook (with the Rukun Negara and a multiplication table printed on the back!) and the cashier counter had bottles of sweets for sale - Ding Dang and Tora for RM2! RM2!!! We used to buy Ding Dang for what, 50 sen?

They brought us our teatime set milk tea and cracker. We also found a pack of Happy Families cards set out to keep us entertained while waiting for our food, with rules for those who've never heard of Happy Families/Old Maid/Donkey printed on the back of the tissue dispenser. The Chief likes the milk tea, but not lactose-intolerant us.

The nasi lemak set, and basically all their dishes, came in those dim sum dishes. Steaming hot meant that the Chief eats first lest we burn our tongue. This was good altho' the portion would hardly fill either of us up.

Then there's the toast and curry set. At RM5 a set both the nasi lemak and this set worked well as side dishes, heh. Not too filling and not too little. The Chief finds the curry a tad lacking, while to us the curry only served as something to drench our nasi lemak rice and the toast.

Thankfully the otak-otak came in time to add on to the toast. 60 sen a piece, with a minimal order of 5 pieces

Admittedly there's nothing special about the otak otak. Firm and not too spicy, unlike the Johor kind that we always have courtesy of our aunties.

We'd only ordered the Otak-otak Meatball Served With Thai Egg Kerabu to go with everything else, as we weren't too sure how large were the servings. The meatballs were spicier than the otak-otak, but the kerabu was good. Both of us enjoyed this.

Next time we'll give their main dishes a try - once we've visited the rest of the places there. Like New York, New York, where we'll first go to Sporeland to compare prices, heh.