Kashmir Cafes - old taste, new place @ SS3

Kashmir Cafes - Old taste, New Place

First of all, I would like to thank Kashmir Cafes for inviting us bloggers for this food review; and of course, Marcus for being the man for organizing the event. This cafe is a family business. With that said, the recipes are authentic as it can get; using secret house blend spices since 1970's. What they serve here is authentic traditional and classic South Indian Banana Leaf (Also known as Yelle Sapadeh in Tamil).

You might be wondering, "old taste, new place"?. To cut the long story short, they were closed for about 7 years and now, they are back to share the good food with the Klang Valley folks! This is my first food review so its based on MY MOUTH and TOUGUE!

When I first arrived, there were already a bunch of bloggers tasting some of Kashmir Cafes's lassi. I quickly introduced myself and ordered my drink; Teh Tarik. I was still coughing la...but not that teruk. For those of you that don't know what lassi is, its an indian yogurt based drink.

Till date, I have only drank lassi at a few places and the experience ain't exactly nice. Ever ordered a mango lassi but there isn't enough mango fruit taste? Too much yogurt? Too thick? Well my friend, you're in for a treat. I'm not exaggerating but I must say, the lassi over here is DE-LI-CIOUS. No longer do you need to say "Bang, tak cukup strawberry/mango/guava la". The lassi here is rich with your choice of fruit mixture and the texture of the drink is SMOOTH without being too thick. For beginners, I'll recommended the Guava and Soursop lassi.

Strawberry Lassi

Guava and Soursop Lassi. Sorry guys, it was too delicious till it was drank till half before I could snap it!


Mango Lassi

Shereen and Marcus :)

Ini? This is plain water la....but the cup is nice right? :)

Next up, FOOD! We were served with 2 main attractions of the day; Briyani lamb and briyani chicken. The chicken and lamb are cooked together with Basmathi  fragrant rice to blend in with the herbs and spices. Can you imagine the taste? Heavenly. The rice isn't too oily and yet it doesn't stick to each other. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Chicken and mutton briyani

Kurma Curry and Cucumber Acar

Here comes the breakdown

Chicken briyani

Mutton briyani

That is Sashie, 1 of the co-owner of the place


Chicken Briyani, in its full glory


Mutton briyani exposed!

By the way, I don't mean to break the bad news but the Chicken and Mutton briyani are available ONLY ON SUNDAYS and its while stock last. So its best to make reservations to avoid disappointments. Oh one more thing to note; no plates are allowed here! Everything is served on a banana leaf. If you ask me, I feel it makes the delicious food even more tasty!

For my vegetarian friends, Kashmir cafes did not forget about you peeps! They also have vegetarian nasi briyani :)

Vegetables which goes along with your meal, pretty standard stuff but its fresh and nicely prepared


What is this?

This my friend is Mutton Bone Curry. By the looks of it, its just some potato covered with curry but you are FAR from your imagination. The potato and curry is packed with mutton flavor! To be honest, its kinda spicy but it doesn't kill the entire taste. The spiciness will linger for a moment before the sweet taste of mutton kicks in. For me, it was spicy!

Again, what is this?

This is their home made Prawn Ball Curry! This is one of their in house specialty and is only available on Saturdays and Sundays. Again, its kinda spicy for me but for prawn lovers, do give it a try.

Crab Rasam

I'm sure you guys have seen such soups served along side with banana leaf meals right? Some of them which I've tasted are either tasteless or just salty. From the picture it looks oily and spicy right? Looks can be deceiving. Its not spicy at all! In fact, it was like an ordinary soup; very tasty but NOT salty!. Just like what Sashie said, its a light soup taken after your banana leaf meal(optional but I would definitely recommend that you try this!).

Next up, Chicken Massala Thosai

This my friend is, is very the shiok. I spend so much time taking picture of this Thosai that by the time I wanted to eat it, the Thosai was STILL CRISPY. The chicken massala filling is awesome. Once again, the curry here is not just a bunch of thick curry flavored chicken but you can taste the herbs and spices used in cooking the chicken. I had trouble finishing this because I was quite full from the nasi briyani(both chicken and mutton!)

You ada masalah?

You do? so do I. So we need this

Massala tea!

I gotta be honest with you, I personally don't like this drink. Before you jump to conclusion, hear me out. As explained by Sashie, everyone has different taste buds. For my case, I couldn't appreciate the taste but for others like Hui Jin, she loved it! She said the more you drink it, the more you will like it. I gave it a shot and I kena tipu; I don't like it :P

It wasn't the end yet. Next up, desserts :)

Yummy

The brown dessert is called Wajik. Even though I was full, this was simply delicious. Its not overly sweet like any other typical indian dessert so don't worry about your sugar level! The orange dessert on the other hand is called Kayseri. Kesimpulannya, MUST TRY!!!! So remember to save some space for these delicacies!

Caught in the act by my camera! That is Marky by the way.


Marcus got shiok by his picture taken by me, he pulak nak cuba try my camera

*Sashie comes in with a cup of teh tarik*

What did we bloggers do?


Photographer taking photo of photographers

*oi cepat la, I oso want to take before the foam goes down*

*snap snap snap snap*

"Okay Andrew, we're done"


My shot :)

Just when we thought we were about to call it a day, we were told to sit down for a surprise.

W'sup with the box?

A souvenir for us to bring home; Kashmir Cafes cake baked by Sashie's sister

Just as we were about to call it a day, again, Sashie wanted to treat us with another goodie treat. Man, how generous they are, we simply can't refuse what was next in the list.

CHEESE CAKE!!!!!

BROWNIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From L-R: Hui Jin, Fiona, Harinder and Azri

Santhe, the person behind the awesome cheese cake and brownies

Last but not least, I would like to thank Sashie for inviting us bloggers to have a chance to try out Kashmir Cafes's food. Not forgetting Marcus too!

Sashie the man! If you don't know what to try, just ask Sashie :) He'll be glad to fill you in.

So there you have it, my first blogger food review event :) Hope it gives you some idea of the type of food served here. Before I end, here are details of the place along side a google map directing from Kelana Jaya LRT station. Its really easy to get there.

The front view of the place

Address:
58, Jalan SS3/31,
SS3,
Kelana Jaya,
Selangor.

Telephone: 03 - 7873 6622
Email: kashmircafe@gmail.com
Business Operating hours: Daily 7.00am till 10.00pm


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