Restoran Nasi Dalcha Kassim Mustafa @ Lebuh Chulia

Drowning in Mee Goreng

  Whenever a Malaysian or Singaporean go overseas, the first thing we crave for is mamak. No bar, no cafes and no restaurant can be the same as the Mamak. The food you have won't have the skills that the Abang and macha provide. The service they provide won't be like how the Macha attends to your needs. Every hand you put up, the macha comes running to you like a fireman to a fire. No menu can be as versatile as the mamak's one, they are the creators and you provide them the stepping stone, the idea for their creation. 

  Enough talk about our fellow boss, abang and macha. Less talk more food. It was a dark and chilly night where our hotel was. I took it upon myself to explore what lies in the mamak of the streets of Penang, something to suffice my palates. As I walk through the valleys of darkness with only a few streetlights to guide my path and the bright neon green light at the end of the tunnels which wrote Restoran Nasi Dalcha Kassim Mustafa.

  I chose my seat and right away the abang asks "minum ?".

  "Teh O ice"

  "makan ?"

  "Mee Goreng"

  Off he went to tell his boss of my order. I waited in silence but deep down I was hoping not to be disappointed. Afterall, no one wants to leave a mamak with a let down stomach. Plates of the mee goreng was passing me one by one but they weren't mine, I took a sip from my sweet cold Teh O ice and suddenly he passes me a plate. Thank you Macha, finally.

"Finally lah Macha"

  At the top of the mee goreng was some fried onions used as garnish, giving it a crunchy texture to the soft noodles. Fresh cabbages were added to provide some colour to the dish and texture. With each bite I took I had a spectacle of texture and taste. Spiciness from the green chillies, crunchy cabbage and fried onions and the soft noodles to provide the stage for this performance. One thing which took me by surprise is the cabbage because it acts as the enforcer stopping the spiciness from covering the potential of other ingredients. The chef knew his dish had to be balanced, he knew the chilies could overpower the taste buds and he brought the cabbages in the same like how some places give you slices of cucumber for your mee goreng. This mee goreng embodies all ingredients like an act, no ingredients gets to be THE single star but the dish as a whole becomes a star. The mamak is Broadway and the mee goreng is its performers.

Makan Meter:8/10

Restoran Nasi Dalcha Kassim Mustafa

Lebuh Chulia, 

10200 George Town,

Pulau Pinang, Malaysia