Devi's Corner Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur - Lonely Planet Travel Information

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cnr Jln Telawi 1 & Jln Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru
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A pavement-café mood prevails at this foliage-drenched canteen facing the Bangsar Village malls. The tray curries are excellent, with plenty of fish, prawns and other seafood.

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I lived in Kuala Lumpur for almost a year, and it was restaurants like Devi's that made my stay so worth it! They make the best teh tarik, and my favourite mee mamak....not to mention a great roti canai - but get there early...parking is a problem around lunch time, best is to park across the road at bangsar village - devi's is well worth a try!

It’s the weekday lunch hour. Parking in Bangsar is a hopeless lucky draw. You’ve set your mind on the perfect lunch for this uncomfortable heat – rich, hot, spicy curry and a generous helping of rice and herbs on banana leaf… Hey, it’s your life. Within seconds of leaving your air-conditioned vehicle, sweat soaks your shirt; your head pounds. You reach Devi’s Corner, and wait 5 minutes before you find a table amidst the full crowd. YOU: Boss – one banana leaf. Fried chicken, thigh, chopped up; drink - iced lemon tea. WAITER #1: (Nods curtly, doesn’t look you in the face, grunts, and walks away. Clock’s ticking, ya know?) You decide to eat with your hand, even if it’ll take 3 washes before the curry wears off your fingers. Because using utensils would be wrong. Would you eat pizza with a fork? NO. 3 waiters serve you in 3 different stages. WAITER #2: (Brings you the banana leaf and scoops steaming white rice onto it) WAITER #3: (Comes with three sorts of vegetables – hopefully deep fried bitter cod included - and poppadom chips) WAITER #4: (Brings the curry gravy – chicken, mutton or fish? – And drowns your rice) Waiter #1, from earlier, will be the one bringing your drink and the chicken. It’s just a system they have here. The first scoop - you mix rice, one green, chicken, and a chomp of poppadom. Then you rotate and repeat the next few scoops, or mix them all. There’s just something about how the ingredients slide and blend easily on the slick surface of the leaf. By the 10th bite, you start to feel the effect of a successful “Banana Leaf”. This is when the herbs and spices kick in - the fulfilment of appetite meets contented daze. A gastronomic drug that nourishes for just RM12. Again, if you’re lucky, you don’t have to return the office later and face battling the next 3 hours trying to focus (so instead you Facebook to look busy), because you could just go home and watch TV. Or nap. That. Is. The Life.