1Nasi Lemak Tanjung Karang morning Lido Market
Opening hours: 4 am to 7.30am
This nasi lemak stall starts selling the nasi lemak early in the morning and usually sold out the dishes by 6 am. Its rice is fluffy and aromatic, and sambal spicy and runny, pairing it with their side dishes takes it to another level.
tips: Go early, there are few stalls selling nasi lemak but you will see long queue at this stall.
2Nasi Lemak Stall at Putatan Tamu
Opening hours: 5 am to 10 am, Saturday
You will find many Nasi lemak stalls at Putatan Tamu on Saturday. Price is cheap and wrapped in banana leaf
tips: there are many stalls at Putatan Tamu selling Nasi Lemak, go with the crowd and but from the stall with the lowest queue.
3Bits & Bites, Wisma Merdeka
Opening hour: 11.30 am to 6 pm
Bits & Bites famous for their traditional Malay Kueh and they also sere good Nasi Lemak wrapped with banana leaf.
4Jasmine Restaurant & Catering, Likas Plaza
opening hours: 7 am to 1 am
Jasmine Restaurant & Catering sell Nasi lemak from 7 am to 10 am. Their sambal has a distinctive taste and packs quite the punch best pair with their side dishes.
5Kandi 5 Cafe, Metrotown
Opening hours: 8 am to 10 pm
Kandi 5 cafe famous for their nasi penyet we find their nasi lemak equally good. Nasi lemak is available whole day and price is reasonable
6Olde Station, Citymall
Opening hours: 8 am to 10 pm
The sambal is spicy packed with punch. If you want a more sinful version, go for the Nasi Lemak with fried chicken.
7Sino taste Kitchen, Plaza 333
Opening hours: 8 am to 10 pm
Sino kitchen serves sino style nasi lemak. The sambal is sweet and runny and the chicken is marinated with lemongrass and chili.
8Nasi Lemak Kaki Lima
9Pak Din Nasi Lemak
Location: Karamunsing complex (near Singapore chicken rice)
Pak Din Nasi Lemak with the recipe from Table no.1 opens at Kompleks Karamunsing food court area at the ground floor. Famous for dishes such as Daging masak kicap (dark sauce beef), paru sambal, sambal petai and ayam masak berempah.
10Garage Kafe
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday – 10 am to 11 pm
Location: Donggongon bypass ( before the Plaza Grand Millenium Junction)
GPS Location: 5.9319237N 116.0769188E
Nice little cafe beside Donggongon Bypass. They serve Nasi Lemak Ayam berempah and western food and they gonna serve Sarawak laksa soon too. Nice and simple Kafe and most importantly they have aircond.
11Lucy’s Kitchen Nasi Lemak
Opening hours: 10 am to 10 pm
Location: Lucy’s Kitchen outlets at Metrotown, Marketplace 88, KGC Tanjung Aru and Imago Mall
Voted as Best Malaysian Food of Sabah Food Award 2016, Lucy’s Kitchen serves a good variety of Nasi Lemak. Customers can pick their choice of rice (Nasi Lemak, Nasi Pandan or Nasi Briyani) and pair with their favorite side dish (Rendang, fried chicken, Lamb). The combination is limitless. Delicious Nasi Lemak in a convenient and comfortable place.
12Latest Recipe, Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu
Opening hours: Ala Carte menu from 10 am to 11 pm, part of Buffet menu on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Latest Recipe.
Location: Latest Recipe, Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu
Nasi Lemak by Chef Mizan (Formerly at The Cinamon Place) now serving at Latest Recipe. The ayam goreng berempah is hot and delicious pair with beef rendang is a plate of delicious Nasi Lemak.
13Nasi Lemak Monday at Tanjung Ria Kitchen, Hyatt Regency Kinabalu
Opening hours: Monday from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm, 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm (Part of Buffet menu)
Location: Tanjung Ria Kitchen, Hyatt Regency Kinabalu
GPS Location: 5.985054N 116.0752344E
Tanjung Ria Kitchen at Hyatt Regency Kinabalu set Monday as the Nasi Lemak day where you can find a good variety of dishes to go with Nasi Lemak. The rice (basmati rice) is cooked to perfection (grain by grain) with halba and serve on banana leaves. Best serve with beef rendang, fried beef lung (Lidah Buaya)
14Nasi Kukus D Garden
Opening hours: open 24 hours!
Location: Chong Thien Vun Park, Kampung Air, 2nd Branch at Plaza Royal Putatan and 3rd Branch at Alam Mesra
Nasi kukus which means “steamed nasi lemak” is another name given to nasi lemak served with steamed rice. Their Sambal is to die for and remember to add Sambal for your order as you won’t get enough of their Sambal. The rice is steam separately in each canister before being served. There are always long queue here so be prepared to wait!
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