Village Park Nasi Lemak
I read somewhere that Nasi Lemak is the national dish of Malaysia. Well, I haven’t really thought about it but that’s quite true to a certain extent. Nasi Lemak is available on almost every street corner and in almost every local-themed restaurant, served with everything from chicken to beef to cuttlefish.
Best of all …. you can have Nasi Lemak for breakfast, lunch or dinner but I seriously doubt you want to do that, especially for health reasons. And I guess it’s a national dish because …… almost everyone enjoys a simple dish of Nasi Lemak ….
So what exactly makes a good Nasi Lemak? The rice? The sambal? or the condiments? It is a very personal preference but personally, I would go for all 3. It’s the combination of all 3 that makes the taste of Nasi Lemak … “complete”.
And I am happy to announce that I’ve found this perfect combination at Village Park Restaurant in Damansara Uptown. Well, at least according to my taste. What I like most about the Nasi Lemak in Village Park Restaurant is …. like what I said earlier, the right combination of …..
Coconut milk fragrant rice – not to mushy and not too dry. Just nice.
Sambal (Chilli) – not too spicy, not too sweet. Just nice.
Condiments – crispy anchovies, crunchy nuts. Just nice.
And if you fancy a little ‘extra’ on your dish, go for the fried chicken which looks equally good as well. Otherwise, there’s also cuttlefish and other choices of side dishes that suits your taste. As for me, my ‘complete’ combination of Nasi Lemak will be just plain Nasi Lemak with a piece of fried chicken drumstick. Medium done.
A little while ago, some folks decided to find out the best Nasi Lemak in town and Village Park Nasi Lemak was nominated. And here’s the result …..
11th April 2009 : The 1st Annual Foodsters Award : Village Park came in Champion !
20th May 2009 : KLue – Top 10 Nasi Lemak in the Klang Valley : Village Park came in 4th
So if you’re interested to try some ‘award winning’ Nasi Lemak …. do check out Village Park. And here’s their address …. with a map just in case you get lost.
Village Park Restaurant
5, Jalan SS21/37,
Damansara Utama,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Contact: +603 7710 7860
Business hour: 7am – 8pm daily, 7am – 6pm on Sunday and public holidays
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I’m a big fan of Nasi Lemak! You eat so well!
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Lovely! I luv ‘em NL!
, esp whn it comes out frm the kitchen piping hot and crisp.

here, the chic so nice
Wish the sambal is bit spicier but hey..its almost perfectly yummy alrei. Atr one to try is Cinta Ria at DJ. They do a good combo like wht u like
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Guess who’s back??!!! Cobraaaaaa!!!… sorry on a high from G.I. Joe…
What’s the pricing like in this place? Chicken looks good… YummsmMZMmzz
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last time I used to berebut table with other patrons in the morning, but that time they still haven’t taken the other shop next door. Apart from nasi lemak, also try their nasi dagang.. don’t forget to ask for extra gravy ok???
also also… teh tarik!!!!
u know how good the business is??? Just look at the lady boss at the counter… not at her face!! Look at her wrist ok?? You will notice different watches everytime… all ultra expensive… I swear that I saw Rolex and Cartier previously. God knows how many more of those watches she has… lol!!!
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thi is one of my fvourite nasi lemak joint!
Very affordable too!
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The fried chicken look decent!!!
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I’ve tried this one. In Uptown no doubt it is rated the best. If talk about Klang Valley, this is not the best for me. Checkout my blog soon for the best Nasi lemak in Klang Valley.
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i like the fried chicken too! but it is always packed =/ weekday lunch, weekend morning, forever packed. sometimes im just too lazy to Q for food. lol.
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really so good.. must give it a try!
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Double thumbs up! Nasi lemak ayam is rm6.80. I always add rm1.00 for kangkung. Yummy!!! Tips: Less crowd during lunch hours in fasting month of Ramadhan. We have lunch there once a week. In fasting month, min twice a week!
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tweety Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Oh….Went there for lunch ,it is remain crowded. Full house at 12.30pm.
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hey! you put in so much effort… from going there, snapping pictures..editing..placing them in order, writing! bravo!!! can i feature your link at my blog too for sharing???
anyway, nasi lemak at village park is really good…
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smallgirl, you’re more than welcome to feature my link. You work is good too!
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hehe…thanks for complimenting. but i hope i could improve and learn from u! to reply you… yes to both questions. but i’m away now and will return in a couple of months. what about urself ?
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A close fren just went to this restaurant during last weekend (10th July 2010 – about 9 am), and told us about a very bad experience with the boss of this Village Park restaurant. From what she told us, anyone that heard about the incident will feel angry on the way they are treated. The chinese lady boss (the one in red t-shirt in 1 of the pictures above) drove in to the parking space where they put all the tables and chairs, almost hit my fren’s companion. When my fren told her nicely that she should’ve asked the staffs to inform earlier instead of just driving in immediately without warning. The lady boss shouted at her and the conversations are roughly like following:
my fren: Boss, just now u drove in ur car suddenly almost hit my fren. Actually next time you can ask your staff to inform us to move earlier.
lady boss: what? isn’t your fren alright now?
my fren: yes, she is alright but your car almost hit her.
male boss came out from the restaurant: (in loud voice) FUCK!! WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW ???
my fren: I dun want anything, I’m just trying to ask you to inform earlier. Why are you shouting, is this how you treat your customers?
lady boss: I treat ALL my customers with “respect”
my fren : I dun wan to argue with u, u can continue to do anything u like, this will be my last visit here
lady boss: GO AWAY
her husband with little misai follows and shouted : GOoo AWAY !!
Both of the husband and wife boss kept scolding and shouting which my fren couldn’t hear what they said. But definitely not good things.
Then my fren was angry now, and then just went to pay at the counter.
my fren : Don’t add in the service tax, there is no service at all.
lady boss (with loud voice) : sure
my fren paid the amout and wanted to leave
male boss (pointing outside) : wah, eat so little only, dont come again!
lady boss added: yea, you don’t come we still have a lot of other customers.
when they said this, all the customers in the restaurant were shocked too.
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The above is a true incident that happened. And many other customers were there to witnessed this. I’ve been to this restaurant several times and even brought my frens there. I’m not sure about you all, but after hearing this I have told my family and friends that we decided to boycott this uptown Village Park nasi lemak despite how nice it is.
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Hisham De'Pesona Reply:
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Will never go to this shop…. Sorry to hear about the incident.
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anyway frankly it is very surprised to see some one who looks decent in spectacles (the chinese lady boss) would turn out nasty. Maybe there are frustrations and pressures from daily, but it is not wise to fuss it out on customer and scold ppl away.
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wah… can boycout this restoran d!!!!
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This attitude and rage behaviour is truly unacceptable. Not to mentioned to treat the victim like that who are their customers. What happened if the lady boss really hit them, and who shall be responsible for this incident? If this is the case, how can customers expect to dine there safely without knowing if any secs they are risking their life to those irresponsible owner /driver?
I definitely think that the owner owed them an apology for the matter, and should not ill treated their customers.
Otherwise, there’s no point how nice the food, but such an absurd service from the staff and owner.
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Yeah should boycott them!!! food good so what, attitude suck!!!
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Thanks for the comments. Yes, when some ppl became ’successful’ or famous will become arrogant.. sigh. They forgot who are feeding them actually, and who are the real bosses that contributed to their big cars/houses. Especially food business is considered as servicing industry, even though customer drop by for just 1 drink they should be respected.
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Please let all ur friends know about this, this is the real incident. Totally unacceptable, regardless how nice the food it is, the attitude really made ppl don’t wish to step in again. Just imagine, if u r the customer being treated like this, how do u feel?
Pass it on to let more ppl aware about this.
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yea, that was my fren too… I feel very angry when she told me… because customers should not deserve such treatment, where is the Customers always Right attitude??? Somemore she say she always RESPECT customer… sigh… just hope that these ppl will take some effort to seriously mirror themself…
Anyway, glad that my fren did the right thing to pay the bill and EXCLUDE the service charge…
* This place is gonna banned by many ppl…
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my fren just sent me another link, which says about another incident that happened at the same place:
http://juliansi.blogspot.com/2008/05/village-park-nasi-lemak-damansara.html
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