Nature's Recipe Cafe

12, Jalan B/1E, Pjs 8, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
4.27 (21)
$$
Very friendly
Chinese, Asian, Dim sum
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Recent Reviews

Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

I know from having been there in person that this rezza isn't exactly generous on portion sizes, so even though we were getting a lunch set each already, I decided we ought to add an extra 点心 on the side because #bettersafethanhungry 😛 I chose these #deepfried #springrolls because #sweetdreamsaremadeofgrease, and because the missus likes #yam (more than she likes me, I have that on record 🥲) The mushy texture and slightly sweet flavour of the yam actually really helped hold the rest of the item together, beautifully joining the crispness of the pastry skin to the gentler bite of the different root vegetables that were stuffed inside 🙂 Came with the wrong kind of chilli dip; this needs sweet chilli sauce, not chicken rice chilli iykyk 😏

Yam Spring Rolls
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

I didn't have too much time to think about what I was ordering. We had to grab at spare moments in between being herded around by overzealous photographers and makeup artists, both for ordering food and for consuming it 😬 In such situations the abillion app is horrible for figuring out which item you've ordered before and which you haven't (and therefore can do a review of #forthedollar); I simply knew I had never had their #nasikunyit previously, and went with it. In fairness, who in their right mind would trust a Chinese 煮炒 place with a Malay classic 😏 These guys rather butchered the #curry, which didn't have enough spice or heft to its body. It was still pleasant if you forgot what it was that you were supposed to be eating, as the light #santan creaminess still combined pretty nicely with the #monkeyheadmushrooms and various root vegetables. But as I say, we didn't have long to enjoy our food anyway 😐

Nasi Kunyit
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

If this lunch looks makeshift, that's because it totally was 😬 We spent the day in a studio doing a photoshoot and the schedule was so packed that you had to work to find small pockets of time in which to do things like eat 😏 This #chickenrice did the trick because it was easy to consume, being dry and not too difficult to wrestle with. But it would be a stretch to call it delicious or particularly inventive. Just the usual #yuba thing playing the role of #veganchicken, a bit of spiced rice, and a load of chilli and dark soy sauce to provide auxiliary flavour. And a single sprig of #evilweed on top 🙄

Chicken Rice
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

Firstly, seems like something got #lostintranslation 😅 Since when did #panmee equate to homemade #noodles 😏 Secondly, their choice of noodle was seriously weird - thick #udon for a clear soup dish like this? 🤨 I don't know, I just thought the thin noodle format (or even more extreme options like beehoon or meesua) would have been a better fit 🥺 The broth, for what it's worth, was excellent. Peppery and tasty and up there with the best of them. You get some #mushroom, #spinach leaves, #fakemeat (2 thin cuts 🥲), and the magnum opus/centerpiece - fake #lard crisped up and then souped down 😋 I would've gladly taken a dumpling or two in the noodles though 🙂 RM13.90 so not gonna complain!

板面 Home Made Noodle
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

This doesn't look remotely as delicious and appetising as it undoubtedly is; take it from me, this is right up there in my #dimsum #bestpicks for KL 💚 The #sweetsauce is thick and not at all ruined by the healthy brigade, and it's exactly what you want in a #cheecheongfun 🤤 The only thing I would say is that they could have given about thrice as many #sesameseeds 😏 Oh, if they offered a version of this which had yong tau foo in it, we would have loved that too 😋

Home Town Chee Cheong Fun
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

Yep, not one but two naughty #deepfried #starters ☺️ Because life is short and #sweetdreamsaremadeofgrease 🤤 This was a more classic plate of #yam balls, with various diced vegetables inside as the filling. The skin was atrociously #crispy although I felt that the inside could've been more flavourful. Served with the dark, viscous #sweetsauce that is ubiquitous at such #dimsum places, as well as the #chillipaste that I tend to associate with Hainanese chicken rice. It didn't work at all, these need sweet chilli sauce or straight-up chilli oil, if you're going in that direction 😬

Deep Fried Yam
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

This is a hidden gem in PJ, their #dimsum and #lunch food options are exceedingly good 🙌 The server encouraged us to try this new (perhaps experimental) item, for which we displaced the siew mai we had originally wanted, and the initial verdict is a strong yes 💪 This takes #glutinousrice and flattens it into a layer that then gets #deepfried, throwing all the glory into how #sweetdreamsaremadeofgrease 🤤 Mind, the filling is pretty good too - #charsiew and some diced vegetables mixed in with #cilipadi and left to exact its #spicy vengeance ☺️ Super #starter and/or #sharing (or #notsharing 😛) plate

Fried Glutinous Balls
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

This is one for #teamsoy 💪 Southern Chinese cuisine has known how to #ditchdairy for donkey's years. Spare me your wrong opinions, #soymilk is god's greatest gift to humanity. Ever 🥰 In this case it came hand in glove with #cincau, aka #grassjelly which gives your teeth something to play with as you're slurping already I guess 🙂 Decent level of sweetness for the #sweettooth, they definitely added something. Not that I ever complain about that 😁 By the way, talk about #valueformoney!

Soya Cincau
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

This dish was served much later than the others, we suspect they forgot about it until we reminded them 😏 Not sure if we simply weren't as hungry anymore, but this looked distinctly less appetising than the other stuff 😬 A bit too clumpy and moist and randomly thrown together maybe? 🥺 There was a lot of #glutinousrice in this #lomaigai, like a lot 😯 Could have fed 3, assuming it's a sharing concept for #yumcha / #dimsum. Then they go ruin things by only providing a small chunk of #fakechicken, another of fake #charsiew, and a mid-sized #shiitake #mushroom 🥺 Flavour was okay, would even say that my #sweettooth was impressed, but we think there are better things on this menu 😉

Vegetarian Lo Mai Kai
Steven Neoh
Steven Neoh7,645 reviews

Yep yep, passed with flying colours 🙂 Admittedly the real product looked a lot more reined-in than the menu illustration, which had the #friedradishcake pieces swimming in grease. Whereas we were served something that looked decidedly dry and clean; the girlfriend remarked on the difference between this one and Daily Greens & Grains' interpretation in which every single piece was deep-fried individually 😁 Despite the #toohealthy inclination (and the lack of "traditional"/"indispensable" ingredients like egg and prawn paste), this #malaysianeats classic still had very good flavour. The #beansprouts on top did just enough to compensate for the crunchiness factor, if not exactly the greasy flavours 🥲 Definite star on their #dimsum menu

Stir-fried Radish Cake

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