Review of Butterfly Pea Coconut Steam Rice at Coco Veggie Nyonya Cuisine by herbimetal

This restaurant really has a feel good ambience. They serve their dishes in traditional wares that feel very authentic and homely. This nasi lemak was perfect - if not for it being too spicy for me 🥵🌶 The butterfly pea 🦋 makes the nasi lemak such a beautiful blue that's natural some more! It is pretty lemak, but I find even the most lemak rice tend to get overpowered by the sambal. Had thought this was rendang when the dish came but quickly realised that it was 3 slices of mock fish in generous amounts of sambal chilli. Should ask for less spicy next time. The chilli also has some veggies in it that remind me of onion. It was so spicy I couldn't really enjoy it comfortably unfortunately. There is a nice piece of vegan otah on the side that has a "shrimpy" aroma as it should be. The fried long beans were so nice. They have something scrambled in them idk what it is and I couldn't tell if they were spicy as the sambal was already so spicy. Peanuts were such a great addition and crunch, it would be even better if they had mock ikan bilis too. The cucumber provided a much-needed respite from the spiciness. The best part was the tempeh chips. Tempeh and nasi lemak are a perfect combination. I do slightly prefer to have more tempeh and whole foods over mock fish, which is also good. Like how OG Lemak has whole foods of vegetables, tofu and lots of tempeh - I love that combination. This came to $17.50 with service charge. Pretty expensive, but I think the quality of food and ambience is good. Not something I'll have every meal though given the price. #traditionalfood