No More Value For Money - Banana Leaf Rice@Sri Paandi (Sek 11) by FollowMeToEatLa

Latest Food Bill - Crazy Price Increased for all

This is my latest update of my makan trip to one of my favourite banana leaf rice restaurant in town. Although the food served here is still tasty, real authentic Chettinah dishes, I was taken by surprise with the price increase on my recent visit. Now, the basic vegetarian meal set costs RM 5.00 with an increase of 50 cents. You guys must be thinking that it's still okay as compared to many others places.

Basic Set RM5 + RM 1.50 + RM 2 = RM8.50 now

The worst has yet to come. They got greedy as I think business getting too good for them, they started to charge for extra toppings or add ons of any vegetables dishes. The same goes for rice too! Good gracious me! :-(

You see, the RM 5.00 set now ONLY comes with 1 extra topping of rice & 2 toppings of any vegetables. Subsequent 'tambah nasi or sayur' comes with a charge of RM 1.00 onwards. Be careful with the papadoms too, I was charged additional RM 1 for asking for more papadoms! Besides that, the tairu or yoghurt are not longer part of the set as they are charging an extra of RM 1.50 per bowl.

Well, as far as I know (from this terrible experience) the only thing that have no extra charge are the curry fish, curry chicken or dhall gravies. I'm still quite mad with the whole new pricing. Boycotting Sri Paandi for the time being and I'm on a serious look out and hunt for another 'tasty & cheap' Chettinad restaurant to satisfy my cravings for Indian food.

Hearty Meal Banana Leaf Rice @ Sri Paandi Restaurant in Petaling Jaya (Sek 11) by FollowMeToEatLa

   Wholesome & Tasty Banana Leaf Rice

One of my favourite Indian restaurant to go to when craving for some real authentic banana leaf rice is no other than the Sri Paandi which is located at Seksyen 11, off the junction nearby to Universiti Hospital. Ample indoors & outdoors seating are available but I would always prefer the air conditioned ones inside the restaurant. 

The food served here is both tasty & cheap as the basic vegetarian set costs RM 4.50 with unlimited topping/add ons. It consists of rice, 4 vegetables dishes, papadom, rasam, yoghurt & curry gravy either the chicken, fish or dhall. I always look forward to coming here when observing vegetarian diet on the 1st & 15th of the Chinese calender.

Meaty Deep Fried Chicken with the original set

For meat lovers, they offer a wide selection of mutton curry, fish curry, chicken varuval and chicken curry too. In addition to that, they have deep fried of everything else ie chicken, tenggiri fillet, kembung, sotong & many more. Fried food goes well with banana leaf. I opt for some fried chicken choosing the meaty part of the chicken breast. It was well-marinated with spices, aromatic and spicy much to my liking. Serving was good too as it was a thick piece of meat which I believe it's even enough to be share by two. It cost only RM 5.00 per piece. 

I would recommend the chicken curry gravy & rasam to go with the rice as it's absolutely delicious. South Indian meals does not complete without a rasam. Rasam or Saaru is a South Indian soup which can be eaten with rice or separately as soup. It's a light, tangy & flavorful soup made using tomato, lentils, crushed whole pepper, cumin seeds and garlic.

Crunchy Deep Fried Fish

One of the many choices of deep fried fish, and this one costs around RM 7.00 per piece.


Deep Fried Salted Chillies

Try eating this with your rice, it has the combination of saltish & spiciness to add some oomph into your meal. Not for the faint heart as it comes across extremely hot to burn your tongue.

Healthy Yoghurt

Here's bowls of healthy yoghurt with the friendly & efficient staff that goes around serving the patrons. (& not camera shy too, they even reminded me to share this pics on FB with them, hahaha !)

Indian light bites,sweet cakes,palkhova & jelebi

There are assorted Indian light bites, dessert & cakes like the palkhova and the Jelebi, some which it's too sweet for me.

Anyhow, you can eat to your heart content with unlimited rice, vegetables, gravies & others & as for me, this is a appetising, hearty meal for me any time of the month!

Date of Visit : 2013-07-20

Address : 37, Jalan Dato Mahmud 11/4, Seksyen 11, 46200 Petaling Jaya.

Contact : 03-7960 0576

Simple & Good Old Tosai - Sri Paandi in Petaling Jaya Sek 11 by FollowMeToEatLa

Plain & Delicious Thosai
RM 2 

Thosai is a South Indian pancake. High in carbohydrates and proteins and contains no sugar or saturated fats, it's a typical breakfast item for the Indians. I choose to eat thosai & not roti canai ever since I switched to practise a healthier lifestyle these days. It's practically a very versatile food as you can eat it any time of day here. They have rawa thosai, paper masala thosai, ghee thosai & many more.

   3 types of gravy for thosai

I simply loves the gravies that accompanied the savoury thosai. Hearty & perfect to be eaten with 3 types of gravy. My favourite is the coconut chutney paste made up of coconut, lentils, green chilli and mint or coriander. Next comes the sambar which is the mildly spicy red tomato chutney. Last but not least is the mango chutney that tasted sourish sweet ... certainly not to my liking as it didn't go well with the thosai.

On the heavier side, you can choose to have dhall curry, fish curry or the chicken curry too. Light & tasty ... good meal to eat for breakfast or supper.

Date of Visit : 2013-07-20

Address       :  37, Jalan Dato Mahmud 11/4, Seksyen 11, 46200 Petaling Jaya.

Contact       :  03-7960 0576