JM Bariani House, Aman Suria

JM Bariani House opened it's doors a couple of months back at Aman Suria. And me who's staying nearby took my time..and finally decided to pop over.

I've heard of it's branches elsewhere, but never did try. Famed for it's johor briyani, JM Bariani House has gained quite a number of fans thorughout the years in business. Since it now came so near to me, I should try at least once right? :p hehehe

Popped by for lunch with dragon girl, we ordered the nasi briyani ayam..

Sorry it looked like a mess, the rice was piled on the chicken. The rice was quite tasty- the long grains were quite fragrant and fluffy. Not the best I've had, but definitely acceptable. The chicken was excellent though- extremely tender, very well marinated with the sauces.

I went back the second time soon after, as I wanted to try the briyani gam (only available on wednesday and saturday)- however, I was told that briyani gam was not available during bulan ramadan. :(

We had some taufu bakar for appetizers..

Very mediocre. In fact, slightly dry and coarse.

This time round, we had plain briyani and ordered separate bowls of meat.

The rice tasted the same to me, though WF felt cheated as it does not looked like how it was presented in the menu. Where's the raisins and cashews?

She wanted Ayam Masak Merah

Very thickish gravy, the Ayam Masak Merah was just above average. I cant say it was good as some parts of the chicken was over fried- hence tough to chew on. The sauce was tasty nonetheless- not the typical masak merah sauce, but sorta mixed with rendang flavour.

The daging bariani..

Fork tender, melting yet with pinkish center. The gravy was well balanced with the right sweet, salty and spiciness. Mixed generously with the rice, it's very addictive indeed. Weirdly for me though, this daging bariani left a beef stew aftertaste. Well, not that I'm complaining :p

But my fave would be the Kambing bariani..

Absolutely gamey- I enjoyed the thick gravy full of mutton aroma and flavour. Lip smacking indeed to have it with briyani rice. I liked this better than the beef bariani. The mutton was also fork tender.

The dalca that was served with the rice went unoticed, until Andrew realised it's presence and flooded his briyani with it. :p

Overall, the meat dishes were cooked beautifully, the rice was just an accompaniment (sadly so- especially for a briyani). My only gripe? The gravy was so, so oily! We had to scoop out the layer of oil before we started tucking in.

JM Bariani House, B-G-12, Jalan PJU 1/43, Aman Suria Damansara, Petaling Jaya - 47300. Selangor

Popular Southern Briyani, KL

Attended a training recently and a fellow participant (azman) told me about this delicious nasi briyani that he used to have when he was working nearby.

Sarirah was with me during the training and she knew which stall he was talking about.. and we were there the very next week :)

Popular Southern Briyani is located inside a small alley.. easily missed, until you are near and you'll noticed the queue at the lane.

There's 2 briyani stalls in the lane, Popular is the inner stall, further from the entrance. And why I had Popular rather than the first stall? Both Azman and Sarirah agreed this is better, so I took their recommendation :)

There were quite a number of dishes to choose from, but I was aiming for the deep fried chicken (ayam rempah) that was puportedly very nice to go with the nasi.

And I guess the star was ; what else? The nasi briyani of course!

I was there before 12 noon and look at the humongous briyani pot? It's already half empty. They do catering hence some are packed and delivered before lunch time.

The lane is tight and very warm, with just a slim table to eat. So, most customers just pack and go.

Here's what I got...
Nasi briyani with fried chicken (RM5). The default side dish would be the pickled cucumber and fried ginger-spices bits from the chicken. I was given 2 types of sauces (to go); the curry and sweet spicy sauce. I drenched my nasi with the curry and took a bite. This was so delicious! The rice was rich, thick with aroma yet fluffy. I could just eat this rice without any dishes, it's really addictive and tasty. The chicken was juicy and huge; though easily overshadowed by the simple nasi briyani.

Popular Southern Briyani is located at Lorong Bandar 13, Jalan Tun HS Lee, KL. Tel 017-3995033, 012-3650880 (Rahman) for catering services. As the lane might be easily missed, here's what you can see at the main road. The lane is just opposite of K.M Mohamed Yusuf Money Changer.