Meat The Porkers (MTP) — Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur

It's not often a dining experience compels me to write a review, but my experience here at Meet the Porkers did just that.

Let's get to it.

Siew yoke briyani (RM28) You know what refrigerated leftover meat dishes look like when they're cold from the fridge? That's what we got. The briyani was served hot on the surface but the inside was a stiff, congealed mass I didn't first recognise as pork. Tasted it. It was still cold. Waiter showed no remorse and wordlessly took it back to reheat.

Let's assume we got the regular, thoroughly reheated version everyone's supposed to get. It would still be the weirdest tasting briyani I've had, with disproportionately sized chunks of siew yoke and fat. I've had plain briyani in an Indian restaurant for 5 bucks that is far, far more fragrant, and this one has pork in it.

It comes with fried pork lard (not crunchy), a raita of some kind (hard to tell, no cucumber in it) and another condiment I couldn't care to ask about.

Bacon cheese naan (RM15) It's your standard naan with bits of bacon sprinkled around it. It was okay. Went well with the sauces from other dishes we ordered, but the curry it came with tasted generic. I really didn't think the meagre smattering of bacon bits justified the price tag.

Butter Pork (RM30) Best tasting dish today.

Palak paneer (RM22) This is what did it for me. Maybe the fusion thing wasn't going so well. At least get the true blue North Indian stuff right, right? Underwhelming. This was the lightest shade of green I've had palak in, as if there was too much cream. It wasn't nearly as aromatic or tasty as I know it to be.

Garlic cheese naan (RM8) What cheese? Where? (We probably got a garlic naan instead)

Bill came up to $135, including a mango lassi I didn't sample, and 3 iced waters at $1 each.

The waiters looked like they didn't know what they were doing, as they moved listlessly with a glazed expression on their faces. There was a point where a waiter left fresh food from the kitchen on a table that had leftover food (with used tissue, cutlery etc) from previous diners for a couple minutes, before figuring out which table to send it to.

TL;DR: Meet the Porkers is the place for you if you don't mind sub-par, soulless northern Indian 'fusion' food at unjustified prices with bad service.

Food: 4/10 Price: 3/10 Service:...

Atmosphere: The Christmas tree was nice. Our table was sticky and quite shaky. The chairs were okay although pretty worn. The decorations although interesting made the restaurant feel old and sad.

There was Aircon but the place was really warm inside.

Although the food tasted quite wonderful, the portions do not match the price.

I understand that the area is quite expensive in general but the markup on what you get is still a bit shocking when there are no pictures on the menu to properly gauge what you're getting.

The waiting time between ordering and receiving the food could greatly be improved as it took close to 30 minutes for the dishes to come with the restaurant being empty.

The food:

The Pork Masala Tacos were just so small for the price of Rm28, the flavor was just okay but a bit bland. Each one could be finished in less than 2 bites. If you don't drop anyway it can be consumed in 1.

The butter pork was delicious and with the portion was slightly better(RM40), but still sadly it doesn't come with rice or anything (a single portion of plain white rice is Rm12!)

The only saving price factor of the meal was the naan basket (RM20) which comes with 4 naan.

Even a 250ML glass of ice water is charged at RM1 (not sure it's filtered water or what as they charge RM8 for a bottle of mineral water)

In total the bill came to RM99 after 10% tax.

Was it worth a first try? Sure as the concept is good

Will I be back? Probably not as there are restaurants in other areas with essentially the same menu but with less markup.

Flavor is good, but the prices are aimed at wealthy expats who do not...

I wish they had pictures on the menu for people like me that are not really familiar with Indian food.

Drinks are bit pricy and there is no big wine selection. However, the red sangria is quite good. You can tell the oranges have been soaking in the wine, while the green apples might have been freshly slides. They add soda water to make it refreshing.

The pork crispy puri is a must try, and you must eat as it comes out to avoid the puri to become soggy and break in your hands. The minced pork meat inside has a spicy after taste and goes well with the fresh cilantro leaves.

Pork 65 Masala is not so spicy if you manage to avoid the chilly. The pork tenderloin is pretty lean and deep fried just right to keep the mean moist.

The cheese naan was a bit disappointing because there was barely any cheese in it. However, they were kind to make a new one and more cheesy.

The butter pork was my favorite, which goes well with the cheese naan. The sauce is creamy and rich with nuts flavors. Again, the pork meat was tender and not over cooked.

My second time here I tried the Pork ribs Trio, which for 125RM is a good deal. The meat comes off the bones so easily, but the ribs where room temperature.

The only drawback is the service. Whether they are busy or not, they are not very attentive or attending tables during the meals to see if they need anything. After waiting for 20 minutes to get their attention requesting the bill, we just walked to the...