Restoran Bunda Tanah Rata — Restaurant in Pahang

We were already late for lunch and tired of Chinese food. With the cold weather, our taste buds wanted something spicy and different. We googled for Malay food and found Restoran Bunda which is a decent nasi campur outlet located in a new commercial block just off the main Tanah Rata road. There’s plenty of parking outside the restaurant but we had trouble loading the PahangGo parking app and the very kind Bunda staff offered to pay parking for me😍 so I can go enjoy my lunch. The spread is amazing with a variety of vegetables, chicken, taufoo, fish, lala, beef, mutton dishes. With the cold weather, some of the dishes were getting cold, however, for the mutton and beef curries, they kept the food warm on the stove. Diners are given a plate of rice and they add whatever dishes they want, however much they want. There is also a drink counter where they help themselves with the tarik or air bandung and it's refillable. The staff will then come to check what you've taken and tote up your bill to pay at the end of your meal. All in all a...

Came at 3:50 pm, food (lauk) choices weren't too much. Highly advised to come early, probably around 10 am for a more bustling and cheerful atmosphere with more food options.

Around this time, they didn't have fried food options and the service was mostly self-service except for Nasi Penyet where you have to order.

Overall, a nice place for a quiet and...

If anyone going here, just order ayam penyet. DONT ORDER THE MIXED RICE. It is super duper ultra expensive. A very small piece of fish fillet ( about 2 fingers size) will cost you RM3 for one. But the whole ayam penyet cost only Rm7.90. Extremely bad is math / calculation!!!!!!!!! And the mixed rice is cold , the fish fillet is...