ATS Curry House — Restaurant in Petaling Jaya

Ariff's ATS Curry House started off with a humble beginning as a nondescript nasi kandar stall "under a tree" way back in the late 80s.

Originally the stall didn't have a business name, electricity or piped water as the local council would not a restaurant operating below a tree. According to urban legend, a significant member of the Selangor royalty happened to taste the stall's briyani kambing, loved it so much that he directed the MPPJ to allow the stall to have piped water and electricity.

Within a week the local council approved the restaurant business, and Ariff's makeshift stall went through a transformation into what it is today, complete with tiles, a concrete floor, electricity and wash basins with piped water.

Since then ATS Curry House became quite popular with locals, especially office workers through word of mouth. Expect a queue of customers at lunch time and cars sometimes double parked along the road. It also serves breakfast, ranging from freshly made Malaysian favorites like roti canai and its myriad variations and thosai.

Unfortunately nasi lemak (glutinous rice) isn't quite its forte ever since the stall started to prepare this dish on its own. If you're a nasi lemak lover, you'll be sorely disappointed with its taste.

In the good old days, the nasi lemak would be provided by a Malay vendor who delivered excellent nasi lemak bungkus early in the morning. At the same time the kiosk that serves up nasi lemak was sold by a different Malay lady.

I don't know what had happened to her, but the nasi lemak that ATS Curry House serves today isn't the same as before. Very few mamak chefs are capable of making "Malay standard" nasi lemak and ATS Curry House's version is a total flop. 👎🏼

Stick to roti canai (all variations) and thosai for breakfast and you'll...

ATS has improved so much over since my last visit here in such a long time. I believe its been more than 15 years. Came for breakfast at 9.00am and the dahl curry was finished. One entire large pot gone, and the fish curry was almost finishing too.

Business has been good here, plus the Roti Canai is still made from scratch, hence its fresh and cooked perfectly, unlike many other mamak restaurants.

This is probably one of the last remaining "Mamak Stalls" in the PJ area as most of them have closed. I grew up in the 70s & 80s to mamak stalls all over PJ area, and this is what the original mamak stall culture is all about.

Nowadays, mamak restaurants are capitalising on the fact that people want nicer places to lepak, but honestly, the quality of the food is just not there. If you want true street mamak food, then try roadside stalls like ATS Curry House.

I need to come back again for lunch, as I'm a huge fan of "Real"...

After reading the high praise about the mutton , decided to try it. Came early as was told it will be packed during peak hours Order white rice which came with some taugeh and one lady finger. I ordered 1 mutton curry and omelet to go with it The curry that was mixed with the rice was weak, watery and not much of taste. The mutton was tender but not favourable and the curry given together was not aromatic at all. It had no mutton taste ,weak and watery. It did not have much meat as can be seen in the picture. The omelet had no taste . Overall I will say I was deeply disappointed after all the good reviews. Please note that I am a big fan of Nasi Kandar style food, I do know my stuff . It cost me RM 22 including a cup of tea tarik which can be considered expensive as this is only a road side stallm Will not come again to try as there are better...