Restoran Hatinie — Restaurant in Shah Alam

This is one restaurant that serves Kelantan food and delicacies, of which, most of them are cooked with thick coconut milk unless you opt for Chicken Rice and Soto or something else that does not require santan (coconut milk).

My single most favourite food here is Steamed Nasi Dagang infused with sticky rice, santan, ginger, shallots and accompanied with thick gravy of Ikan Tongkol (in Kelantanese, it is called Ikan Ayer), which I believe the fish belongs to the varied species of mackerel.

What's amazing about this is the fish is boiled for more than hour with slices of Asam Keping (a related tamarind-family), a vital ingredient that deepens its sourness and infused so immensely to become a base stock for the gravy.

Restoran Hatinie serves more than just Nasi Dagang, it serves more than 20 dishes for breakfast and lunch. You are practically spoiled for choice. I like Beef Tripe Tauge Salad (Kerabu Perut) with fresh bean sprouts (tauge), pounded chilli pastes and coconut shreds.

The savories served here are equally good and a good variety to choose from. From all the bite-size from the variety of "kueh talams" to "akok" and from sweet porridges to "sago gula melaka."

I like this restaurant. It is popular amongst the locals in Shah Alam. The only thing that needs improvement of the cashier's courtesy of acknowledging the customers. The woman, who is appears to be the owner of the eating place and probably also named Hatinie, has such difficulty to smile when a customer pays at the counter.

Many Kelantanese eat here. You'd hear Kelantese accent with propensity of slangs spoken here all the time. Since I don't quite understand their deep accent, I refer them as the French people with an exception these people wear kopiah (head gears) and garbed in long and oversized...

Restoren Hatinie is one of my favorite restaurants in Shah Alam. The food is delicious, but the cashier, a male with makeup, really made me lose my appetite to return. He was disrespectful and acted as if he was superior. Earlier today, I went there for lunch and the food at the restaurant never disappoints. When my friend went to pay, she showed a picture of the food we had, and the male cashier(tulin) mistakenly calculated our bill at only RM6.90. I found that impossible since i had rice, fish, eggs, and some ulam. So, I went to the cashier and said, “Adik salah kira ni.. adik tak kira nasi akak..,” and I showed him the photo on my phone. Kemudian datang lelaki bermakeup then asked why I was showing the same picture twice and insisted it would count twice. My friend mentioned that only one of us had the rice, and when he handed over the bill for the rice amounting to RM38.00, I thought that was completely unreasonable. I questioned what made it so expensive, and without apologizing, he retorted that it was my fault for showing the picture twice, as it had been counted twice. He only handed me RM10, and since I didn’t want to argue with someone who seemed to think they were in charge, I just left. What started as a simple meal turned into a frustrating encounter with someone who acted so arrogant.

*Kak Tini kene tengok staff kak tini sore ni.. lelaki bermakeup...

The choice of food is huge. But three drawbacks of such nasi campur foodhouses due the self service concept. First, the prices are inconsistent and depends on the whim of the cashier. This above average priced restaurant is a prime example of this. Second, a lauk can look unappertizing after so many hands has helped themselves to it. Thirdly, the high potential risk to hygiene. Once, I saw a customer sneezing into several dulangs of lauk. Thus, I did not have lunch. Hopefully, one day nasi campur Melayu is served from behind a glass covered counter. Its irritates me when Indonesians say that the Indian Muslim Nasi Kandar is Malaysia's version of nasi Padang. But Nasi Campur Melayu (NCM) is on par or exceeds Nasi Padang. NCM has a choice of Minang, South and North East Peninsular Malay, Southern Thai, Chinese, Indian, Borneoan and Indonesian lauks. Even Indonesian wartegs pale a lighter shade of white to the lauk choices of NCM. Malaysia should also publicise lndian Banana Leaf Rice and Chinese Economy Rice (ECR). Hopely there will be a halal...