Street Eats : My Spicy Corner @ SS1 PJ

When eating out, I try to avoid dining in Indian establishments. One cause I’m eating Indian food at home all the time and many at times I find my home cooked food way more delicious, secondly I'm just too adventurous to be having sambhars and curries all the time (Gastrointestinally Chinese, remember ;))

My Spicy Corner, tucked in a corner of Sungei Way (near SS1) in Petaling Jaya caught my attention by their innovative social media marketing strategies. It was on twitter when I first got to know about it - a couple of tweets later and I decided to give the establishment a try.

My first impression on the restaurant was good – an open air cozy Mamak styled establishment with a TV ( for soccer matches?) and a magazine rack. Reached about 3pm on a Saturday hence the crowd was moderate. We took our seats outside to enjoy the calm afternoon breeze and was promptly attended by the server. The menu here ranges from the regular banana leaf fare, portugese grills, tandoori chicken & naan and the mamak "dan lain lains" – roti canai, gorengs etc.

Fried Chicken waiting to be savoured

There was just two of us - so we decided to sample their banana leaf rice (to benchmark) and the Portugese Grilled Prawns served with white rice.

Pretty vege's on a platter

My friend's serving of the banana leaf rice and fried chicken set (RM 6.90) arrived well adorned in little stainless steel cups. My verdict – It was alright but on an overall did not match up to the quality of the banana leaf experts aka Sri Paandi’s and Kanna’s. The fenugreek curry however was thick and flavourful – thumbs up for that. The rasam also fared much better than other regular banana leaf joints. My other concern is that the Fried Chicken was cold (pre-fried?)– now this is where establishments like Kanna’s have a upper hand since the fried items are fried freshly as an order is placed. A potential area for MySpicyCorner to work on.

Succulent Prawns dancing around with greens in a spicy tangy gravy

My Portugese Grilled Prawns (RM5.90) on the other hand rocked big time. The serving arrived piping hot with a reasonable amount of prawns and the gravy had the right proportions of flavor – spice and tanginess. I added some kaffir lime juice for an added tang and ooh my was I on 7th Heaven. Savoured it till the last drop – a must order if you’re down here. Planning to try out the other Portugese Grills of their menu in the future.

It was unfortunate that I didn’t have enough space to savour their signature Ice cream Thosai . I’m thinking it would be an interesting combination of sweet creamy ice-cream on a background of crispy fermented batter. I'm planning to get back on a second round to savour it along with the tandoori selection and the newly added Samosas with tri-chutney.

In addition, MySpicyCorner also does delivery – do check out their website for more details.I'm still a huge fan of their social media marketing strategy - few businesses actually do it correctly by engaging with their customers rather than merely using them as broadcasting tools.

On an overall ,

Ambience : A nice place to hangout and dine. I found it interesting that they have a magazine rack.
Pricing : Reasonable
Pros : Fenugreek curry and awesome Portugese Grilled Prawns, has a delivery service, they do make you as a customer feel special and well taken of, free Wifi available, is on Facebook and Twitter.
Cons : Finding a parking spot can be a pain, service could be a little more prompt, I seriously hope I can get freshly fried chicken.

Do follow the establishment on Facebook and Twitter and for more information on their location and menu, please pop over to their website.