Banana Leaf Rice & Biryani @ Fierce Curry House, Bangsar, KL

A recent craving for banana leaf rice led us to Fierce Curry House in Bangsar. Only in operation for slightly more than a year, this restaurant has garnered quite a name for itself and was even nominated for "Best Cheap Eats" and "Best Indian Restaurant" in TimeOut KL's award last year.

The restaurant is spacious, air-conditioned and very clean. Makes dining very comfortable, and great place to bring your overseas guests. We arrived just before the lunch crowd started arriving, the place was packed by the time we finished our meal. Service here is prompt, orders taken as soon as we were sat down and food arrived within minutes.

Hubby and I ordered the banana leaf rice (RM6 each), while The Unc had the Hyderabad Dum Biryani with boneless mutton (RM18). The banana leaf rice was excellent and hit the spot.... totally satisfied our cravings and more. For RM6, you get rice, 4 types of vegetables, fried bittergourd, rasam (South Indian appetizing soup), fried salted chilli, pappadam, as well as chicken or fish curry or dhall and a dessert of payasam (South Indian sago and vermicelli dessert). Pretty good value for money, I thought.

We really liked the fish curry that we had to ask for seconds (its refillable for free) and I ate a lot more rice than I usually do. It was so good. The four types of vegetables that we got was cauliflower, beansprouts, cabbage and greens.

The banana leaf rice was served on a metal plate with some banana leaf cuttings, you could either argue that this is more hygienic or that it does not feel "authentic" anymore. Personally, I am not fussed how it is served as long as it is tasty, however I did have to confirm with the waitress that this was a banana leaf rice as I was expecting it to be served on a banana leaf. For traditionalist, it seems that you can still request for it to be served on a banana leaf instead of these metal plates.

Excellent banana leaf rice!

Satisfying lunch!

To go with our banana leaf rice, we ordered a plate of mutton (RM8), very good too - tender chunks of meat and the portion was sizeable.

Before coming to Fierce Curry House, I have read about its famous Hyderabad Dum Biryani, so The Unc opted for this. He ordered the boneless mutton option, but there are many other varieties here such as chicken, scallops, cod fish, crab, king prawns, lamb shank, squid and even lobster! The biryani is served in a silver pot (which looks small but it isn't really when you see the amount of rice you can scoop out of there!) which is sealed with pastry. It is served with a mixed raita, vegetable achar and chicken curry.

As soon as the top was opened, we could smell the fragrant biryani.... and man, did it taste awesome! The rice grains were fluffy and flavorful... I couldn't help stealing spoonfuls of these from The Unc's plate.

A mountain of perfection!

We ordered 3 mango lassis which was very refreshing, but price is a little steep at RM7.50 each (considering the BLR was only RM6). :P But then again, the banana leaf rice experience for us is not complete without the mango lassi... :)

The Last Polka ice cream is available here

Verdict: Food here is great, as well as the service. Would definitely return!

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Opening times: 10.30am to 10.30pm daily.

Location: Fierce Curry House, 16, Jalan Kemuja, Bangsar Utama, Kuala Lumpur. (close to Bangsar LRT)

Tel: 019-383 0945 / 03-2202 3456

GPS Coordinates: 3.129696, 101.67969


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