Nasi Arab (Part 1)- Al Rawhsa Restaurant

I believe when talking about Nasi Arab (middle east rice cuisine) we will hear several places from friend's stories. Nowadays there is quite number of this restaurant opened in KL or Selangor, especially when you go to Jalan Bukit Bintang there is stretch of such restaurants along the road. I experienced some of Nasi Arab at Cyberjaya, TTDI Jaya, Bukit Jelutong and nearby my home, Aked Esplanad Bukit Jalil. I will try to share those experience in Kerah Keng in different parts later.

I remembered my friend told me about Al Rawhsa Restaurant and decided to have dinner there, tonight. After Magrib prayer at Tabung Haji Musoulla, we then moved to Jalan Ampang to go to the restaurant. The place is easy to find, from Jalan Tun Razak, turn into Jalan Ampang and after Balai Polis on the left, there is Cherry Automobile showroom and after that turn into small road, Jalan Sejahtera. Go straight until a T-junction of Jalan Damai then take right and further straight few metres and you will see Al Rawhsa on your left. If you take left at the T-junction you will find few more other restaurants. All of restaurants there operate at the renovated bungalows that used to be old residential bungalows. Al Rawhsa located at 78, Jalan Damai, Ampang  and can be contacted at 03 21439151 or 012 66922562. I think they have another branch at no. 8 Jalan Kg. Pandan .

Family Section

We were few minutes lucky, got a table we chosen to seat where after few minutes later the place was rushed by more people. Even though there were quite number of tables and seats but the workers have to setup new portable seats and table like Bewwoh time since there were many hungry patrons coming in afterward. It could be they already got their payday as my Mem sighed to me or perhaps that was usual scene at Al Rawhsa? There is 3 sections of seating where one inside of the restaurant, second outside of it but under a kind of big fiber tent and the third seating was inside of the restaurant where carpeted floor with nice fabric curtain divider between table to table used for family section. Our seating was under the tent just nice in front of the cashier counter that looks like a money changer with tampered glass wall and hole for billing come in and out. There is some playground at the edge of the tent seating that really tempted my kids to play rather than have their dinner. 

The menu was nice organized in hard copy diary-looked bind with the history of the Al Rawhsa name on the first page and quite variety of foods, appetizers and dessert listing on the next pages. I managed to read the name history which stated the name was taken from the huge rock name, back in Beirut, Lebanon. So I believe Al Rawhsa is Lebanese restaurant. Perhaps, anyone can share some more story about the rock and etc. They have many workers and I saw all of them are man and some of them are Tok Arab face or Lebanese, I guess? 

 So menu for dinner tonight, my mem as usual love to try the Chicken Mandy (RM17) and Apple Babrican(RM4) for drink, I ordered Al Rawhsa Mixed grill(RM25) which have lamb, chicken and beef meats grill come with pita bread, Al Rawhsa fruit cocktail(RM10) and later ordered Strawberry Babrican(RM4). Qistina just wanted Mushroom Soup(RM8) and Banana Juice(RM8). The kids supposed to share the Chick Mandy with Ibu but Qaid refused to eat rice and we ordered Hummus(RM8) that come with hard thin crust big bread for him. I did not know how Qaid really enjoyed that bread as myself hardly teared it of by pieces to chew it together with the grill meats but it tasty anyway. My mem commented that Al Sabaq rice was tastier than here.

Hummus

Points:

Overall - 3.9

Price - 2.5

Taste - 4.5
Environment - 4.5

Service - 4

The Schema:

1: Poor; 3: Not bad; 5: Recommended;

Price - 4.5 - 5 : Cheap; 3-4: OK; 1-2: Expensive;

Environment - > 4:recommended to family, couple or dinning catering; 2-3: OK; < 2: Poor for dinning;