Dark, deep and delish at Luth by Tumis


Eu Hooi-Khaw

Sotong hitam – The Malaysian Insight pic, March 16, 2019.

MY friend was thrilled to encounter sotong hitam at Luth by Tumis, in Kuala Lumpur. This Johor dish was genuine stuff, with no dark sauce to disguise the squid ink that is used in the cooking. The sauce, laden with onions and chillies and yielding hints of ginger and lemongrass, even daun salam, grows on you. The squid was perfectly cooked, remaining tender and not chewy.

Nasi lemak raja was the special of the day when we went. Coloured with turmeric, the rice was rich with coconut milk and served with fried chicken, omelette, sambal, ikan bilis and peanuts. We asked for this deliciously fluffy and crispy omelette to replace the usual fried egg on top of the rice. The omelette opened up to lots of onions and some capsicum in the moist centre. The fried chicken was scrumptious, with flavourful crispy skin and edges, and a good bite. It sure beats that fried chicken at that nasi lemak place in Damansara Uptown that everyone is raving about. I wished though for better quality, not hard ikan bilis.


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