Pappa Rich

Love and I decided to try the food at Pappa Rich. Pappa Rich doesn't sound like a Malaysian cuisine restaurant, it reminds me of Beard papa's puffs. Their menu offers quite a variety of local favourites. There are chicken rice, briyani, roti chanai, hor fun and etc at a higher price as compared to those you can find in our hawker centres. We ordered a chicken rice set, a wholesome briyani set (with braised beef, fried chicken, and spicy squid), a coffee bun, a molten chocolate cake and two cups of yuan yang. Our drinks are one for one because that is the promotion for the weekday time. Wheee. 

The chicken rice set is only so so. The rice is abit on the soft side and does not have much of the chicken rice taste. The chicken however, is very tender and moist. The bean sprout is cooked just right too. The soup, although  I must say it's so damn small bowl, is actually the prawn noodle soup. That is nice. 

The briyani set is good, although the briyani rice on its own is quite bland but that's usually the case I guess. The fried chicken is crispy and tasty. The beef is on the sweet side and not to our liking. The squid, in sambal or curry sauce, is soft and chewable. The only thing lacking in this dish is the amount of curry sauce they provide. It is far too little as compared to other places. Of course, I believe you can request for more without any charge.

The coffee bun is heavenly. It came out hot and crispy with just enough butter within. However, the bun turned cold and not nice after I left it there for awhile. The molten cake is very moist and thick with cocoa flavor. Although it is too sweet on its own, it pairs up well with plain vanilla ice cream. 

Local delights at this price is probably too expensive, since we can find similar food at our coffee shops and hawker centres. The service, the environment and ambience are what makes the difference. Give it a try!