Biryani at Hamza Bistro, Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Kuala Lumpur

If ever there was a lesson in writing things down at the time, this would be it. It’s two weeks since our visit to this Indian cafe in Brickfields and I have literally just spent 2 hours searching Streetview, 4square, tripadvisor etc. for this bloody place! I eventually found it via Facebook by identifying the colour of the tables!
I now know it’s a new place, having opened in March and hasn’t made it’s way onto Google as yet. Here’s the link to the FB page though- Restoran Hamza Bistro.
We ate mutton biryani which was served with poppadom, pickle and some sauces. The biryani was perfect, lightly spiced, not too oily (I avoid eating oily food where possible) whilst the mutton was rich and tender. Some sweet elements came from the sultanas, creating a nice balance and the lightly pickled crunchy vegetables provided contrast in both taste and texture. I was less keen on the lime syrup drink, which somehow I managed to inhale (not recommended!!). The plastic trays, known as thali are on my purchase list- we ate off them regularly in Malaysia.
We ended up here at the recommendation of Kerry, our guide for our photo tour of Pudu Market and also an impromptu trip to Brickfields (also known as Little India). Hopefully you’ve liked seeing some of my images of Pudu market over the last few days. I’ve spared you some of the grislier ones such as heaps of chicken feet being ‘manicured’ and half pigs heads. That aside, it gave us a fantastic opportunity to see a real market at work and people going about their daily lives. We also had the chance to go inside a working Hindu temple dedicated to Hanuman and then go behind the scenes to see craftsmen at work, carving, moulding and painting the new extension to the temple. Hearing music, we popped outside and witnessed the consecration ceremony for the breaking of the ground as the first pillar was driven into the soil for a further temple extension, complete with sacred cows.