Nasi Padang Sukaramai inside Senteral coffee shop 中央餐室 just beside City Square mall have been around for decades, yet this family run stall have somehow evaded the social media radar. But, it is popular with downtown office workers who come here for their work day lunch.
Pak Anas' family runs Nasi Padang Sukaramai.
Pak Anas runs the front office with his son and daughter.
Pak Anas' wife helms the kitchen with a few helpers.
It will be near noon when most of the dishes are ready.
Senteral coffee shop is windowless, so it will feel dim when you come in from outside. The space is compact, simply furnished. Almost everyone is local - this place feels non touristy even though it is right beside City Square mall.
My humble lunch. I heaped lots of curry tapioca leaves whenever I can find it 😄 Love the sweet spicy taste of the curry and the soft squeaky chewiness of tapioca leaves.
Like any nasi padang stall worth its salt, Nasi Padang Sukaramai serves a few different sambal chilies. I picked the pulpy green one.
Sukaramai's beef rendang is the firm and moist kind (not the tender and juicy type). The slightly chewy chunk of perfumed beef has nice spice flavour and aroma which are released with every bite. (Price RM5 a piece.)
Next time, I shall try the lamb rendang.
My lunch last year when it was served on paper and banana leaf.
Beef rendang is not very pretty until you rip into it 😄 Then, few things taste as good.
Nasi Padang Sukaramai have many other dishes, there is something for everyone.
Burung Puyuh Goreng Cili Kering (deep fried quail with chili).
Fried snapper fish with chili.
Huge generous chunks of Spanish Mackerel cooked in curry.
Snapper fish in curry.
Nasi Padang Sukaramai seemed to be extra strong in the fish department (but I have not tried their fish dishes yet).
Customers help themselves to three types of sambal chili.
👉 Humble unassuming little nasi padang stall right in the heart of downtown JB. I like to drop by for a fix of beef rendang and curry tapioca leaves before heading to Singapore on a full stomach. Prices are very reasonable.
Kedai Kopi Dan Makanan Senteral where Nasi Padang Sukaramai stall is located, is directly across Jalan Station from the Maybank branch in City Square.
There is another very popular Nasi Padang shop further away in Tampoi which is one of the favourites of local people. If you want to venture a bit further from the City Square area, check this out 👈 click
Restaurant name: Nasi Padang Sukaramai Mak Malin
Address: Kedai Kopi Dan Makanan Senteral 中央餐室, 6 Jalan Stesen, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
GPS: 1°27'37.8"N 103°45'51.5"E 🌐 1.460492, 103.764296
Hours: 11:30am - 2:00pm (for nasi padang)
Halal
Date visited: 15 Nov 2018
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Unassuming shop front. You scoop a few veggies onto your steaming hot rice and a piece of fish, fried chicken and/or mutton rendang, then add some curry, sambal balachan and green chilli sauce and you have a splendid meal of Nasi Padang. Don’t think there’s anything quite traditional-tasting like it in Singapore.
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