Tickles Your Nando’s Taste Buds
For your information, my house mates and I practically visit the same restaurant every dinner since they started their business. The food is only average but somehow, we just keep visiting again and again. Hence, every weekend, we try to go for something different or something more “expensive”. This weekend was none other than Nando’s barbecued chicken. The last time I had Nando’s was April 8th, 2005 with Hwa Yinn.
Clockwise from top left, Gabriel, Raymond, yours truly and Leo.
We ordered a set of peri-peri platter, which consists of one full chicken, two large servings of rice, one large serving of coleslaw, salad and fries each. The whole set is RM43.80, definitely cheaper than ordering a plate of a quarter chicken with two side dishes for RM12.80. On top of that, we ordered a set of soup and bread for RM7.90, which is free flow / eat all you can eat. With four people to share that RM7.90, its nothing but cheap.
First to come was Gabriel’s jumbo coffee, followed by Raymond’s Vietnamese coffee and lastly, my mango smoothie. I got to say, the mango smoothie was superb. Not only the ice was blended thoroughly, the texture was really smooth with not even a single piece of ice remained in it. Topped with whipped cream and condensed mango juice. Heavenly.
We had our soup bowl and Leo went to scoop a bowl of mushroom soup and ordered garlic bread. Their mushroom soup tasted way better than the diluted soup served at Pizza Hut. In fact, at the bottom of the pot, you have small pieces of chicken meats and mushrooms. Dipped the soft and aromatic garlic bread into the soup and in no time, we were all fighting for it and asking for more. At the end of the meal, we had like six bowls of soup and like 20 or more pieces of bread.
One by one, our dishes started to come. Fresh salad, a mixture of cucumbers, tomatoes and cabbage tossed with a little bit of garlic oil. Fresh, crunchy and juicy. Even Raymond who doesn’t eat vegetables had a spoonful of it. Coleslaw tasted delicious as well because all the vegetables were fresh and most importantly, it was served cold!
Nando’s is one of the best places if you want to eat fries. Their fries are big, fluffy on the inside and crispy on the outside. Even McD’s fries is not up to their standard. I was afraid that they would be serving us the meridian rice (or something like that) because I remembered the rice was awful and I didn’t finish it. They served just normal fried rice, which tasted not too bad compared to the meridian rice.
Finally, the chicken. We ordered mild because Raymond was having sore throat and not feeling well. Hence, the flag that said “Tickles your taste bud”. I would have gone for the extra peri-peri hot if not because of that. Friends said it was so hot that they cried or not able to finish it. I am not sure, yet to try. Chicken was barbecued over stove into perfection, with golden brown crispy skin and juicy meat.
And what’s Nando’s without their sauce, right? Although it was written flaming hot peri-peri sauce, all I could taste was sour. Yes, sour. Where did the spiciness go? I have no idea.
Let the feast begin,
and end.
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March 28th, 2007 00:10
I love Nando’s!! Peri-peri fries, delicious chicken…it’s my “fast food” of choice. Didn’t have such a good experience with their soup though. The one and only time I had it, it was lumpy and salty. Hopefully it was just a one-off bad day for them. Chilli’s to die for!
March 28th, 2007 00:14
I love Nando’s! Visit the shop at least once a month. =D
Love their chicken, love their fries, love their Sparkling Apple, love their Garlic Sauce!!! Yummm Yummm.. ^_^
March 28th, 2007 02:16
Long time never go Nando liao..
Must visit it dis cuming weekend …hmph hmph, hungry~
March 28th, 2007 03:35
OMG…!! 6 bowls of mushroom soup..!!! and 20 pieces of bread….!! that would filled me up.. so bad.. i wouldn’t be able to eat anything else..!!
March 28th, 2007 04:29
nandos in uk got free flow frozen yogurt……. kicks ass i tell you :P
But still, nandos here ain’t that cheap, about 13 pounds per person?
that would be like RM90 per person…… not cheap right?
March 28th, 2007 08:40
-_-” luckily I had breakfast before reading this post this morning.
Yet the urge to go grab some peri-peri is still strong now -_-”"
March 28th, 2007 13:47
Lyrical Lemongrass : The soup I had that day was really nice. It was steaming hot too! Heh! I’m not a Nando’s fan actually, but after not eating it for like 1 year or longer, it does taste good.
Janesse : At least once a month. -sweat- You seem like to love everything they served. :P
Ellone : Ask Nick bring you go.
Mama Bok : There are 4 people sharing the same bowl of soup and bread, so it wasn’t that much actually. Remember, it was free flow and all you can eat. Haha! So, ordered 1 set and we shared.
Boss Lepton : Free flow frozen yogurt? If they are doing that in Malaysia, they are going to go bankrupt by the end of the month. Haha! RM90 per person, you could have TGIF or Chilis already man.
Kai Hong : Haha! Tonight bring Fat Lady go eat. :P
March 28th, 2007 16:26
Nando’s tried once before,ok not so special.
March 28th, 2007 17:18
hello,
i went to nando’s original birth place - in Joburgh, South Africa and I met the nephew of the founder. I luv the concept, its fun. But, i do not eat chicken though. Anyway, they r really something. U should try the special mayonis they used - the collaboration between Nando’s and Kraft. Cool!
March 28th, 2007 19:45
whoa.. u guys really enjoy food… n can really eat…
I’ll be so broke if i do this every day!
March 28th, 2007 20:35
I thought I was told that the bread and soup was only meant for 1 person, now only I know this can be shared. Now the rm5.95 can be PERI-PERI worth :D
March 28th, 2007 20:46
the rice that you had is the meridian rice.
March 28th, 2007 21:56
i love the food… But the prices really kill me xD
March 28th, 2007 22:23
whoah lau eh.. if they charged for 6 bowls, u guys be pokai liao… ahahha
:P
haf yet to try the mushroom soup of Nando’s , will try it some day. wan2 compare with Pizza Hut wan.
March 28th, 2007 22:34
MsPretty : It’s just another nicely packaged fast food, nothing special. Heh! But it tasted not too bad!
Anna : You must be very lucky to be able to bump into one of the relatives of the founder and must be very rich to be able to fly to South Africa to sample Nando’s. I will check that out if I visit Nando’s in near future. Thanks for the tips.
Rycerain : 4 big guys, sure can finish! Heh! We don’t do this every day also, maybe once per weekend or something like that. We are also student, you know.
Yung : Haha! What can they do even if we shared? There didn’t write anything also except for free flow / eat all you can eat. :P
Yeong : Are you sure? I remembered the last time I had the meridian rice tasted yucky. It was uncooked, lots of uncooked vegetables, too dry and totally tasteless. Hmm…
Debbie : I belanja you eat next time. Heh!
MaN|acZ : If they are going to charge us per head, I am so not going to order that bowl of soup and plates of bread. It’s not worth the price. Heh! It tastes better than Pizza Hut’s, but still, nothing special.
March 29th, 2007 01:39
omg u just reminded me its been too long since the last time i had nando’s! I’m so gonna get back there asap! lol
March 29th, 2007 08:59
today i will bring my mum to Nando…
March 29th, 2007 14:17
You have been tagged :)
March 30th, 2007 02:46
Wow..! then the owner “lugi” man..!! hahhaha!!
But nevermind lah.. ! all of you growing boys.. ;)
March 30th, 2007 09:29
when was my last time visit to Nando’s ? I can’t remember ler. I think few years back in Mines Wonderland.
March 30th, 2007 15:34
Nandos is expensive but got quality. I seldom go there to eat as well
March 30th, 2007 17:05
Nicole : Glad that I reminded you of Nando’s. Haha!
Ta Wen : Heh, filial son. Ha!
Ah_Mike : Not to disappoint or offend you, the chances of a tag appearing in my blog is quite low. I will look into it and thanks for tagging me.
Mama Bok : We? Young adults? Growing boys? LOL. I think you are referring to our waist line is it? Yes, we are growing horizontally.
Irene : Time to pay them a visit. Ha!
Fattien : I seldom eat too because its not cheap as well. But once in a while, it’s okay.
April 1st, 2007 18:02
Hey jason,
I know many would kill me for saying this, but I have actually never tried nandos before, ahhahahahaa….
so kesian hoh… such a food-deprived person I am !!
Anyway.. I should try it out one of these days. they have it here in perth too.
April 2nd, 2007 00:03
did you know … you can opt for different flavours for your perri platter? in relation to that, you can also choose which part of the meat you want for the whole chicken.
Example, 1 extra hot -> dark meat, 2 hot -> white meat 1 mild-> white meat
u can also choose to customize your sidelines
example: 1 rice, 2 peri chips, 1 old style chips 1 salad etc
and with a jusco card, you can get a free pitcher of soft drinks
Enjoy!
April 2nd, 2007 00:54
Robin : What the hell?! Man, you better get your ass moving and go visit Nando’s. -sweat-
Ateam : That I know, for the level of spiciness and for the side dishes. But we ordered a Nando’s platter, where the side dishes are all fixed. We could only choose the level of spiciness. Are you serious about the J-card thingy? I really didn’t know about that.