Sunday morning, what a beautiful day. The weather was cool. My wife, Jeannie, and I readied ourselves to go to church. It was 8.03am. We headed off on a short 10 minute drive to church. Traffic was Sunday-ish good.

Mass was good, with Fr Patrick Boudeville being his usual self, peppering his sermon with jokes, with chuckles coming from the congregation and smiles on their faces. Nice.

We thought we’d have a quick brekkie before heading home, so we popped by New Apollos.

Jeannie bought some nyonya kueh from one of the stalls. I had a kopi ais (Bahasa Malaysia for cold coffee with ice), Jeannie ordered a coffee (which is understood to be hot [without the ice…bit]).

Whilst having our breakfast there, we met some friends. One of the regulars was Christine with her three children.

We headed for home a short while later, as we were expecting our daughter, Laura, to be home. Her fiancé, Praga; and his family were come over, and then proceed for an early lunch (brunch?) at Tasty Chapathi.

We used to pass by the Tasty Chapathi restaurant with its colourful signage whenever we went to the Empire Gallery Shopping Mall. The signage will definitely catch your attention if you looked left when going past the shopping mall. The restaurant is located at Wisma Consplant 2, an office building.

First plus point for this restaurant: there is ample parking available. That itself sets your mood right.😊

As we entered the restaurant, we were greeted with a nice ambience and decor, setting us for the mood of what we would expect as upmarket, exquisite food. Tasty Chapathi serves Northern Indian food. This restaurant had a fairly large main dining hall and several rooms for private functions, some could seat 30 people along a long table. Each room greets its guests with an archway, a continuance of the ambience and decor from the main dining hall. The whole place was not too brightly lit to give their guests that extra special feeling of a touch of class. We were seated in the main dining room. Very comfortable.

There were quite a few waiters at hand to wait on us. The food was ordered, not by Jeannie or I. We left the ordering to the experts, Praga and his family. I would not have known how to order. It’s like going to a French or Chinese restaurant, with its cuisine in French or Chinese respectively, except that this was Indian.

Butter chicken, mutton veruval, plain naan, garlic naan, chicken 65, panu puri, sev puri, tandoori chicken, chicken biryani, the list goes on. That was the meal order. Drinks were fresh lime and watermelon juice.

We did not have to wait too long before our food arrived. When the food was served, it looked like it was coming, one dish after another; never ending. We started with the Paani Puri. It was an unusual dish of what looked like papadam shaped into balls the size of ping-pong balls. The top was open like the ping-pong balls had their tops broken off. It also looked as though these were fried small egg shells, after the chicks were hatched. In these papadam shaped balls, was filled with muruku. In the centre of this dish was was a little decanter filled with what look like concentrated plum sauce.

We started by pouring what I believe was concentrate plum sauce in the papadam shell casing. Then, we put it in our mouths. It was really nice. Can you imagine plum sauce with muruku? There’s a first for everything.

Our next was the Sev Puri, a delicious dish with muruku toppings. It looks like a bullseye (egg white), minus the yoke, with carrot garnishing and two or three different sauces. The dish was served with half a dozen individual pieces as a set. This was another great dish. I think the Paana Puri and Sev Puri dishes were entrees (dishes before the main course).

I could go on and on about each and every dish. Every dish was simply the best. Presentation for each dish was superb, how the garnish and dressing…the finest….right down to the smallest details were seen to.

This is the place to come to for a pleasant dining experience. It did not fall short in any way in giving us that experience. This is a place to come to for total relaxation and great food. I know that we will come here again. That’s for sure.

I was working on this article while drinking Essenso 3 in 1 instant coffee, with Microground coffee. This was my first try of this coffee. It claims on its packaging to be smooth and aromatic. It is. This is a nice anytime coffee, drink it hot or cold.
And, my Samsung Watch 7 Ultra kept buzzing with notifications (almost profusely) that kept causing me to stop / start this article multiple times. However, my train of thought was never derailed (pun? train…derailed🤔🚆💭)

NOTES:
Maharaja is a Hindu and Sikh princely title ranked in honour below a Maharajadhiraja and above a Raja. The title referred to a prince during the British rule in India and in medieval northern India, but was equivalent to a ‘Great King’ in medieval southern India and in late ancient India. Wikipedia