I was running errand in KL central one afternoon. I missed the Indian vegetarian food which I used to eat when I was staying around there last year.

Gopala restaurant, a vegetarian Indian restaurant without onion and garlic served. Their lunch menus were different types of Thali sets.

I chose the Special Rice Thali set but the special rice was sold out. I ordered the basic Thali set (MYR6.50).The Thali set comprised of white rice, sambar, curry, 3 types of vegetable (cabbage with dhal, long bean and fennel), rasam, buttermilk, apam, pickles and a dessert.

Actually I like Indian food very much because the using of spices. I was here several times because their curry and sambar impressed me much.

The taste and flavor of curry and sambar was well-maintained during this visit. The only let down was the tad salty long bean.

I was attracted by the bunting which stated ‘NO MSG, NO SOUP CONCENTRATES, NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURING’ when passing by the restaurant. Without thinking much, I entered and took a seat at a corner table.

It was dinner time, the restaurant was quite full with customers. However, the service crew brought me a menu once I sat down and gave me an order sheet. There were several types of ramen (soup-based). Since I had a hard-boiled egg in the afternoon, I chose the one served without egg – Japanese Curry Ramen. There were options for the ramen types: flat or thin strands.My Curry Ramen came with thin Ramen with minced chicken and little spring onion. Their homemade ramen was chewy and tender. The soup was flavourful though totally different from local curry noodle.There were 10 condiments that could be dipped or seasoned as personal preferences. I tried to eat with everything and I found the original Curry Ramen was the best (no additional condiments needed).

I believed they did not use any MSG or preservative in cooking since I was not thirsty after finish the whole bowl of Ramen which I used to be. The only drawback was too little greens.

I purposely went there for their sandwich not salad because I like their Ciabatta. The dining area was cosy with appetizing colour – Red. The staff was helpful in guiding me to take order when she saw me confused with their menu. Just take your order at the counter, pay the bill and get a seat to have your dish serve.
I chose a set with 1 sandwich, 1 salad and 1 juice (MYR13.50). My sandwich was L.V. (Let’s Veggie) Sandwich, came with fruit salad and orange juice. The sandwich was a combination of pumpkin, capsicum, cucumber, tomato slices and iceberg lettuce. The only spread was tomato sauce. The natural sweetness from pumpkin was well matched with the sourness from tomato slices.The fruit salad (diced watermelon and orange with iceberg lettuce) was refreshing. It is important to use fresh ingredients to make a salad and definitely can be found here. So I will come back for their salad next time.

Tough I did not enjoy the warm dessert yesterday, I came back again for a cold dessert since the 20% off promotion still available.

Other than serving cold and warm desserts, they do have deep-fried snacks. However, I preferred cold desserts more than hot fritters.

I ordered a cold soya series with taro balls, grass jelly and caramel pudding as toppings (MYR6.90).I thought it was a soy-flavoured shaved ice. It was a cold soybean curd (Tofu Fa) with syrup and toppings. I like the caramel pudding very much! It was smooth and well-flavoured, a perfect match with cold soybean curd!

I would finish reading my magazine there if they could turn down the music volume (the music was too noisy for me). By the way, it would be added into my SS2 hang out list.

After having too much animal protein during the weekdays, I decided to have a light lunch on weekend. Organic meal sounds refreshing and wholesome, right?Organic Lei Cha (Pounded tea) Rice is their most famous dish (MYR 13.90 for small portion). Since they were promoting healthy diet, they only served brown rice. The condiments were celery, carrot, soy beancurd, cekur manis, black fungus, Choy Sum, dried radish and long bean. All vegetables were slightly blanched to remain their crunchiness and natural sweetness. Instead of peanuts, they served sunflower seeds which were surprisingly more flavorful.

The Lei Cha soup here was added with some kinds of Chinese herbals which contributed to a little bitterness. I still prefer the version from my mom.