It is blue because of the butterfly pea flower which is also used in drinks for instaworthy colour changes when lemon juice or something acidic is added changing the pH.
Now you can get Nasi Kerabu at Eat Lah, Boxpark Croydon in UK which is the first stall to serve blue rice.
They started off as a stall in June 2019 which proved so popular that they have now opened a permanent shop at Boxpark.
The only frustrating thing was that the unit is near the speakers that pump loud music so if you have a vocalcord abduction problem you can virtually give up asking any questions or ordering.
As a foodie, I still had to go to try the Nasi Kerabu to see how it fares with the ones I have tried in Asia.
At Eat Lah, they have vegetarian version with tofu and aubergine or the regular one with chicken satay and turmeric chicken.
I got the ayam percik with extra tofu.
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| Nasi Kerabu |
The combo here is filling and balanced but I think the prawn crackers and toasted coconut was missing according to the recent photos and menu.
Anyway as a rice fan, I dug in the pyramid of blue rice first.
It was soft and fluffy, the star of the show was the ginger puree which is similar to the paste you get for Hainan chicken but here there was interesting salty kick which tastes like salted fish but it was pink.
The salted fish appears to be the budu according to the menu.
I was so glad I added the tofu because they were so generous with it, the tofu was soft and supple in this creamy coconut sauce.
Moving on to the chicken, you could really taste the chargrilled flavours, both the texture of the chicken satay and coconut chicken were quite firm as there was some resistance to the fork.
Overall, worth trying
Saturday: Lloyd Park E17 10-4pm
Sunday: Crystal Palace Market SE19 10-4pm
Sunday: Victoria Park E3 10-5pm
Boxpark Croydon
