SS Spicy Food, Kampung Attap

SS Spicy Food is a South Indian kitchen in Kampung Attap — a humble shopfront most people drive past without registering, which is the usual sign of somewhere worth stopping.

It opens at 6.30am, and mornings bring the breakfast staples: poori, thosai, idli.

What to Order at SS Spicy Food

The chicken peratal (RM6, small) is the dish to judge it on: the gravy balances its spice against a deep caramelised-onion sweetness, the chicken comes in decent-sized pieces, and the whole thing tastes homestyle rather than restaurant-tuned. Pair it with chapati (RM5 for two pieces), even if it arrives at room temperature.

Mutton varuval is the other order to know about. Takeaway portions run generous — a packet of rice with mutton varuval, chicken peratal and a vegetable will comfortably feed two.

For South Indian food in Kampung Attap, or an early breakfast of thosai near KL city centre, this is the one locals send you to.