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Sanur
Categories: Indonesian, Malaysian [Edit]
Neighborhoods: Chinatown, Civic Center18 Doyers St
(between Bowery & Chatham Sq)
New York, NY 10013
(212) 267-0088
- Nearest Transit:
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Canal Street (J, M, Z, N, Q, R, W, 6)
Chambers-Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall (4, 5, 6, J, M, Z)
Grand St (B, D)
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
29 reviews for Sanur
Review Highlights
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Sanur is your classic Chinatown restaurant, complete w/florescent overhead lights to create the ideal basement dining experience.
Four other companions and myself decide to go for two orders of the roti canai to start. Perfect. Should have ordered one (or more) more.
Having been to Bali, my boyf and I wanted ayam pangang and the server directed us to the chicken cooked in banana leaf dish found in the special's section. We also select sizzling bean curd since it includes a caption indicating the dish is "truly arresting". We get a crab dish and vegetable dish which is served w/thin rice noodles and yuba.
ALL of the dishes were incredible. Some found the truly arresting bean curd too soft, I personally prefer a firmer tofu, as well, but it was still great. It comes w/a gravy cooked w/ground pork. The vegetables, shitake, broccoli. napa cabbage, w/the rice noodles and yuba was a delight. Crab - great but too much work, as usual. The chicken cooked in banana leaf nearly left me in tears. So soft, mouthwatering flavorful pcs of chicken. Now this was truly arresting and truly what you would find in Bali.
Sriracha on your table for added punch. The service was actually better than what I would expect in Chinatown so no complaints.
Sanur is good stuff. Really good stuff. To top it off, we paid $14 per person! Amazing! Everyone had a beer, too! Not me as I wanted to preserve precious stomach space for food, but still...
Bonus points for Sriracha on your tables. My mom told me that this hidden gem is run by Chinese immigrants from Malaysia so it is the real deal. Sanur has probably been on my bookmarks for over 2yrs so it was about time to satiate my curiosity. A solid 4 stars and endless recommendations was what brought me here. There are two entrances here. In case you overlook the downstairs entrance, you can also enter/exit via the take out entrance next door. If entering the proper way, you descend upon what looks like someone's living room. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually lived here. It was packed for lunch on a Saturday. Must try the hainanese chicken ($7/half, $14/whole) next time. I urge you to order off the Chef's Specials menu, as it was hit or miss for me otherwise. Minimal effort is given w/ service, as tea and other dishes are not even placed directly in front of you when brought to the table. Then again, Chinatown is not known for service. On your way out, be sure to check out the 'Tunnel' at 15 Doyers, home of the Triads for many decades. Don't be surprised if you end up at Jade Travel on Chatham Square at the other end.
Ordered:
-Roti Canai (~$3) - the consistency alternates between flakey and chewy textures, still prefer Nyonya's reliable all around flakey texture over this
-Belachan Malaysian Greens (~$10) - water spinach w/ chili shrimp paste, too 'mushy' for my liking, careful as shrimp paste is inherently salty
-Fish Head Curry Casserole (~$16) - CRACKTACULAR! - I think they use some sort of big meaty white fish like grouper, but not sure, lots of meat still on the bone, plenty of gelatinous jiggle, coconut milk + spicy curry broth = heaven!
-Seafood Chow Fun w/ Egg ($6.25) - little did I know the 'egg' part was nothing more than egg drop soup on top of a wok tasty chow fun w/ frozen seafood over it, it would def be better DRY...and w/ beef instead, this def didn't live up to the hype generated here
Total came out to $20/pp after everything
Pics to follow...
I just got back from Bali about a month ago, and in fact, I stayed one night in Sanur. Sanur is a beach town on the south east cost of Bali in the district of Denpasar not too far from the airport. Not a bad place, but not really where the action is, either.
It was my turn to choose the restaurant for my monthly dinner group, and craving some nostalgia from my recent trip, and also wanting to show the boys what I experienced food-wise, I picked Sanur.
I spotted this restaurant while on a Joe's Shanghai quest. I've walked past it a zillion times and never noticed it until, of course, I came back from Indo.
It's a pretty homey joint, with kids running around and other family members taking up residence around the restaurant. It's down some dingy stairs in a basement, but the restaurant itself is pretty clean if not so much modern.
We had:
Roti Canai: Indonesian flatbread, sort of like a pancake rolled up, very tasty.
Roti Telur With Egg: also flatbread but flatter and more eggy. Sort of like some Indian breads with more egg or a crepe of sorts.
Chicken Satay and Beef Satay (both slathered in peanut sauce, YUM)
Curry Beef Stew: tasty and tender
Chicken Or Fish w. banana leaf: very flavorful, although the chicken-to-bone ratio was not favorable to the chicken.
Curry Pork Skin & Assorted Vegetable - a huge bowl of the stuff, but hard to identify the actual pork skin. If it's what I think it was, it was saturated with sauce and quite tender if slightly rubbery in texture.
There aren't many Indonesian restaurants in the city, and this is a pretty decent one. No rijsttafel, though, which is kind of a glaring omission.
Bottom line, the food is very good and it is CHEAP. Try it, you'll like it.
OK you can imagine the shock that I got when I entered the resto and found myself with a take-out counter and only 2 tables (each seating 4) when I was organizing lunch here for 3 and possibly 5! Fortunately, upon some quick checks with the counter staff that this was Sanur (yep) and that I thought it was supposed to be a restaurant.... I was told to head downstairs to the actual restaurant. Phew~
It was a muggy sudden showers of rain day... and the fact that the resto isn't air-conditioned was definitely a downer but I strategically got us seats by the fan and slowly, I began to cool down while waiting for the others to arrive.
We ordered the cuttlefish and kangkung app (which was super!), the laksa (seemed like a lot of people were having that) and the seafood chow fun (another popular dish that appeared at EVERY table there), the roti canai, which were all good. For dessert, we got a bunch of indo kweys and I think I especially loved the coconut (white) and pandan (green) kwey.
Looking forward to a second visit to try the combo noodle dish that we spotted at another table. Dry noodles with dark sauce and a side of soup (or was it laksa)?
Great south east Asian food. Typical china town restaurant. Quick service and great food
Woah is this place hard to find or what!
Nestled in the basement along Doyers - is this hole in a wall joint. Some Singaporean friends and I met up for our biweekly/monthly dinner and had a FEAST! We were all hungry and ordered up a storm:
Chicken satay - good, altho I wish 1 order was more than 6 sticks.
Mee Rebus - ok, it was different from what I am used to, sauce was kinda sweet/sour and orange not brown...odd.
Hainan Chicken - Good for overseas standards.
Sambal Kang Kong - Good as well but the boys barely touched it since they aren't vegetable people
Seafood Hor Fun - yummy!!! one of my faves
Roti Canai - not too bad, wish they gave more curry to dip in.
Deep Fried Tofu - yummy as well with the sweet spicy red sauce.
All in all, its good and cheap. I'd definitely come back to try the claypot rice with "lap cheong" and maybe the Mee Siam. The menu is extensive so there are plenty of options. Its a nice home-cooked feel, which makes this place quite the charmer, in a Chinatown auntie sorta way :P
The staircase is adjacent to the upstairs takeout, a much busier spot full in this visit with lunch seekers. Down the stairs is a much more tranquil environment, where the noises from upstairs are still audible, but muffled. The biggest distraction though in this subterranean environment is the fact that every surface is covered with another busy pattern, from the plates, to the walls, to the tablecloths.
We're here for the food though, and the restaurant proclaims proficiency in both Malaysian and Indonesian food, and from our servers conversations, we detect both will be with a Chinese bent. We are only two today, but feel like sampling many things and naturally gravitate towards the appetizers, ordering rujak, and two types of roti. The rotis ($1.95) are pretty standard and good, although not extraordinary, their accompanying curries above average. Personally I prefer my roti canai a little thicker. The rujak ($4.75) was new to me, described as "Fruits in a spicy Malaysian sauce" on the menu, and arrived looking amazingly appetizing. Unfortunately it sat mostly uneaten by the end of the meal, as the sauce was somehow fishy and just did not compliment fruit at all.
Our one main course was the always interesting gado gado ($4.95), which in this restaurant's version was served somewhat like nachos. I was expecting a much different plate, but by the end had been converted and was enjoying it just as much as other versions of the ubiquitous Indonesian staple.
One of the hightlights of the night was the check at the end of the meal, coming to less than $20 for two including the tip. As far as Indonesian food goes, one might stick to Elmhurst for now, but we look forward to exploring the Malaysian side of the menu here at Sanur a little further.
I went to the upstairs joint for some 3 o'clock lunch (i completely forgot about lunch) when there's barely anyone there--which is a bad idea by the way; they barely had anything left, but what they did have was still pretty good, so i can only imagine what the food must be like if i had more options
There was, however, a bit of a language barrier between the waitress and I, but nothing pointing and exaggerated charade-like movements couldn't clear up
"That one, that one that one, no no no, the other one, yup, okay, yes!"
*wink *thumbs-up *smile
...and I was all set
Sanur is my favorite Malaysian. It's down in the basement, but a surprisingly charming place, clean, quiet. The management is friendly and helpful. And the curry is tough to beat. If you can imagine the edge of Thai spice mellowed with full richness of Indian, you've got Malaysian.
I always start with Roti Canai -- which they pronounce "roti chania" -- a mildly spicy sauce with an Indonesian poori bread, sort of like a scallion 'pancake' without the scallions, which you dip in the sauce. There's usually a small piece of chicken or a potato in the sauce too.
They've got great salt and pepper pork chops fried in a batter, all crusty and tasty. Or get a curry over rice at the back of the menu. Spicy soups are excellent there, although the Indonesian soup with the anchovies is a stretch for my palette. Their salt and pepper squid is always good, though it's never the same twice.
I got a tip from Frankie the Barber that there was an Opium den on the lower east side that I shouldn't be missing out on. Frankie's a low-life and a bad tipper, but a liar he ain't. I decided to check it out.
The place was in a neon-lit alley in Chinatown. I had to be careful not to get caught by some beat copper, and I didn't want no funny business- a night in the big house wouldn't do me any good. After all, I've got bills to pay. Like Bill, my bookie. And Bill, my parole officer. So I brought along a couple of friends who I always travel with. One travels in a holster, the other one in my hip flask.
I walked in and looked around at the décor. There wasn't much. The dame in the front greeted me with a shrill voice that reminded me of my ex-wife and asked what I wanted. I took a look at the trays of food behind the counter - it was all foreign to me, just like the dame's accent. But her English was better than my Malaysian, and I was obviously out of my element. I didn't know how this worked and she caught me flatfooted. Funny how dames will do that. Turns out you can take-out or eat in. Since I didn't want to be traveling across town with a pocketful of opium, I decided to "eat in."
As I was directed down to the basement, I was sure the jig was up. They probably thought I was undercover-- I was going to be kidnapped with a one way ticket on a slave trade ship to Kuala Lumpur. I was already plotting my revenge on Frankie for setting me up when I stepped into the small dining room downstairs. An old dame with horn-rims was sitting in front of a pile of green beans with a pair of scissors, snipping away and talking to a waitress. A bunch o' mugs were in the back, drinking beer and talking in Thai. I didn't recognize a lot on the menu, but I felt lucky that night. I pointed at a few things and placed my bets.
The food was delicious. The bone-in masaman chicken was tender, with enough fire to hit you in the back of the throat like a slug of bourbon. I also had some glass noodles with curry and tofu, which had a perfect balance of taste and texture. The thai iced tea went perfect with it, cooling my tongue which was getting second degree burns from the chilli. 8 greenbacks covered the whole thing.
I left the joint without any opium, but I didn't mind -- the inside of my mouth felt like fireworks on New Years in Shanghai. I had a feeling there'd be a second rendevous. The dames workin' this joint were like every other opium den I've been to--they hook you in the first time so you always come back for more.
Sanur is my favorite basement spot in Chinatown to date.
The food is solid and still strange to me and I am slowly eating my way through the menu.
Go to favs are roti chani and chicken curries.
There are a number of veggie option but communication can be tough...the menu is not very descriptive about ingredients.
The people are very friendly down here in the Sanur basement though.
This would be a good place to hole up in a crisis.
4 solid stars.
The Block: awesome. Down a poorly-lit alley. All the shops, hairdressers, laundymats, shuttered by 7pm. Neon lights shout out "vietnamese cooking" in one basement. (Was Sanur gone? No...) Across the street, down another flight of stairs, was a fellow basement restaurant. "Sanur - Indonesian/Malaysian" A greasy staircase. Dirty glass doors to crawl through. (Later, after dinner, I had to squeeze around the old chef, hauling garbage up the stairs. She'd piled five bags of trash at the entrance. There was no way out but to jump as far as I could. I just made it.)
The restaurant: tacky plastic tablecloths. Empty of customers except two old men coughing and waving a twenty at the waitress. The bathroom was a wretched mess.
The food: they were out of nasi lemak. they didn't even acknowledge my request for roti canai. how about laksa? "you want indonesian laksa?" yeah!! "with coconut milk??" yeah!!! and it was great. so warm, filling, spicy, loving. filled with processed seafoods: pressed fish cakes, fake crab, one single lonely shrimp. A half boiled egg floated, alone. A very thin & gorgeous layer of hot oil bubbled around the surface. I didn't like the egg noodles so much (dried, I suspect), but the rest of the soup was so tasty, and so filling, I really couldn't complain. I was nervous my roti canai might suddenly appear as well, but it never did.
The bill came. For the big bowl of soup and a bottle of tsingtao? Just $7.50. Remarkable. I wish they'd had Nasi Lemak, but there's definitely next time.
I come here for a dose of authentic, SE Asian home-cooked lunch that will not break the bank. For $3.50, you get a plate of rice and a choice of 3 dishes. Crrrazy cheap!
I love the curry vegetable and steamed egg and then I vary the last choice according to my craving-of-the-day. You can't go too wrong at Sanur.
The curry is typical South Indian/SE Asian style - coconut broth packed with a little bit of heat. No strong spice kind of smell/taste. The steamed egg is very smooth and light.
Despite my love for this place, I can give it only 3 stars because of its complete dodgy-ness factor. The store front is tiny, messy and reminds me of the 1980s in Asia. The downstairs dining room is less messy but equally dodgy.
If you can overlook Sanur's appearance, you and your tastebuds are in for a treat!
Being in the heart of Chinatown it's a typical grungy Chinese restaurant. This isn't bad and makes the food more authentic when they are not fussing with the decor. It was actually nicer than I expected being in a basement. The service was nice and wasn't too crowded on a Friday night.
Those are the good parts. Now here's the bad ... food was not good. None of the dishes were spicy and maybe we didn't order the good ones. Here's what we did try.
Roti - too thin & crispy, I'm used to roti that's chewier and won't crumble when you rip it.
Chicken & Beef Satay - good apps, the chicken was very tender and both were covered in a peanut sauce.
Asam Fish Stingray - maybe 7 or 8 pieces of stingray with lots of okra & tomatoes. Come on stingray isn't an expensive fish and this had no heat to it.
Chicken rice - this is the first time I had chicken rice so I'm not sure what it's supposed to be like. It was more like ginger fried rice to me. I was expecting white rice with a salty chicken flavor but I tasted no chicken and it was yellow.
Seafood soup - so much msg i must of drank 10 cups of tea. This is something you get from a Chinese American take out joint.
Dried Assam Tilapia - whole tilapia, pretty good sauce but not spicy at all as it was suppose to be.
Fried Chicken - The chicken was small and didn't have much meat. It was dry and covered in sweet sauce. Not recommended.
Fried Rice - didn't look appetizing and I didn't try it.
Everything came out to be about $75 without tip. The food was just bad and I wouldn't come here again. I'll rather go to the Malaysian places by Elizabeth and Baxter and this doesn't even come close.
If you want quality Asian food come to Queens.
I've only had the lunch special at this place. You pick 3 sides to go with your rice for only $3.50. What a bargain! I love the curry potatoes, chicken curry, string beans, bok choy, and steamed minced pork; just to name a few.
There are only 2 tables on the 1st floor so you'll probably have to end up sharing a table with someone during lunch or taking it to go. There is restaurant downstairs and also additional seating. I've had to sit down here when there 1st floor was full but I have never ordered off the menu here.
It's closed on Mondays.
The food was ok.
I had some sort of spicy beef noodle soup.
and a side of fried rice.
Dirt cheap.
Again, it was ok & I didnt get sick.
I seen Sanur before but never went down to it's basement because it looks shady like the rest of Doyer street. As Doyer Street should since it use to housed opium den in the past. A interesting tidbit you can share with friends.
Someone told me it serves the best Indonesian food - so I muster up my bravery and trench down those dingy stairs. You get the yummy Mayalsian/Indonesian food, with a laid back atmosphere. Mom and pop shop feel to it, and a quiet place to dine. We got the curried fish head, and Malaysian style asparagus. Both dishes were well done! A great alternative to Nyonya. Pricing isn't dirt cheap - same as the other restaurants in Chinatown. I would say an average of $15 per person.
If it weren't for Pam S.'s recommendation, we wouldn't have even noticed the narrow stairway leading to this place. Sanur is literally a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. And I hope it stays well hidden like this so that we'll always get a table very quickly!
FOOD: 4.5 stars for now
* I'm on a personal search for the best ASAM LAKSA in the city, and the one here is excellent! The soup is lighter than the other asam laksas I've eaten, but nicely pungent and tasty. The noodles are chewy, though I prefer the ones at Penang. Btw, Nyonya's asam laksa ranks third.
* The Hainan chicken w/ginger was juicy and flavorful. Went really well with the chicken rice. The two of us actually finished the WHOLE tray.
* The dried/fried stingray (eel) curry was delicious, too. Intensely sweet and sour.
AMBIANCE: I'm not too keen on the environment. It's like a large family dining room with very little decor. It's clean and organized, but could probably use some make over.
SERVICE: Very friendly!!
CASH ONLY
SUM: My hunt for the best Asam Laksa shall continue...
To Start off, this place is hard to find. Calling the restaurant was no help either, as the person who answered the phone, her english was not the best. All I heard was "Yeah Bowery and Post office". So i decided to venture for myself in the pursuit of Indonesian cuisine. After circling around lower manhattan in my car, finally landed on Chatham St, and Saw the signs for Bowery. I smelt the destination to be close by and circled around till i ended up on Mott St. Parking was an adventure in itself, but I will cover that some other time. The restaurant is on a side street that curves around from Mott and ends on Chatham. Walking the empty street at night, I did see signs for the Post Office and was convinced those were probably THE BEST DIRECTIONS, one could provide given the complexity of the streets.
The Restaurant is on a lower level, you go down a narrow staircase, and land in room that may have about 6 tables. There was some malaysian, Indonesian Art on the walls, but there were all Malaysian or chinese folks in the restaurant, which is always a positive sign.
The menu had a lot of selection to choose from, but reading the menu, it looked more malay/Chinese than Indonesian, which does have a section on the menu (about 8 dishes). The prices were so reasonable that in my gluttony ordered 4 dishes for the two of us. We ordered Beef Satay, Curried Beef with rice, Indonesian Fried Noodles, and Seafood Soup. The first three dishes were top class, with quantities that could feed a few more of us, however the seafood soup was pretty bland, that coming from my daughter, holds a lot of weight.
I order an additional dish of Indonesian friend Noodles to-go as i really felt I hadn't done justice to them as it was soo good.
The restroom was small, but clean. It looked like they did have an upstairs section, which I did not feel adventurous enough to explore.
Overall i would give it 4 stars for food (specially based on the price)
3 for location
2 for service.
I give this place three stars in order to remain neutral; I've only purchased one thing from here, but may indeed try their nasi lemak and various other dishes as a base for comparison.
Regardless of this fact, the restaurant has many good points, and I'd encourage all of you to try it. Not only will you save money with the cheap prices, but in many ways the ambience is part of its charm; located on Doyers Street, it's practically hidden, and it's incredibly small as well. However, points off for the depressing rather than dim lighting, and the rather dingy appearance of everything.
I purchased what I believe is called "kuih," which utilizes the typical ingredients of glutinous rice flour, pandan (for the pretty green section), and coconut milk. The one laced with coconut was very delicious, and had a nice contrast between the rich, thicker white bottom and the lighter, jiggly green top. I also sampled one that had both pandan and corn; the neon yellow section was studded with sweet, juicy kernels, and an absolute delight.
The woman behind the counter was also relatively nice for these types of more quick-service restaurants, so expect an update!
One of my favorite hole-in-the-ground (it is a basement restaurant) places in Chinatown, it's located off the main strips of Mott/Baynard/Canal where all the tourists stand gawking at live frogs stacked on top of one another in a bucket.
They serve up the best Indo/Malay food at ~$5 a dish for individual portions. Our favorites include: Beef rendang (dried beef curry), Friend Mee Siam (tangy flavored rice noodles friend with shrimp, egg and tofu), and the Kang Kong Belachan (Water Spinach with spicy shrimp chili paste). Also, try the chicken and rice casserole (cooked in a claypot with chinese sausages a la lap cheong), the fishhead curry and the salted fish + chicken fried rice. Totally awesome.
The place might be a little difficult to locate because the signs are barely visible, and the ground level store front looks like a half-closed bakery with a few pieces of dessert laid out in trays along the window. The people in the "bakery area" will stare you as you walk by them to the stairs that lead downstairs. Some people speculate that the bakery area is a bookie central, but I don't really care, because the food served in the basement is f-awesome!
p/s: They are closed on Mondays.
I like this place because I am often the only gwailoh in there, but I have seen a few more lately.
Other reviews are right on, in that it is pretty cheap and delicious. Service is not the fastest but I know it and don't care. The roti canai is good but the pancake is a bit too dry at times and cracks too much when ripping it.
Kway teow is pretty good and I am am a big fan of nasi lemak, but they often run out of coconut rice so it is not available.
If you like kaya jam they sell a very brown version upstairs that isn't bad. I've also seen it greenish, so I suppose it depends on the cook and the ingredients available, as I believe it is a very labor intensive process to cook. Kaya jam on cinnamon raisin bread with a jab of PB? yummmmmmmmmmmmm
Never tried the oatmeal dessert though.. LOL Hailie C!!
This is my secret all-time favorite Asian restaurant in Chinatown, albeit lately the food in Chinatown can't quite compete with Flushing culinary delights, but restaurants like these keep Manhattan's Chinatown in the running.
You walk down a narrow stairway into this basement that reminds you of what it might be like going to family owned restaurant in Malaysia or Indonesia, and the food makes you feel just the same.
The curries, nasi lemak, hainan chicken, and especially the CHICKEN RICE, makes your tummy feel like you've visited an Asian family's home.
I think is Chicken Rice is cooked in chicken broth rather than water and it tastes amazing! It's just rice, but it tastes so good.... cooked this way... Ask for it, instead of the regular white rice.
Oh they close at 10pm, for some reason everything closes early in Chinatown.
ordered the curry shrimp over rice...not a bad deal...4.75
ordered two pieces of the green desserts...for 70cents a piece
also had the dried & fried tofu wrap of fish meat 6 pieces for 70 cents a piece
Not a bad meal as I shared this with my mom...cheap and decent food for two people
quaint little hole in the wall for light conversation and decent malaysian / indonesian food.
They also have this great lunch combo daily where you choose 3 dishes with white rice and soup for $4.00
They are closed on mondays
if you're homesick for bali, or indonesia in general, here you go.
sanur is a very typical cheap no frills chinatown restaurant, but it is unique in that it serves fundamental indonesian and malaysian food. the clientele is salt of the earth and ethnic, who know why they are there, no accidental diners in this place. which is all to the good.
the food is good, varied, authentic and homecooked. service is nonchalant (versus indifferent) which means impersonal but efficient. staff will feed you but not dedicate themselves to your personal happiness. which is just fine. we are old enough to make our own joy.
the entrance is a little forbidding, what with the lurkers (harmless) at the street level, but don't let that deter you. you have to go down a ratty staircase to get in. it feels like going to an underground barber shop or a subway. but that's ok once you realize it's just a homey restaurant down there. and balinesian memories.
Cheap homestyle malaysian cooking but lacking that extra touch that would have made the food special. I would have given four stars if not for the somewhat poor service and small portions.
Pretty run-down place, food's ok, pretty cheap though. Usually we go there for desserts and the Malaysian kueh kueh. Be careful when you go to the restaurant downstairs, don't go when you are drunk or you risk falling down like humpty dumpty. :o)
Cheap and delicious! Pretty secluded, and makes you feel like you're actually in Malaysia.
We asked what kinds of dessert were available and our waitress said, "Oatmeal." I thought that was funny. :)
Came here the other night after an unusual craving for Hainanese Chicken Rice. Unusual in the fact that I had never had this but I guess I can thank Tony Bourdain's show for that. Anyway, this place was very out of the way and rather dodgy, typically a good recipe for a great meal. I'm not sure I would label the experience great, but it was good in that I am now really eager to get out and try more Malaysian style food. Anyway, the aformentioned chicken was good, not great, but the chicken rice was tasty. As well I had a roti canai, only the one with egg. It was also good, but nothing special. Though the curry dipping sauce it came with was wonderful and had this really yummy potato chunk in it. For what its worth I could have eaten alot of those. And finally, last and best was the Stingray. Basically a large skate wing, this was tasty. It came crunchy on the outside, doused in sweet chili type sauce. All in all, the experience was worthwhile, and I'm itching to try some more Malaysian food............


