Malay Curry House

[joel]

3608 Kingsway, Vancouver (just a few blocks west of Boundary)

so joyce and I tried this place after service yesterday. they have some pretty decent laksa and quite a variety of different soup bases. prices are very good in comparison to other malay joints where laksa will cost 10-12 bucks for a bowl. they range from 7-8$ here which is about the going prices for pho at some places.

my only complaint is the noodle they used. it's ok, but not what i'm used to for laksa, they have a couple of options so maybe next time i'll try something one of the other options.

also the restaurant's specialty is hainanese chicken. i'm not a fan of hainanese chicken in general, so i can't comment much on theirs.

btw they used to have a different menu that had more of the tradition malay items, but seemed to have switched over more recently to specialize in laksa. they don't have items like mee /nasi goreng, or sambal green beans, etc...

they do still have appies like satay, and roti tho' and just curry and rice.

anyways if you are looking for inexpensive laksa, i recommend it.

[geForce]

Nice, I think I will give it a try.

[Duncan]

sweet, that's close by... who wants to go try it out this week?

[nature boy]

[joel]

joyce really likes it too... to me it's just cold chicken...

[nature boy]

cold extremely tasty and succulent chicken.

[se7entse7en]

Is that the stuff they serve at Chinese weddings?

[geForce]

No, that's the Chinese style fried chicken with the crispy skin.

Hainanese chicken is usually free-range and boiled stock. The stock is used over and over to boil chickens, so it becomes like a super stock. They also use this stock to make the rice that goes along with it and it's sort of an oily rice because the stock is so rich.

[nature boy]

i've never had hainanese chicken at a wedding before, but that isn't to say that it's never happened before.
but it sure is delicious.

[se7entse7en]

ic, cuz i don't really care for the chinese cold fried chicken.

[nature boy]

hainanese chicken is usually cold, but it doesn't have to be. when it's good, it's moist, tender and everything you'd expect from good chicken (except for a crispy skin).

[geForce]

[nature boy]

isn't there a cold chicken dish though? perhaps i'm in the same boat as shaun and only had it at weddings too haha.

[geForce]

I'm not sure...

So I tried this restaurant a few days ago. I had the laksa and the soup base tasted really good. They were a bit chintzy on the ingredients though.

[nature boy]

i was thinking about going there for lunch one day.
one day.