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| - Hit Restoran Malaysia for dinner last night before heading home to Ottawa. It was our first visit to a Malaysian restaurant, but we went with a pro (a friend who spent some time in Malaysia)
Ambiance: The restaurant has a classy look to it. You can definitely go casual (we did) but you wouldn't feel totally out of place a little more dressed up, either. It's very big, so I'm sure it would be good for groups.
Service: Might be a little biased since we were with a cousin of our server, but the service was attentive, polite and helpful.
Food: The food was very tasty! The dishes we had were similar to Thai, Indonesian, and Indian food. For most of the entrees you can choose what kind of protein you'd like. Pork (and alcohol!) isn't an option here since the restaurant is halal.
The roti canai, a Malaysian flatbread, is a slightly flaky flatbread that is eaten with curry. Our friend tells me that it's not as flaky as real Malaysian roti and there's a place in Scarborough that does it better, but having never had roti canai I quite enjoyed it and would recommend it. We didn't order the roti with curry as an item from the menu, but instead ordered roti on their own and, at the suggestion of our server, green beef curry from the entrees, which was a good combination. We also had an eggplant dish, roast chicken and rice, and calamari sambal. It was all very tasty. This was an appropriate amount of food for four people - we could have taken home a small amount of leftovers, but we decided to overeat instead!
Definitely recommend Restoran Malaysia if you're in the mood for something a little different.
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