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| - We returned there for dinner on Saturday night; the menu clearly displays Item No. 34 - 40 available weekend only. We tried to order one of them each time we visited this place; and each time we were told it was not available but never told why. So, we thought we give it another try and order No. 40 but our waitress told us that items No. 34 to 40 are unavailable, again. Maybe it is time to remove those items from the menu if you never plan to serve them to the customers???
We explicitly told our waitress that for our appetizer we wanted the Special Gourmet Malaysia Platter and then for the main course we wanted Beef Rendang, Nasi Lemak Coconut Rice served w/ Curry Chicken, Egg, Peanut & Ikan Bilis, Fried Belacan Bitter Melon, Squid & Kang Kung w/ Peanut Sauce. To our surprise, the Fried Belacan Bitter Melon and the Nasi Lemak came first. Fifteen minutes later, the Beef Rendang, Squid & Kang Kung w/ Peanut Sauce and the Special Gourmet Malaysia Platter finally arrived. What happened to the explicit request about appetizer first and then main courses???
1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent
Special Gourmet Malaysia Platter (1: Poor): fish cakes were cold & rubbery, satays were cold, tough and chewy, cucumber and onions were old & dry, mango salad was too sweet
Beef Rendang (2: OK): a little too dry and for an item w/ one chili on the menu, the spiciness is too mild. This should be a NO chili item. On the salty side; on the scale of 1 to 10, the saltiness is a 7
Nasi Lemak (1: Poor): where is the coconut rice? Substituting it with steamed rice and hoping the customers won't notice it is just unbelievable. The curry chicken is bland. Only 3 pieces of ikan bilis?
Squid & Kang Kung w/ Peanut Sauce (1: Poor): taste ok but the kang kung is too soggy, should have drained the water better before placing it on the plate.
Fried Belacan Bitter Melon (3: Good): finally an acceptable dish but on the salty side. On the scale of 1 to 10, the saltiness is a 7.5
Teh Talik (2: OK): too diluted, barely taste the tea flavor.
Ice Kacang (2: OK): nice attempt for a popular item
Pulut Hitam Black Glutinous Rice w/ Coconut Milk (1: Poor): very little of the black glutinous rice, thickened by corn starch to make up for the consistency, taste bland.
Service (1: Poor): SO SLOW. It is extremely hard to get any of the server attention. I even flagged one of them when she passed by our table; she stared at us, ignored us and walked away. Really? And, you expect us to tip well and come back?
I was born and grew up in Indonesia, and then I lived in Malaysia and Singapore for several years before moving to Canada. And, the more I go to this place the more disappointed I become. Would I come back to Gourmet Malaysia? Maybe? Not because I am impressed with the quality of the food and enjoy the poor service. But because, there are other items on the menu I want to try and the fact that "real" Indonesian/Malaysian restaurants are scarce in the Greater Toronto Area and because I am hoping I will find something on the menu which will make me say: YES, this is it, it's the real thing. Or, maybe I shouldn't keep my hope up and just cook them myself at home?
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