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| - Having so many foodie yelp friends means lots of bookmarks. I have so many restaurants bookmarked, it will take years to visit all of them. Since my list gets bigger as I read more reviews, I thought I would start working on it and this place was it today.
I only spent one week in Malaysia when one of my work trips took me there not too long ago. I fell in love with their food, in fact I ate nasi lemak everyday for breakfast while there. When I saw pictures posted here, it wasn't nasi lemak I ate every morning for a week, no banana leaves, no little dried fish??? So I decided to try hainan chicken rice, my comfort food that I must try at every visit to Singapore. Rice had nice flavor and chicken was steamed perfectly and juicy. Mildly hot sauce had just right amount of spiciness to it, perfectly complemented chicken and rice. Dish came with a soup, ginger in the soup soothed my sore throat and nicely settled my stomach.
I also tried mee siam. Noodle had nice flavor from shrimp, I added just a bit of another kind of hot sauce, mmmm, very good. This dish was served with deep fried chicken. Oh chicken was cooked so well, although I had two chicken dishes but these two chicken tasted differently, I felt like I was eating two types of meat.
My friend was well prepared by reading Yelp reviews prior to her visit and ordered sweet barely drink. She said it's a must try. I had hot tea tarik. I was under the weather but this hot tea really soothed my throat.
For desert, I tried momo chacha. I like both taro and yam, it was a perfect desert for me. Not too sweet, cool coconut broth helped me cool down. Considering the price, portion was very generous, I couldn't finish all.
Each main dish is about $7-8, nicely priced home made Malaysian food. (Perhaps southeast Asian food?). It takes almost 3 days to fly to Malaysia from Phoenix. If I leave here on Monday, I arrive there on Wednesday morning due to time difference after 4 airplane rides. Now I know of this place thanks to my trusty yelpers, I get to enjoy some of my comfort food with just a short drive.
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