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| - Wow. Just, wow.
I found this restaurant via a Google Maps search of the Ossington strip, and was intrigued by the description "imaginative Malaysian street food". I had no idea what that could be, and that's generally an excellent reason to go to a place from my way of thinking.
We had reservations for a Saturday night, and that would be important - the tables are spaced comfortably and are large enough for many consectutive smaller dishes, but it's not a huge place, so I could imagine disappointment on a nice spring or summer evening.
There were four of us dining on this night, and we chose the $35/person "feed me" selection of shareable dishes. That was an excellent choice for a first visit, and likely will be for a second visit as well. There were a lot of dishes in small portions, spaced really well through a 1 1/2 hour meal so we never got uncomfortably full and didn't feel rushed. There really were no weak dishes among the roti, pulled kapitan tacos, red chili wings, laksa dumplings, sawarak pepper prawns, soos' slaw, beef short rib sliders, char kway teow, and fish dish served to us. (No pork belly pancakes for us because of an allergy.) The order of serving was good too - always a more subtle dish followed by a spicier dish, and repeated. (I really enjoy slaws - theirs in particular was a real treat.)
We were really pleased with the service too - friendly, attentive and timely, and they explained everything well.
My wife and I should have shared the pisang goreng (fried banana dessert with ice cream from very popular bang bang across the street) - it's a lot after a big meal, but absolutely was delicious too.
I want to go back, again in a group of four or six. The sharing, variety and quality made it a great experience.
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