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| - ***Disclaimer: this review is for the second location of island malaysian cuisine, which is also known as Island Malaysian Cuisine #2.
Here we go. Me and my friend joe go to restaurants and try them out. We were talking about island malaysian cuisine and we are on our way to it. As we are driving down spring mtn, we spotted island malaysian cuisine where anime Ramen was before...we were confused. At least I was. I was reminiscing when the location was pretty maid cafe, and the last known restaurant on the location was world cafe. So when I saw island malaysian cuisine, I was pretty confused coz I thought it was located by swish, cafe teaze, and kaba curry. We decided to check it out. Turns out, it is island malaysian cuisine #2. So, here we go.
We came in and we were greeted by 2 employees. One is notably the server, and the other was the cook. We were greeted with the normal hi and welcome, but what surprised me the most is when they asked, are you here for the sushi? To which we both said no, we are actually here for the malaysian food. The server gave us 2 regular menus and a picture menu. Picture menu helped out a lot with decisions since I don't understand Malay. Looked through the pictures and we decided for curry beef stew with rice and my friend went for beef rendang. But before that, we also ordered curry puff and roti canai for appetizers.
As for drinks, most asian restaurants would have thai tea or thai coffee in the drink menu, and sadly island malaysian cuisine #2 didn't have thai tea or coffee. They do, however, have fresh coconut and malaysian tea and coffee. I love fresh coconut juice, but I have to try malaysian tea since I've never tried one before. To sum up this drink, it is nothing like thai coffee, which is good. It has a different after taste and not as sweet as thai tea. Maybe it's because I'm so used to thai tea, but I would pick thai tea over malaysian tea. And also...no refills on the malaysian tea, just like any thai tea. Story of my life.
The first thing that came was the roti canai. Roti canai was great. Perfectly seasoned, just a tinge of spiciness which mixes good with the bread it comes with. The curry sauce was flavorful. Chicken cutlets was good. I thought we are off to a great start. Then our main entree came. Beef rendang and beef curry stew. I didn't get the beef rendang so I don't know how it was, but with the beef curry stew that I got, it was so-so. The curry we had that came with the roti canai was better. The beef curry stew, from the lack of better word, was watered down. It didn't have the robust taste that I was looking for. The beef cutlets in it was a little chewy, but not too bad. I asked my friend what he thought of his beef rendang, and surprisingly, he said the same thing. It didn't have the robust taste of a curry, that it's watered down. So both entrees was a let down. We were still hopeful for the curry puffs, which came last. I don't know why an appetizer comes AFTER the main entree, you have to ask them coz my guess is as good as yours. So the curry puffs came. It was fresh, still hot to touch so we let it cool down a bit. My friend couldn't wait any longer that he broke one open to let it cool down faster. I asked for his verdict, he said it was too dry, and again, does not have the oomph that a curry would normally have.
Overall, island malaysian cuisine #2 was not bad, and it wasn't good either. And just remember, this is the second restaurant location. The original one that we were supposed to go to was over on spring mtn in between decatur and Lindell by swish, kaba curry, and cafe teaze. Island malaysian cuisine #2 is over on the China town right by sushi Kaya and ichiza.
Now, with that said, would I go to the original location of island cuisine? Probably not, only because of the experience at island malaysian cuisine #2. Is the original location better than #2? Probably so, but I wouldn't know since a lot of yelpers are raving about it. Would I try and change my mind and try out the original location? Maybe, but I wouldn't go out of my way. Would I recommend island malaysian cuisine #2 to my friends? No, I'd recommend them to try the original location since the original location has better reviews.
In conclusion, if you want a good curry puff (or pan), go to zen curry. I'm saying this because when I think of curry bread, I think of curry sauce oozing out of it. Zen curry, even though sauce isn't oozing out of the bread, still has enough sauce in the curry pan and the flavors mix in just right with the bread. The curry puff in island malaysian cuisine was dry and didn't have much flavor to it. They put too much potato in the mix that the sauce didn't mix in well. The 2 thing that I thought was good with island malaysian cuisine #2 were the roti canai and the service. Both employees war cordial, not too over anxious about how we are doing, and came for drink refills on time...too bad there was no refill for my drink.
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