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| - My first experience with Malaysian food and I must say it was quite disappointing. We walked in and the ambiance in the place is non existent (but I will not judge them on that because firstly it's in Scarborough and secondly I was here to eat and wasn't expecting fine dining to begin with).
We were seated right away, given tea and menus. The menu is quite expansive and this being my first Malaysian experience I must say I was a little overwhelmed. I would have liked to ask the waitress for some recommendations but that was not possible as she did not speak English very well. To start we ordered the mango salad and lamb satay, for mains I ordered the chili chicken and my friend wasn't feeling adventurous so she just ordered the pad Thai.
The starters came out quickly which was good, but that was about the only good thing about them. The Mango Salad was drenched in dressing, so much so that a large pool of sauce had formed at the bottom of the plate, the mango was way too green and hard to stomach. Moving on to the Lamb satay (6pcs) this was probably the worst part of the meal, the lamb was clearly not fresh and tasted frozen. The lamb was tasteless, it was accompanied by a peanut dipping sauce that added some flavour but was not good enough to salvage the dish.
The Mains arrived shortly after the appetizers, the portion size was average but not overly big. The chili chicken was very saucy and the sauce itself tasted like it was from the bottle. Pieces of chicken were cut up very small and accompanied by some chopped veggies. The Pad Thai was made with squid, a white fish, and some shrimp. The noodles and fish tasted ok, the squid was hard as a rock and like the lamb tasted frozen. Both of these dishes were very underwhelming and quite frankly reminded me of something i would get at a food court.
As for the service, as can be expected in these types of Scarborough institutions was underwhelming. The food came out promptly but we were never asked how the food was or how we were doing. When I ordered a side of rice it was forgotten (I never got it but it was still charged to my bill! it was so aggravating but the waitress fixed that quickly). I don't think I will return right away, rather I will try other Malaysian places to get more acquainted with the food as I am a newbie to this cuisine.
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