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South Asia Malaysian Cuisine
Category: Restaurants Malaysian Malaysian [Edit]
3700 Midland AveToronto, ON M1V 5B5
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 291-3892
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
13 reviews for South Asia Malaysian Cuisine
13 reviews in English
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Review from Heather B.
Scarborough, ON
11/19/2011 1 Check-in Here
Typical asian fast paced place. Don't look for customer service here and personality.
However the food was great and cheap! Always like a cheap meal.
I had the beef curry roti (#11). Served differenly than your regular roti.
Beef was wrapped in the roti but the curry was on the side which was kinda nice because it doesn't get so messy.
My roti and coke came for $8.76 - can't go wrong for dinner.
Will definetely return to this joint. -
Review from Maggie M.
Scarborough, ON
3/6/2012
In search of a good Malaysian restaurant in Scarborough, I came here on a Thursday night with my boyfriend. I started off hopeful even though we were the only ones in the restaurant at 9pm.
Our order: chicken and beef satay sticks, curry beef roti, okra in sambal sauce and curry chicken laksa. All the dishes were mediocre at best. Satay sticks tasted Vietnamese rather than Malaysian; laksa had vermicelli instead of egg noodles; okra was probably the best dish but still too sweet. The worst was the roti which I am 90% certain they had microwaved. The curry was thick and meaty which might sound good but is definitely not authentic. The curry was sweet which is a more Chinese style vesus Malaysian. All in all I was disappointed and probably wouldn't return. :( -
Review from Precilla C.
Scarborough, ON
One random week night, I was craving Malaysian curry. So we went to the nearest Malaysian restaurant, aptly named South Asia Malaysian Cuisine. The lack of creative naming aside, the curry here is quite tasty.
Now onto the food.
My boyfriend opted for Malaysian curry beef with rice. I thought this was pretty good. Other than beef, there was also a few pieces of tofu puffs in the curry, and I liked how that soaked up all the sauce.
I ordered roti canai with curry. The roti had a crispy, almost crumbly crust and wasn't as soft and chewy as other rotis that I've had in the past. Although I enjoyed that crispy texture quite a lot, but I wished the inside was softer. The curry was quite delicious, but not spicy at all. I also wish they gave me more curry, because I used up all of mine and had to borrow some from my boyfriend's curry dish to finish my roti.
We also shared spring rolls. At first, I was disappointed that it resembled Chinese spring rolls that you get at dim sum, which I'm not a fan of . Thankfully, the filling tasted Vietnamese, concealed by the Chinese-style spring roll shell. I was decently satisfied with this version, though I don't think I'd be ordering this again the next time I come.
All in all, I like the food here, although nothing is outstanding. But given its convenient location for me, I'll be coming back a lot for curry. -
Review from Nathan L.
Scarborough, ON
1/7/2012 1 Check-in Here
Just a pass
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Review from edwin h.
1/16/2011 1 photo
If you eat out with Malaysians you will know that they tend to be the fussiest diners in all of Asia. So, the first time I ate here, the M'sians were unanimous with their praise. A good sign, surely.
Unfortunately, the next time with another pair of Malaysians did not yield the same praise.
Admittedly, the Assam laksa was very different from the first time, lacking in the intensity that typifies the dish. A little longer in the pot to concentrate the flavours would certainly have helped or was it the request for 'no seafood' in the dish that did it? Some of the other noodle dishes were good (Hokkien fried noodles, to name one). In the end, half the dishes were good, half yielded mild disappointment.
South Asia Malaysian Cuisine is worth a drop in for lunch should you find yourself in Scarborough but not necessarily deserving of a special trip. -
Review from Ailin K.
Toronto, ON
11/5/2011
This place is good, just not the kind of Singapore/Malaysia flavor I am used to. I normally order the curry lakasa, and while it was tasty, I still crave for the lakasa from Gourmet Garden or Resto Malay. The soup base didn't have a strong coconut curry, but for sure had it's own uniqueness. The pull tea was delicious. Good meal overall but I can't help crave for lakasa from the other two places.
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Review from Maritza L.
Scarborough, ON
10/29/2011
This is the place I go to for some good Malay curry. Fav dish I ALWAYS order is malak laksa? It's the coconut rice with egg, curry chicken, fried fish and peanuts. Its the best here!
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
I love spicy food so my review of South Aia Malaysian Cuisine maybe a little bias...
I usually goes there on Weekdays for lunch. I would suggest arrive before 12 pm for an early lunch. There are even wait for a table during lunch time since this place is not too big.
There are 2 menus for lunch. One starting from $5.99 that includes tea/coffee and one starting from $5.99 without, 50 cents if you do want one. So both are good prices.
I love eating soup noodles.. I have tried Curry Laksa Noodles, Penang Shrimp Noodles, Asam Laksa Seafood Noodle. They all really tasty. I usually request extra spicy though.... Their Noodle is a mixture of yellow noodles and vermicelli in their noodle soup.
For other dishes, I tried the curry beef brisket with roti, Fried hor fun with mixed seafood; Yes the roti is really small, like the size of my palm...
This is a family runned restaurant so the service can be slow and lacking.... especially when they are busy.
CASH only! -
Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
4/7/2010
I've been here a few times... It's close to my summer hang-out spot (Starbucks+Popeyes) and a few friends work nearby too. My mom used to love this place when they first opened in their original space and I did too during that time when MALAY restaurants were harder to find.
I have to say the last few times didn't really excite me as it did before. Typically, I get items from their combo menu depending if I want something spicy or NOT.
My friend pointed at Curry Banana Roti and said I should try it which really meant HE wanted to try it. Sliced Banana wrapped in Roti with Curry poured on top. I'm NEVER letting this friend choose my APPS again, desserts MAYBE.
We ordered their Mix Satay Platter as well as you can see our meal consisted of Apps rather than whole mains. It was A-OK, just like how I rated this place but I didn't see grill marks(pan fried?) and you know how I love my GRILL MARKS. Maybe you don't.
What I LOVE is the Basil Beef or Chicken mains which is why I name it my GO-TO item if I get too lazy to choose from the menu. This was on another occasion now as I got wise from my previous experience.
The wait lady asked what RICE we wanted. LOL, we looked at her dumbfounded to try to figure out what she was talking about as the combo menu didn't say anything about choices. She did give us the choices; steam, coconut milk, and something else(fried?).
They offer small individual bowls(Cappucino sized) of soups when ordering the COMBO. 2 Choices to select from: Tom Yum or Bak Kut Teh. It's more of a Tasting than a Starter, so if you love South Asian SOUPS then order it from the menu instead.Listed in: Sing Ma Thai, Fire'd - Asian
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Review from D L.
Toronto, ON
10/5/2010
Beef Brisket Curry w/ Roti--- simply delicious, though I've had better roti in a hole-in-wall resto in scarborough, it's still really good and the curry is perfect for me. Not too spicy, just enough coconut milk, nice and creamy.
They also do party trays, as they catered our wedding rehearsal dinner. Cheap and delicious. -
Review from Karen S.
Updated - 6/6/2010
Still great and tasty! Came here for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. Very busy and had to wait a bit for a seat. The quality of the food and the quick, friendly service didn't change though!
Ordered extra roti, which was a mistake as it's $4 on its own while the actual beef brisket curry which comes with one roti already is $5.99. Guess our eyes were bigger than our stomachs, because we really didn't need the extra roti. The value-conscious gal in me just cringed at the value comparison.
The lunch menu is the same on Saturday, Sunday and holidays as on regular days - the extra tea or coffee just isn't included.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/22/2010
Yum, yum, yum! I got my first taste of Malaysian cooking many years ago on exchange in Singapore,… Read more »
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Review from Tina N.
Toronto, ON
10/22/2009
When i got there, it was PACKED. The restaurant is kinda small compared to others. Went there to celebrate my sister's birthday since she LOVES malaysian curry and we just accidently came across this newly opened restaurant. Waited for about 20 minutes before actually being served or even looked at. Service was VERY slow.
I usually like to eat malaysian curry, so most of our entrees were curry with roti. I'm not much of a beef lover, but the chicken curry was pretty good that we ordered 2 chicken curries. If you like roti, this restaurant only gives you one piece of roti per order which was definetly not enough for such a big plate of curry! So in the end I had to order 4 more sides of roti! Overall it was pretty good, and i would reccomend others to try it. -
Review from sunnee s.
Toronto, ON
11/30/2010
ive never tried any malaysian food before this so my review may be a little bias but i LOVED their curry so so SO much ! i love the food here, but the bf thinks its pretty overpriced for asian food esp in that area .
dont go here expecting good, or even average, service when if you go during the busy hours . the servers aren't the friendliest but they definitely dont go out of their way just to make your meal unpleasant . to me, it seems like theyre just doing their job and nothing more, nothing less .
also, they close really early on tuesdays . i dont know if that's the case anymore but once i came all the way from north york after work, DURING rush hr, cuz i wanted the food so bad but they were closed when i got there . :( i left them a note and shoved it in the gap of their door cuz i was so disappointed . i dunno if they got it or not . =P
