Malaysian food in London Chinatown

I really love this place. None of its food I can fault at all. Their drinks aren't great...teh tarik's a bit weak, soya bean from a bottle, but it was the food I came here for anyway.

And as a testament to the yummy-ness of the food, my lousy-in-a-hurry photo taking still made the food look gorgeous. Malaysian food rocks!

Wat Tan Hor. Only problem with this restaurant is their relative inflexibility in changing it (or adding, really) to even more sublime-tasting yin yong. I guess they don't want the hassle of deep frying rice vermicelli, but the hor fun's got a nice smoky taste and the gravy's excellent.

Singapore Laksa. Maybe it's memory playing up how good it was, I mean, it was pretty damn good, but the last time I had it was a day or two before I flew home in September, after a year of not tasting a decent bowl of curry laksa. I remember it creamier and with more intense flavours...although in reality this particular bowl must be almost exactly the same one I had, because a creamier and more intense bowl of laksa would've made me sick (jelak) after a while. Still, its a better bowl than a lot I've tried in KL, definitely up there with the amazing ones.

And course my beloved belacan. Ooooo yeah belacan. I can sing odes to belacan.

Couple days later, we went back to the same place for more Malaysian nosh, promising ourselves to try something different. There's so many things on their menu I've not tried...bak kut teh, Hainanese chicken rice, Ipoh nga choy kai, nasi lemak, Hokkien mee, char kuey teow, sambal petai, ....mmmmph...nevermind, when I can afford it, I'll spend a week in London, and eat 10 meals there in that week!

Prawn noodles. Quite spicy, perhaps not as good as the best ones in Penang but its even better than some in my neighbourhood (and I live in Kepong! GREAT FOOD!).

Tim ordered Teochew meehoon and I had no idea what it'll look like. When they put it down, I was worried it's going to be bland, but it was really well seasoned, and with a bit of briny-and-meaty gravy. I sure won't order it myself (cos it IS less exciting than spicy stuff that I can't reproduce) but it sure suited Tim pretty well.

Finished the meal with bubur cha cha. It was good because they used gula melaka and good coconut milk. Bad because the yam had too much of a bite and the sweet potato was a little...off. I was a bit dubious about it to be honest, like it was frozen and then reheated with sago thrown in before serving. But hey...while it wasn't excellent it's edible. Couldn't really ask for more! (You could tell I'm easily pleased.)

C&R Cafe Restaurant, 3-4 Rupert Court, London, W1D 6DY