Old Town Kopitiam...

So there are like alot of so called Malaysian cuisines around Melbourne.. Here's one at China Town Street Back Alley in Melbourne! Being malaysians, our taste in food have generally high standards, so there's a need to distinguish between crappy immitation malaysian food and better ones..

Today's review is on Old Town Kopitiam @ Lil Bourke Street!

They have pretty authentic marble tables, except they aren't round but rectangle..

First up: Teh Tarik, very unknowingly called White Tea in this shop, comes in a pretty authentic cup as well, complete with cracks and chips on the tea saucer itself =.= Taste wise, it wasn't hot enough, a lil too sweet for me, and while no way as nice as any Malaysian mamak, it certainly is worth having it again.. This is absolute contrast with the one in Chili Padi @ Melbourne Central - where the 'teh tarik' was teh dilute. Their employee manual for making teh tarik is probably add water, sugar, and brown colouring. Cost was about $3. (RM9 - well, this IS melbourne)

I had Claypot Loh She Fun (They had a funny english name for this on the menu but I forgot what it was already). It was surprisingly authentic enough in a Claypot; I wasnt expecting much actually), and taste pretty good. It was however, sadly, Australian prices for Malaysian portions. Scrap that, it would have been terrible value for its pretty miserable portions even in Malaysia as well - and this goes to all the food we ordered..

Nasi Lemak - certainly lose out to Nasi Lemak House on Swanston near Melbourne Uni, in taste, price, and value. I think it was around $10 - thats RM30. Malaysian readers can stop gasping already..

Its Char Kuay Teow! or at least, supposed to be.. I'd say its d closest to the real thing so far, although it was not hot enough (as in hot hot, not spicy), and it was way.. way.. too salty.. But anyhow it wasnt that bad but the excessive saltiness made it hard to eat an entire plate by yourself..

And lastly, ICE KACANG OMG! I've never had ice kacang anywhere else before in Melbourne so there's not much to compare.. Unfortunately, the picture can probably reflect the dismay we all got when it came.. Its was $6.5 or so, RM20. It had ice, a very little bit of grounded nuts and misc stuff at the bottom, and a hell alot of syrup. Verdict? Bleh.

Well, overall verdict that it wasn't too bad. I wouldnt mind going back there again, but not anytime soon..

Logging off,
Lawy3rz