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E N A K M A L A Y S I A It has been a highly anticipated opening. The covers are finally lifted on Enak Malaysia at 248A Dominion Rd. Malaysian restaurants on Dominion Rd are rare in a street lined with Asian eateries. Santhiyas at the Mt Roskill end of Dominion Rd is the only Malaysian after Cinta moved Downtown. Pakcik Charles and Uncle call in Enak Malaysia before a film Ip Man 4 at the Capitol, Balmoral. Stepping into Enak is like entering the home of friends. The eatery is linked to Blossom Court in Panmure and the menu is basically what Blossom Court offers. Furthermore, Chef Hong Ming Chau and wife Moon Chan have worked in Bunga Raya for 7 years. We’re in great hands. Chef Shim Kian Chung and wife Abby Cheng hail from Sabah, East Malaysia and worked in eateries in Papua New Guinea; Abby has latterly been at Treasure Kitchen, Henderson. The menu, like at Blossom Court, is comprehensive. It is easy for us to decide, Char Kway Teow for Pak Charles and Kueh Ka (Carrot Cake) for Uncle. Pak Charles is chuffed with his CKT - the rice noodles are cooked to wok hei perfection, Uncle eyes a rare dish on the menus of Malaysian eateries - Kuih Ka is a carrot cake that is sliced and stir-fried in a very hot wok with bean sprouts & egg. The hot wok imparts a very delicious wok hei to the Kuih Ka. Sedap! Friends Dewi, Ralph and daughter Yani are also at makan, ordering up large. Dewi knows her (Indonesian) food and she’s a great chef as well. She calls out when her desserts arrive as she knows Uncle can't resist photographing them. The Ice Kacang and Cendol Ice look sensational. We applaud Enak for having them on the menu, just like at Blossom Court. Shaved ice desserts are truly sedap! We’re all enamoured by the fact there is a new Malaysian restaurant right smack on the food mile that's Dominion Rd. Enak Malaysa has great pedigree. We’ll work our way through the favourites on the menu. And there are lots of them. * Enak is Malay/indonesian for ”delicious”. #enakmalaysia #dominionroad #charkwayteow #kuehka #icekacang (at Dominion Road) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BnWi4JPVR/?igshid=nohmyy0o4njc

Uncle is lucky to have foodie nephews & nieces who take him to their favourite restuarants to save him from eating yet another sale price instant noodle packet. So tonight it’s to Dominion Rd and Udon Works, Gordon & Yina’s favourite (Japanese) restaurant. Impressive, queues out the door and no bookings taken. Udon Works lives up to its name. They pride themselves in their base ingredients: Bonita stock, kombu kelp dashi and niboshi sardine dashi. The boosted soup stock is made to be finished off. It may taste “light” at first but the flavours of the dashi keeps on coming through right to the last spoonful. Yina had the wagyu beef sukiyaki udon, Gordon the miso nikomi with steamed chicken and warm udon. Uncle had the vege karaage tempura with Bukkake udon. And yes, he had all the bonita stock. And yes, all the dishes were substantial. We shared an agedashi tofu. Dining at Udon Works makes you realise the importance of good substantial dashi in all the dishes. #udonworks #dominionroad #bonita #dashi #kombu #kelp #niboshi #sukiyakibeef #vegetablekaraage #tempura #misonikomi (at Udon Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx9hzqgpxMK/?igshid=i8032hwbtqzg

Aunty Angie (formerly of Angie’s Kitchen, Mount St) assured Uncle the best roast duck is from Golden BBQ, 253 Dominion Rd. So who is he to argue. Uncle just has to go try. It certainly is very good, well roasted with hints of 5-spice, not over fatty with crispy browned skin. $10 with rice. Value for money indeed. Aunty’s most favourite is the roast pork: crunchy skin, melt in mouth everything else. That will be Uncle’s next order. Golden BBQ has good pedigree, the mother ship is Golden Jade (next to the Lido Cinema) on Manukau Rd. The 2nd outlet is called Golden Century BBQ (Kam Thong), Hobson St. #roastduck #goldenbbq #dominionroad #recommended (at Dominion Road) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwoNQB_BnRt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gqv4hci7vpv

SPICEY HOUSE!!!! #auckland #dominionroad #latenighteats #chefs #chinesefood #msg #eatit. (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmNXcSgYvP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i4jocxw6862b

Dinner with Lady Rosemary at Cinta Malaysia, Dominion Rd. Clockwise from top left: Green beans with garlic; Singapore fried beehoon with seafood; roast chicken for the kway tiam th’ng. #greenbeans #singaporefriedbeehoon #seafood #kwaytiawsoup #roastchicken #cintamalaysian #dominionroad #instamalaysian (at Cinta Malaysian)

Back to visiting my favourite niece Karena & nephew Matthew at Guilin Rice Noodles. For Chinese New Year, Karena recommended the traditional Guilin pork mince rice noodles. Uncle said not too hot; niece laughed. #guilinporkmincericenoodles #guilinricenoodles #dominionroad #hot #instaguilinnoodles (at Guilin Rice Noodles)

Aunty Connie @pheklyn Clarkson’s book Asian Flavours brought us together for the Slobbering Chicken at Chongqing Noodles. Aunty Renee produced it and Andrew @a.rumbles marketed it. The Slobbering Chicken lived up to its reputation & description. We also had the pickled tuber noodle soup, the pickled ginger noodle with duck and the seafood hot pot. All the dishes got the thumbs up. #slobberingchicken #seafoodhotpot #ducknoodles #pickledtuber #chongqingnoodlehouse #dominionroad #instaslobbers (at Chongqing Cuisine)

Monday night at Cinta Malaysian. A well-preserved Metro Cheap Eats Top 50. Vegetarian Mee Goreng Ayam Masak Merah Sedapnya! #vegetarianmeegoreng #ayammasakmerah #cintamalaysian #dominionroad #metrocheapeats #top50 #instamalaysian (at Cinta Malaysian)