The restaurant was not too full when we entered with a handful of Chinese and laowai littered about. It is a bright and colorful place with plush booth seats. Maybe these diners also came in hopes of the real deal in Malaysian cuisine.
Kang kong or morning glory was the first dish out. The chilies and shrimp paste gave it a little kick, but the vegetables were slightly overdone.
The roti was slightly crispy to soak up the savory and somewhat oily curry. It would have been better if the chicken in the curry didn’t have the bone attached. There were only 3 pieces of rough cut dark meat chicken and 2 or 3 potato pieces. The chicken was tender and the potato was not underdone.
The beef rending was really tender and falling apart and relatively spicy compared to the rest of the meal. This was a good one. The roti was also good for picking up chunks of the beef curry.
The shrimp assam was not very impressive, being slightly overcooked. The flavor was nice, but nothing to come running back for. The other disappointment was the calamansi juice, which looked unnaturally bright yellow and was warm with ice floating on top. Unfortunately, the taste was mild from concentrate and laced with artificial sweetener.
The four dishes, tea, and calamansi juice came to a grand total of 191RMB, which seemed like a lot when our referral “ate for eight” at a total of 646RMB. The dishes seemed kind of hit or miss, but this perspective is mostly due to the disappointment in the shrimp and coming in with exceedingly high expectations of the kang kong. Still, a good meal and worth checking out at least once.
Food Fusion. 918 Huaihai Zhong Lu -Parkson 8th Floor, Metro Line 1 Shan xi nan Lu Station. Shanghai, China
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