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Today or rather a few hours ago, me and a group of friend eagerly went down to Filton for dinner. Our mission should we choose to accept it; was to infiltrate the premise and pass our verdict on how the 'Malaysian' food there fared in comparison with the ones at home.

The moment we got hold of the menu, we ordered the first thing that came to our minds; 'roti canai'! The only drawback was it costs £2 a pop which is a fry cry from a piffling 80 cents back in Malaysia! The 'roti canai' came replete with a steaming saucer of curry which we wasted no time in digging in and for that reason there wasn't any pictures of it. As for how it tasted, I'll leave that until the end of the post just to tease you guys.

After the 'roti canai' we decided to order a few more typical 'Malaysian' dishes mainly the ubiquitous 'nasi lemak', 'char kuey tiau', 'wat tan ho' and fried rice with a plate of fried water spinach/'kangkung' to along with the other dishes.



'Char kuey tiau'


Fried 'kangkung'


Fried rice


'Nasi lemak'


'Wat tan ho'


Me and Vincent in high spirits before eating...


Finally, the part that you've been waiting for, the verdict on the food. We unanimously decided that the food there was utter crap even when given the fact that food which have been exported over to another country usually isn't on par with those served back at home. Although the 'roti canai' had the right taste to the dough, we had a sinking feeling that it was frozen food and it had been reheated before being served to us. Its only redemption was the curry that accompanied it but then again, the curry wasn't anything to write home about.
The 'char kuey tiau' was so so at best since it hardly had any taste in it, Vincent's fried rice was soggy, lumpy and too top it off, didn't even taste like fried rice. The 'wat tan ho' was edible at best and wei chi hardly touched the 'nasi lemak' while the fried 'kangkung' lacked the kick/oomph found in those prepared back in Malaysia.

Our conclusion? If you want good tasty Malaysian food, either:
a) buy the frozen version and save a few quids in the process or
b) cook it yourself or
c) screw it and assimilate yourself with the food here

p.s. The service wasn't that great and the waitress even got ticked off by a customer for being too mindful of other people's business as the waitress watching was constantly looking at her direction throughout her entire meal and we sat just opposite that customer and we could felt the waitress' constant gaze bearing on our backs. Uncomfortable to say the least...


Extra footage!


Vincent pushing himself to finish up the plate of fried rice which he gave up on eventually.