Malaysian Chapter

My first @menulog experience #menulog

Tonight I tried menulog for the first time. I recall Shari from Good Food Week writing a review about menulog in August 2014 and I’ve been meaning to try the service ever since. I’d recently received an e-mail from menulog about a prize for a MacBook Air so I thought I should give it a go. My love of Mac computers put me over the line 

It’s pretty easy to get into menulog. Just enter the postcode you’re wanting the food from or delivered to and a list of available restaurants is displayed. I heard from a friend that when she travels for work if she doesn’t want to go out she looks up the menulog app and orders straight to her hotel room. You can choose from delivery or pick up. When I looked up the delivery options none of them struck me as food I wanted tonight. I looked at the pick up list and Malaysian Chapter caught my eye immediately. We’d been to eat at Malaysian Chapter in September 2014 and I really enjoyed the experience. 

The ordering system is really easy. Click to select exactly what you want and everything is calculated in real time as you go. As a first time user I also received a 15% discount which was nice. 

I chose pappadums, beef rendang, coconut rice and roti. The total was $20.78 after the discount and I asked for the food to be ready at 6 pm. I should mention I was able to do the ordering while on a break at work and everything was dead easy. I paid by PayPal which made life easier. If you don’t have a PayPal account you can pay with nearly all available credit cards.

As I started driving home I received a text message confirming my order.

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When I arrived at Malaysian Chapter my meal was ready and I was out of the door in a jiffy. 

I could have eaten the food straight from the takeaway containers but I’m a sophisticated food blogger 

Beef Rendang on coconut rice with roti and pappadums from Malaysian Chapter in Belconnen NIKON D7100 with 40.0 mm f/2.8 at 40mm and f/8, 1/60sec, ISO 400
Beef Rendang on coconut rice with roti and pappadums from Malaysian Chapter in Belconnen NIKON D7100 with 40.0 mm f/2.8 at 40mm and f/8, 1/60sec, ISO 400

So how was it? Well the menulog service worked like a charm. No complaints there. The food? The food was good. Takeaway is never as good as the full restaurant experience and my only yearning was for more sauce with the rendang so there could be more to soak into the yummy coconut rice. I think the roti would have tasted better in the restaurant but it was still nice. 

Will I use menulog again? Yes I will. Will I eat at Malaysian Chapter again? Yes I will.

Tell me dear reader, have you used menulog? What was your experience?

Malaysian Chapter Restaurant Review

Bron received an e-mail from the Entertainment Book notifying her that the Malaysian Chapter is a new addition to the book.

 

I’d already read a few blog posts from my favourite Canberra food bloggers and we’d chatted a few times about eating at Malaysian Chapter.

When we arrived there were already plenty of diners eating their meals. We noticed the large space and generous table placements. We were shown to a table for two in the middle of the restaurant and were handed menus by a very friendly and helpful waiter. He asked if we wanted to see the vegetarian menu and we declined knowing we were looking forward to meat dishes.

The menu is extensive. It took us each a while to read through the menu and then it took longer to make a decision on what we wanted to eat. There were so many good choices. 

I settled on Vadai followed by a Nasi Lemak with Lamb Rendang. Bron chose Roti Canai followed by Nyonya Prawn and Pineapple Sambal.  

This combination of dishes was perfect and we happily shared. 

Vadai doughnut shaped Urad Dhal fritters served with lentil curry at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 12800
Vadai doughnut shaped Urad Dhal fritters served with lentil curry at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 12800
Roti Canai flaky bread, served with Lentil Curry at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 8000
Roti Canai flaky bread, served with Lentil Curry at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 8000
Nasi Lemak Lamb Rendang at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 6400
Nasi Lemak Lamb Rendang at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 6400
Nyonya Prawn and Pineapple Sambal at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 12800
Nyonya Prawn and Pineapple Sambal at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 12800

We enjoyed each of the dishes. The roti was very flaky and the dal had a spice to die for. I found the Vadai a little doughy but the flavour was really nice and it took up the dal beautifully. The lamb rendang was amazing and went so nicely with the coconut rice. The prawn sambal wasn’t hot at all but the flavour was fantastic especially with the jasmine rice.

For dessert I chose the mango custard with evaporated milk.

Mango Custard with evaporated milk at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 5000
Mango Custard with evaporated milk at Malaysian Chapter. SONY ILCE-7S with E 35mm F1.8 OSS at 35mm and f/5.6, 1/40sec, ISO 5000

We were very happy with the meals and the service. We want to come back to try some different dishes especially the order ahead ones on the menu. These require 48 hours notice and include dishes like KL Chilli crab and Black pepper crab. 

 
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