{"id":21855,"date":"2013-11-23T22:55:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T11:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=21855"},"modified":"2013-11-23T22:55:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T11:55:03","slug":"masak-masak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=21855","title":{"rendered":"Masak Masak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We headed over to Hoppers Crossing to drop the girls off at Andrew&#8217;s new girlfriends place. On the way back we considered many options for dinner: Williamstown, Footscray, Carlton, Brunswick Street; but we ended up walking down Smith Street in Collingwood, partly because the parking was easier and partly because we wanted to avoid crowds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After considering options for Thai and Japanese, we stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/masakmasak.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masak Masak<\/a>. On the first glance at the clientel, I wanted to go in. After a quick scan of the menu, which included items like Otak Otak, I really wanted to go in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We settled down at one of the few remaining tables and ordered a 2-3 pax meal. In a great stroke of genius by the menu designers, I could pretty much choose from any item within various parts of the menu to customise the meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To start with I chose Chicken crisps and jelly fish. As it is so rare, I generally choose jelly fish dishes when ever they are an option. It was a small but excellent starter. Kirsten liked the jelly fish until she learned what it was and prejudice took over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Next was the Satay Beef. I had originally wanted Otak Otak, but the menu clearly said it was a satay to choose. The waiter was willing to consider the Otak Otak as it was a cheaper option, but I chose to go down the satay route. The satay was good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Just after the satay arrived the Lo Han Cai arrived. A delicious dish of sticky black rice and other bits like Chinese sausage and mushroom. Kirsten ended up eating the majority of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Next arrived the Beef Rendang. It was just the right texture for the meat which was crumbly and the sauce which was dry. My only gripe being it was a bit hot for a rendang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The last dish was Bok Choy and XO sauce. I had been forced a bit into this as the other dishes had prawns. Also by this time I was getting very full and only had a few leaves. Kirsten again ate the majority of it. My only complaint here was that we had the vegetable dish last. It should have arrived earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For my drink I had a nice hot Teh Tarik.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/search\/?w=30265340@N00&amp;q=masak%20masak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"20131126-165613.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/20131126-165613.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">All on all I was delighted. It has been a long time since I had such good Malaysian food and if it was closer than a 40 minute drive to get there we would be going there more often. As it is we will make it a staple to eat at when we are in town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We headed over to Hoppers Crossing to drop the girls off at Andrew&#8217;s new girlfriends place. 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