Nyonya – Chinatown

A while back, I wrote about Nyonya in Brooklyn, which prompted many people to comment that I should plan to go to the one in Chinatown for comparison’s sake… and invite all of them along.  Due to schedules shifting etc., we wound up with just TT, Gary and DLS joining me, but it was plenty as the place was pretty crowded on a Friday evening.  We waited about 10-15 minutes for a table, but luckily, it wasn’t too cold that night so waiting outside wasn’t painful.  When I saw Malaysian iced tea on the menu, I had to order it, [...]

Jaya

After watching Boy Gets Girl with a few friends (and it was fantastic, totally scared me off the dating thing for the rest of my life, Kate Dulcich was phenomenal!), TC and I headed over to Chinatown to grab a late dinner before going home.  We wandered around for a bit looking for an open Vietnamese restaurant but finally gave up and went to Jaya, which was almost entirely empty – but it was pretty late so we didn’t think too much of it.  First up, beef satay, which I love ordering at Malaysian restaurants (especially the first time I [...]

Nyonya

Though I’m still firmly within my Restaurant Hiatus, sometimes you can’t say no.  My darling friend MD/PB, whose name you may recognize from my many travels (Argentina, Greece, Turkey and Spain, for starters), took the leap and accepted a job in San Francisco.  During her last month here, our crew tried hard to meet up, but with everyone’s crazy schedules, some people met up at times and other people met up at other times… I managed to only be able to go have lunch with her the week before she departed on her cross-country drive, so I broke my hiatus [...]

Malaysian Beef Jerky

After dim sum, a couple of us wandered a block away to a Malaysian jerky place.  Tiny as it was, only a few of us entered, but once inside, we were greeted with this amazing smell… and the sight of a woman leaning over a grid placed over coals, turning square pieces of meat as they dried out and became jerky.  Awesome.  Beer Boor had actually been here before – this was one of the places he’d picked up jerky for the holiday potluck. There were two types of every kind – beef was sliced beef (shown above) or just [...]

Penang

I recently picked up FeistyMom to hang out, and she wanted to grab some grub.  I learned long ago not to interfere – when a Sin says she’s hungry, you listen.  So we headed over to Penang – I’ve mentioned this place a number of times - and proceeded to chow down. First order of business is always beef satay – the meat extremely tender, fragrant, and flavorful, with a great peanut sauce for dipping.  Next up, FeistyMom helped me find a dish I’d been seeking for a while – I couldn’t figure out which dish it was on the menu [...]

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