Malaysia Kopitiam

Malaysia Kopitiam can be found at M St Nw 1827. The following is offered: Restaurants: Malaysian. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Washington there are 2 other Restaurants: Malaysian . An overview can be found here.

A "giant" picture menu makes it easy to envision the "tasty", "no-compromise" Malaysian dishes at this Dupont Circle "jewel" that connoisseurs claim is the "only place in town that comes close to the real thing"; there is "no pretense" and "nothing to look at" in the subterranean digs, but it's still a "bargain."

The style of this subterranean hideaway may be Gilligan's Island meets Kon-Tiki, but the voluminous menu has Malaysian treasures to spare. Though menus with photos are usually cheesy, the binder here is quite helpful, since Malaysian cuisine is less well known than, say, Chinese or Japanese. Sticky rice with minced shrimp and chicken, okra and eggplant curry with tamarind, and crazy salads like...

An arrival on M Street in downtown DC, this Malaysian eatery has moved in from Wheaton and renamed itself. Kopitiam means coffeehouse, a term that doesn't adequately describe the full range of food. Most dishes are traditional, although some, such as the stuffed lotus root, are the chef-owner's invention. We can highly recommend the various dishes and swear by the roti canai and roti wrap, both...

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