Little Ipoh restaurant review

Ipoh is the capital of the Perak state in Malaysia. It is famous for food, of course! In fact, one of the reasons why Malaysians love food so much could be because there are so many places where great tasting food can be found.

To not confuse you, this Little Ipoh restaurant is actually located in the city of Melbourne on La Trobe street. It's been there since early this year. However, I haven't visited this restaurant until recently although I'm just living few blocks away! Well, never too late I suppose.

There are tons of Malaysian restaurants around Melbourne and a handful of them are situated in the city. However, I reckon Little Ipoh might be the only restaurant specialised in authentic Malay cuisine in the CBD. Hence, I decided to blog about it after my third visit.

Well, Little Ipoh is a relatively small restaurant with probably around ten tables. The restaurant is on the first floor so it might not be obvious to a passer-by. I have visited them three times now. I dined there on my first visit. On the second time, I ordered home delivery and very recently, I ordered a take away. Overall, I think their food is quite nice and authentic if you are into Malay cuisine.

I had mee rebus and curry puffs when I first dined at Little Ipoh. Unfortunately, I didn't capture any photos to post here but I would still tell you how the taste is. Initially, the mee rebus actually tasted quite nice but after a while I found it a little sweet to my liking and the portion was a tad small. However, I think the curry puffs were really good and reasonably priced.

On our last order, we had chicken satays, lemang with chicken rendang as well as rojak (since the curry puffs were sold out).

The satays came with ketupat rice, some cucumbers, onions and of course the must have kua/satay sauce. We requested for more kua/sauce. They were very authentic and delicious! It reminds me of those scrumptious authentic satays one gets from a small town in Malaysia. While the sauce was great, I reckon the satay could be better if it was marinated longer as it needed a little more punch.

The lemang with chicken rendang was actually not in the menu but was a special of the day. The lemang was pretty well made. I like the texture of the glutinous rice and the extra taste it received from the banana leaves. The chicken rendang was not bad too.

There are many varieties of rojak in Malaysia. The rojak I had from Little Ipoh is of the mamak style. It is also called pasembur in certain places like Penang (this is new to me). If you are not familiar with rojak, it is like a bowl of salad served with sweet peanut sauce. The rojak I had consisted of bean sprout, turnip, cucumber, fried tofu, prawn fritters (but I can't see the prawns) and a hard boiled egg. It was pretty good. I especially like the peanut sauce.

In general, the food I had from Little Ipoh was pretty good so far. I would certainly go back for more.

Website: http://www.littleipoh.com.au/