Roma Lake

Photos by Zhang Dongya

 

 

 

 

 

Legedary food with Malay taste

By Zhang Dongya

Malacca Legend is beside Roma Lake in a two-story red Malay building. The restaurant offers a rich assortment of traditional Malay cuisines.

Its culinary origin goes back to the second half of the 15th century when Chinese and Indonesian styles mixed with Malaysian. Since then, Malaysian cuisine has partly merged with Chinese food in Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan provinces.

The restaurant, opened three years ago, can seat 200. Its verandah on the second floor offers a picturesque view of the lake.

The restaurant has a big menu with meat, seafood, vegetable, tofu, noodles, rice, soup and desserts.

Its Satay, the most featured dish of Nanyang, has both chicken and beef (30 yuan for 8 pieces). The honey-coated fried chicken (48 yuan) is also popular.

There are scores of noodles to pick from. They are priced 35 to 150 yuan. All the dishes are seasoned with varying levels of Malay tastes like ginger and lemon grass.

The Hainanese chicken rice (38 yuan) offers tasty rice balls with a Malay flavor: the sauce is made of ginger, cilantro, Malay peppers and soy sauce. Malaysian soy sauce has a richer bean taste.

They also have hot pot for four to six people. The chef recommendeds bak kut teh (188 yuan), which has pork ribs, pig tripe, pork shoulders, mushrooms and deep fried dough sticks.

Desserts with distinctive tastes are also worth trying. Bubur chacha (18 yuan), made from taros, sweet potatoes and coconut juice, is thoroughly Malaysian.

The restaurant opened its second branch last year at Ocean International Center, Chaoyang District, offering Chaoyang residents easier access to Malaysian food.

Malacca Legend
Where: 6C Luodong Lu, Luogezhuang Village, Roma Lake, Houshayu Town, Shunyi
Open: 11 am – 10 pm
Tel: 8049 8902