Last Friday for my traditional end of the week dinner went to Little Malaysia. This is a good establishment in my opinion. They serve a variety of tasty food, with good portions at competitive prices. I had been looking forward to this meal for the latter part of the week and when Friday came around I was unsure of what I wanted to order. I was tossing up between Beef Massaman (my usual dish at Little Malaysia) and Beef Rendang. I have had the Beef Rendang there once and couldn't quite remember what it was like, other than I liked it. So I decided to try it again. It usually comes with coconut rice but I passed this up in favour of Roti. When the dish arrived I thought for a second that I might have made a mistake because it smelled more heavily of coconut than I would have liked. However, when I first tasted the Rendang I was very pleased with my decision. I can't really describe the flavour other than that it made its presence very well known, which I appreciated. The only critique of the flavour that I could offer is that I would prefer it to be spicier. But other than that, the melange of strong flavours worked extremely well. Another shortcoming of the dish that I could point out is that the beef itself could have been more tender. It was by no means tough, but the beef in Little Malaysia's Beef Massaman is more tender. However, this mild lack of tenderness was more than compensated for by the taste. The Roti was your standard roti; a good dipping bread (something I really like), but not as good as, say naan, at soaking up the sauce. One day I'll try something a little different from this restaurant, but based on the strength of their Beef Massaman and this Beef Rendang, this might be a difficult decision to make.
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