Malaysia Kopi Tiam
67 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0NE - View on a map
Telephone: 020 7287 1113
Malaysia Kopi Tiam
| Overall 4.1 |
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| Food 5.0 |
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| Service 3.3 |
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| Atmosphere 4.0 |
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| Value 4.0 |
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| Based on 3 reviews |
what the critics say
Thursday, April 09, 2009 - Along Charing Cross Road lies a series of restaurants with seriously short lifespans – but judging by the food, Malaysia Kopi Tiam is one to stick around. While the ‘coffee shop’ (kopi tiam) purports to serve Malaysian and Thai cuisine, it’s clearly the former that excels. Kangkong (morning glory, a type of water spinach) stir-fried with belachan (fermented shrimp paste) was superbly savoury and with a nice chilli tingle at the end. Many of the diners around us were tucking into Hainanese chicken rice…
Malaysia Kopi Tiam
Kopi Tiam has had more reincarnations than the fabled phoenix. But it still ranks as one of the best places to have Malaysian food, especially Hawkers' style food which Penang & Ipoh are famous for. Our visiting Malaysian relatives attest to this. Their Assam Laksa is very authentic, but is only available once a week. The use spices like Bunge Gantan which probably separates the genuine from the imitators. Their M. Jackson (Ice Kachang) is the perfect dessert for a hot afternoon. All the usual Malaysian food they serve are good to excellent. Pity they do not have a large Kueh dessert plate. Definitely a cafe for Malaysian food fans. Probably the best cafe for all food tastes, not just Malaysian. C&R will have to vacate their top spot to Kopi Tiam. And value for money to boot!!
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food critique
8
Overall rating 
Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 10
Friday, July 24, 2009
Malaysia Kopi Tiam
We went to Kopi Tiam, after not being served at HK diner. We walked in HK dinner and walked out after 10 minutes of waiting for someone to seat us. At least we didn't have this problem at Kopi Tiam, as the manager was outside and promptly served us.
We orderd starters of roti and yam cakes which were lovely and spicy. The mains of assam laska and chicken laska were spicy and delicious. However assam laska is only served on sunday and monday due to the ingredients used. Portions were huge and we were not starving. We enjoyed ourselves and service was prompt. Even more astonishing were the prices which were really cheap considering how much food we ate.
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Kathryn N
8
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 10
Saturday, May 23, 2009
what the bloggers say
A Rather Unusual Chinaman
Friday, May 20, 2011 - The hakka mee came with THREE types of pork, and in my books, that's already onto a winner. The sauce was slightly salty, but the pork mince and char siu were nice enough. A small bowl of wonton soup rounded off a pretty huge but satisfying lunch. Having a few tastes of Catty's char kway teow, I was pleased to come across the little lumps of fried pork fat that often run through this dish in versions I have had in Kuala Lumpur. Although lacking a depth of smokiness imbued by a hellishly hot wok, it was filling and moreish. I left pleased and full, a mere tenner less in my pocket.
Tamarind and Thyme
Friday, June 19, 2009 - The Malaysian menu is entirely pictorial, which makes for tasty decision making. Between us, we split a handmade Hakka mee and a nasi goreng. I don't recall ever having this first noodle dish before but what arrived was pretty good. The dry noodles are tossed with a seasoning mixture involving dark soy and were accompanied by three ways with pork...While the restaurant was empty when we arrived, it was totally packed when we left. Most of the punters were native Malaysians, many of them students who are probably on budgets.
Bellaphon
Friday, December 26, 2008 - There’s absolutely nothing chic about the dining room and the prefabricated ambience must have been included as part of the deal from Restaurants "R" Us. The Curry Laksa (I’m au fait with the gravy being rich and thick) was to date the best I’ve had in London and it was also good to see that it came with proper chicken pieces on the bone. The noodle dish of Hokkien Mee is notoriously difficult to recreate, thankfully MKT has done a respectable job with this delicious offering from Kuala Lumpur.
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