Top Malaysian Restaurant in Newark
Mingala Restaurant
39055 Cedar Blvd #108, Newark, CA 94560, United States
I found Mingala Restaurant on Yelp when searching for a new Malaysian restaurant in San Jose. Mingala seemed to carry both Burmese and Malaysian food which made me a little hesitant to try it as both these cuisines are very different. However, as it had a solid 4-star rating, I decided to give it a try. I generally get Nasi Lemak at any new Malaysian restaurant that I try. This is a dish that consists of coconut rice, sambal, egg, peanuts, cucumber, onions and a curry which could be either Chicken or Beef, so it gives you a pretty good idea about the overall food at the restaurant. I used the on-line ordering tool on Yelp and got with Nasi Lemak ($10.99) and went with the chick curry (beef curry is $2 more) and landed up there after about 20 minutes.Mingala is in a small strip mall with hardly any parking. I had to hover a while before I got a spot so by the time I got in, it was well over 40 minutes, yet the order was not ready, and I was made to wait another 10 minutes or so before I got my order. This was around 9 pm on a Friday night and the place was about 60% full. I got 2 containers, one with the rice, eggs and salad and another with the chicken curry. The food made up for the long wait. The rice had a rich coconut flavor and even though the portion size of the chicken curry was small it was very tasty. Overall this dish came together very well.As I liked what I got the first time around, I decided to try Mingala again, this time for the Burmese cuisine. Again, as usual I got the Mohinga ($10.99) which is like the national dish of Burma and it consists of a fish-based soup with vermicelli noodles. This time I landed up after 30 minutes to pickup the order, fought for parking and picked it up without any wait. The Mohinga soup was a little runny and lacked the deep fish taste that you expect. The vermicelli noodles looked like they had all clumped up together, but they opened up, when dunked in the soup. Overall this was good not great. I definitely liked the Nasi Lemak more than the Mohinga soup.Price-wise it is pretty cheap with both the dishes being slightly over the $10 mark. Looking at the overall package of cost, quality and service Mingala, definitely gets a thumbs up from me which means I will be back to try more stuff off their menu in due course.
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Lion Market Shopping Center
39055 Cedar Blvd #168, Newark, CA 94560, United States
Argh - the music here drives me crazy!!! It is loud and cacophonous (first time I used that word in a review)! And yes, like other reviewers have stated, I have smelled better supermarkets as well. The customers seem to be a bit more aggro than other supermarkets Ive been to - something about not having a concept of personal space.Located at the end of an indoor mall of sorts, Lion Supermarket has everything from seafood to rice cookers to produce. I scored some fresh green coconuts here for a little over a buck each. I bought about nine that lasted a couple of weeks.Price-wise, I find that Ranch 99 has better deals and seems more organized. I find, however, that the restaurants in this area tend to be better than the Ranch 99 in Newark. Other than that, I dont think Id go out of my way to come back.