West New Malaysia

All 91 rated mentions, most helpful first

in:What’s your favorite NYC restaurant?99 pts
“West new malaysia... Curry beef brisket, hainenese chicken, malaysian stir fry”
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in:Favorite dishes in Chinatown?21 pts
“they are both neighborhood staples. Gotta get the Hainanese chicken with chicken rice and the curry roti canai for appetizer.”
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in:Chinatown16 pts
“A few I love: Super Taste—Everything is good, but I recommend their bao buns and hot sesame noodles Mei Lai Wah—Pineapple pork buns West New Malaysia—Roti Canai, noodles, seafood”
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in:Char Kway Teow13 pts
“solid spot for Malaysian. It's one of my go-tos when I'm craving chicken rice.”
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in:Where can I get Mee Goreng? I am desperate.11 pts
“I tried West New Malaysia but didn’t like it as much - I found the taste much more bland in comparison to the others I mentioned.”
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in:Where to eat Bakuteh?8 pts
“West New Malaysia on Bayard does a solid one and the portion is large.”
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in:Who knows the best beef chow fun place that has a lot of wok hei, tender beef, and bouncy noodles?5 pts
“West New Malaysia or Noodle Village are prob best bet in terms of Manhattan offerings. I've been happy with the he fen at both of those places.”
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in:Malaysian Food Recs? 4 pts
replying to u/Foodiegirlie030793: Malay - Flushing (my fave hole in the wall since I was a kid! I feel it’s more Ipoh / canto influenced Malaysian but still really good!) Papa Rich - Flushing (although I feel the quality has went down since pandemic) Taste Good - Elmhurst Kopitiam has a lot of hype surrounding it but maybe I went at the wrong time? Everything was kind of stale and salty and just okay and overpriced for small portions. Heard good things about Kebaya (technically Perankan/Nyonya food from people who later went to Singapore)
“Also, partly because they're an OG and also just because they're solid, West New Malaysia is a recommend from me. I like their chicken rice and bak kut teh.”
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in:Where to find the best of these dishes (without breaking the bank)... 4 pts
“west new Malaysian restaurant in chinatown but their roti canai isn't that great and neither is their ckt.”
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in:Mapped 39 meals across NYC over the past year. Why is nobody talking about Malaysian food in Chinatown?4 pts
“It's West New Malaysia's Chendol shaved ice. Definitely one of my favorite desserts - loads of toppings super fulfilling!”
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in:Restaurant-Made Roti for Roti Canai3 pts
“West New Malaysia has a good Roti Canai.”
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in:West New Malaysia: beef and chicken curry combo for $11.953 pts
“Their curry is amaaaaaazing”
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in:Is there any good Malaysian place in Manhattan?3 pts
replying to u/Fmbounce: West New Malaysia
“The beef brisket curry noodle soup is one of my favorite dishes in NYC”
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in:Ny in two weeks. Finalizing my restaurant list3 pts
“West New Malaysia for their roti canai, hainanese chicken with chicken rice, and shaved ice (red syrup’s the way to go).”
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in:Best Rice in NYC?2 pts
“I feel like there's more focus on the chicken/coconut rice being delicious (and it is).”
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in:Help me decide one meal for my dad visiting NYC - Asian food! 2 pts
replying to u/krissyontheflip: West new Malaysia is solid, and you can stop by mango mango also! Depending on which meal, I also really like noodle village, spicy village, wayan and kuih cafe. Enjoy!
“Seconding West New Malaysia and I'm from Malaysia. Is it better than Taste Good in Elmhurst? No. But it's still consistently good and I can walk there.”
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in:Best Singaporean restaurants in NYC?2 pts
“Penang asam laksa - little sweet, not my fave”
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in:Mapped 39 meals across NYC over the past year. Why is nobody talking about Malaysian food in Chinatown?2 pts
“It's West New Malaysia's Chendol shaved ice, super refreshing”
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in:Char Kway Teow2 pts
“Definitely not West New Malaysia, I was recently craving char kway teow too and tried theirs and some other dishes and all of it was mid.”
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in:Best Asian food by canal street?1 pts
replying to u/jas_il415: Stumbled upon West New Malaysia and I loved it.
“one of my favorites in Chinatown. The curry chicken soup with egg noodles omg...”
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in:Help me decide one meal for my dad visiting NYC - Asian food! 1 pts
“I love West New Malaysia please get the Roti Canai and the Taro Bird's Nest it's to die for”
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in:Is there any good Malaysian place in Manhattan?1 pts
replying to u/Fmbounce: West New Malaysia
“yes!!! i think about their curry beef brisket (make sure you get the “rice” one) and their curry stuffed combination noodle every other week”
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in:What’s your favorite “hole in the wall” that you swear is deserves more hype?1 pts
replying to u/Elio555: West New Malaysia
“their roti and satay are SOO good 🫡”
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in:What are some of your favorite appetizers in the city?1 pts
“Indian pancake at West new malaysia”
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in:Mapped 39 meals across NYC over the past year. Why is nobody talking about Malaysian food in Chinatown?1 pts
replying to u/smokedoor5: West New Malaysia is my go-to spot in Manhattan Chinatown!
“love love West New Malaysia's noodle soups and desserts!:)”
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in:Char Kway Teow1 pts
replying to u/GriffinMakesThings: Try West New Malaysia in Chinatown, solid spot for Malaysian. It's one of my go-tos when I'm craving chicken rice.
“Their char kway teow wasn’t good when I tried”
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in:Fav restaurant in Manhattan Chinatown?0 pts
replying to u/Ok_Nothing196: West New Malaysia
“Couldn’t agree more. Love the Hianese chicken.”
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post30 Cuisines from Around the World in NYC598 pts
“canai was amazing”
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in:Is there any good Malaysian place in Manhattan?62 pts
“West New Malaysia”
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post5 Days of food I'll spend the rest of my life trying to find duplicates of46 pts
“It was so tasty.”
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in:Your favorite Malaysian restaurant in the city?28 pts
“West New Malaysia”
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postWest New Malaysia: beef and chicken curry combo for $11.9525 pts
“So good and it was enough food for the whole day for me...”
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in:Hainanese chicken21 pts
“West New Malaysia”
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in:Malaysian Food17 pts
“West new malaysia”
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in:Where can I get Mee Goreng? I am desperate.13 pts
“West New Malaysia, Satay in Flushing!”
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in:Malaysian Food Recs? 12 pts
“West New Malaysia”
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in:Recommendations for Asian noodles*, either restaurants that specialize in a specific style or places with broad menus that include standout noodle dishes? (*more details in post)11 pts
“West New Malaysia”
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in:Best “introvert” dining?8 pts
“Low-key that may be busy depending on time of day, but not fancy requiring reservation busy: - Nakamura - Yuji / Okonomi - Ramen Ishida - Sobaya - Spicy Village - Xian Famous Foods - Tengri Tagh Uyghur Cuisine - Fu Zhou Wei Zhong Wei Jia Xiang Feng Wei - Food Gallery 32 - Me Chicken - Woorijip - Kitchen Co Ut - West New Malaysia”
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in:Best Beef Rendang? 7 pts
“West New Malaysia is one of the best Asian restaurants in NYC. Never disappoints.”
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in:Best walk-ins in lower Manhattan7 pts
“Some examples: - West New Malaysia”
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in:Laksa help6 pts
“I feel like Laut and West New Malaysia are meh.”
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in:Is there any good Malaysian place in Manhattan?6 pts
replying to u/Fmbounce: West New Malaysia
“absolutely yes! West New Malaysia!!!”
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in:Mapped 39 meals across NYC over the past year. Why is nobody talking about Malaysian food in Chinatown?6 pts
“West New Malaysia is my go-to spot in Manhattan Chinatown!”
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in:Why is it so hard to find a good Hainanese Chicken for takeaway in Chinatown -virtually non existent..5 pts
“In addition to Nyonya and Malaysia House, you can also try Gai Kitchen and West New Malaysia.”
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in:Good Malaysian place for lunch for a big group?5 pts
“I’d say west new Malaysia or nyonya.”
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in:Taste Good, Pulau Pinang or Malay5 pts
“West New Malaysia in Chinatown has been good”
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in:NYC Hainanese Chicken Rice Roundup (Hainan Chicken House, Uncle Ray's Chicken Rice, Lou Yau Kee)5 pts
“My sentimental favorite is West New Malaysia in Chinatown since that’s what I grew up with.”
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in:Anyone wanna split a cheese pie at Ceres today and suggest spot for dinner?5 pts
“For malaysian broadly, there's Laut, Nyonya, West New Malaysia, and Kopitiam, depending on where in the city you're already in.”
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in:Best Asian food by canal street?4 pts
“Stumbled upon West New Malaysia and I loved it.”
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in:Malaysian Food Recs? 4 pts
“West New Malaysia although I've only been there once”
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