I am a Malaysian who have lived in Malaysia for more than 30 years before moving to Australia, so my review may be more critical than the general audience. I tried the food at Malaycious during my holiday in Launceston after seeing many good reviews. My honest take, the food is quite mediocre for Malaysian standard, but probably will be pleasant to most people who are not that familiar with the original Malaysian taste.
The hainanese chicken rice would have been better cooked with the skin being silky and springy, rather than somewhat dry skin marinated with some yellowish spices. However, the chicken meat is tender and juicy which is a plus. 3.5/5
Beef rendang flavour isn't rich enough and doesn't seem to have 'kerisik' in it. It's doesn't have the spicy kick too unfortunately. Again, compliment to the effort of making the beef very tender to every bite. 3/5.
Nyonya duck is quite a confusion to me. It is as though they are making something like inchi kabin, but using duck. The duck meat is very dry and chewy. Sorry but I can only rate this dish 2/5.
Chicken satay is good! I'd say the peanut sauce is quite spot on. I like it that they use all the chicken thigh meat without skin, so it's worth every penny. 5/5.
Ais kacang comes in a generous amount. Everything is pretty accurate, except for using mashed red beans and NO KACANG! Hmm, ais kacang without kacang is just so wrong. I also think it's not that hard to prepare fresh sweetened red beans without getting the mashed canned version.
I hope the staffs will take my feedback positively and continue to improve the food quality. Definitely a friendly bunch of people. I wish their business all the best!
