Bright lights but tasty food at R&S Satay Noodle House

Over the past cou­ple of months I have been review­ing Malaysian restau­rants all around Welling­ton for Malaysia Kitchen (full dis­clo­sure – I got refund­ed some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! I have gone past R&S Satay Noo­dle House thou­sands of times in my life as it’s in a prime posi­tion but I’d nev­er […]

Everyone knows Wellington is a (Satay) Village

Over the past cou­ple of months I have been review­ing Malaysian restau­rants all around Welling­ton for Malaysia Kitchen (full dis­clo­sure – I got refund­ed some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! With so many Malaysian restau­rants to choose from in the cap­i­tal, some­times the deci­sion sim­ply comes down to where­abouts you are at any […]

A very long menu at Long Bar

Over the past cou­ple of months I have been review­ing Malaysian restau­rants all around Welling­ton for Malaysia Kitchen (full dis­clo­sure – I got refund­ed some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! We made a book­ing at Long Bar because it was a Fri­day night, but giv­en the restau­ran­t’s Bran­don Street loca­tion in Lambton Quar­ter […]

KK’s A‑OK

Over the past cou­ple of months I have been review­ing Malaysian restau­rants all around Welling­ton for Malaysia Kitchen (full dis­clo­sure – I got refund­ed some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! The Malaysia Kitchen Pro­gramme has done its best to keep me sober by con­tin­u­ing to send me to unli­censed restau­rants, but final­ly I […]

Top times at Kopi Tiam

Over the past cou­ple of months I have been review­ing Malaysian restau­rants all around Welling­ton for Malaysia Kitchen (full dis­clo­sure – I got refund­ed some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! Today’s Malaysian quest takes us out of the CBD to New­town, but luck­i­ly park­ing is easy at New­town Mall and we can do […]

My kingdom for some booze with my satay!

Over the past cou­ple of months I have been review­ing Malaysian restau­rants all around Welling­ton for Malaysia Kitchen (full dis­clo­sure – I got refund­ed some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! Satay King­dom (Shop 212, Left Bank, Welling­ton) is named by many peo­ple in Welling­ton as their favourite Malaysian because of its prices. It […]

Rasa Malaysia — top eats near the top’o Cuba

Over the past cou­ple of months I have been review­ing Malaysian restau­rants all around Welling­ton for Malaysia Kitchen (full dis­clo­sure — I got refund­ed some of the costs). It’s time to share the reviews! A freez­ing souther­ly was blow­ing around Welling­ton when I met with a group of friends at Rasa Malaysia on Upper Cuba Street, […]

Welcome to May-lasia

As well as car­ry­ing out all my usu­al duties as Empress of the Inter­net and Edi­tor of the Welling­ton­ista, I’ve also been doing reviews of local Malaysian restau­rants for Malaysia Kitchen — a glob­al ini­tia­tive that aims to edu­cate and inform con­sumers about Malaysian cui­sine and restau­rants. It’s a hard life, being forced to eat […]

A lake of laksa

As it’s get­ting cold­er, and we’re get­ting colds, the minds of the Welling­ton­ista turn towards hot, spicy sat­is­fac­tion. For some of us (well, at least me), this means lak­sa. But where on earth in Welling­ton can we find Malaysian food??? What’s that you say, on every sec­ond block? Okay, fine. But not all lak­sas are […]