Comments on: Old Town Kopitiam Mamak

By: HOT: Old Town Kopitiam Mamak, Level 2, Shop 11 QV Square, Melbourne | MEL: HOT OR NOT

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:37:36 +0000

[...] read other reviews of Old Town Kopitiam Mamak, check out Addictive & Consuming, Essjay Eats and My Food Trail. For other dish-with-rice options in the CBD, try Jolly J’s Curry Shack [...]

By: Old Town Kopitiam Mamak QV Part 1 | Addictive and consuming

Old Town Kopitiam Mamak QV Part 1 | Addictive and consuming — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:45:36 +0000

[...] I love kopitiam mamak. The first thing that I do when I land in Singapore airport is to head to Changi Kopitiam to pick up a kaya toast and a Milo dinosaur before heading for the luggage. Can you imagine my excitement when Old Town Kopitiam first opened on Little Bourke. Alas it was not meant to be. I was totally disappointed. You can find out why here. So I was really skeptical about this new place and was not keen until I read the delicious tweets from @tummyrumbles and the blog post from essayeats. [...]

By: Injera

Injera — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:18:14 +0000

Excellent dinner – really hit the spot after a brief workout. The rotis were fresh and delish (we tried the plain roti canai and the roti telur) and we shared a plate of the nasi briyani with three dishes from the nasi kandar menu. The bandung I had would have soothed a much fiercer curry, though – I’ll have to see if there’s something really spicy. Service really friendly and it’s great to see that rather dull square at QV buzzing after being such a wasteland.

Stickyfingers was tweeting pics of her meal tonight, too, so I’ll have to go back and try the satays and the mee goreng! I wish the satays came with lontong…

By: essjayeats

essjayeats — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:55:02 +0000

Hi Jetsetting Joyce – welcome! Food is pretty good at the sister restaurant, though some people disagree. The Roti is better at QV for some reason. But the space is the thing – much bigger – easier to get into. And you don’t have to move along quickly. Let is know what you think when you’ve tried it.

By: essjayeats

essjayeats — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:51:57 +0000

Penny: we’ll eat them out of roti if we’re not careful!
Injera: finally enough people have commented that you’re willing to trust us! :-) Hope it’s good tonight, let us know what you think.
Mellie: ahh- thanks. That’s what the sauces are. Seriously – anchovy sambal? OK.

I’ve got cravings right now! yummy

By: Jetsetting Joyce (MEL: HOT OR NOT)

Jetsetting Joyce (MEL: HOT OR NOT) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:35:57 +0000

Ooh this looks so good and I’ve been following all the twitter raves about it. Didn’t know that they had a sister restaurant in Chinatown – is it just as good?

Jetsetting Joyce

By: mellie

mellie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:49:30 +0000

That roti is absolutely to die for – the perfect balance between flaky and chewy. The curry gravy and the anchovy sambal was also rockin’.

Glad you enjoyed it! We should meet up for a weekday lunch there sometime…

By: Injera

Injera — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:41:58 +0000

Saw this a couple of weeks ago and wondered what it would be like (have been burned by promising looking Malaysian places often enough that I really wanted someone else to be the guinea pig on this one!). Sounds fab – so rare to get freshly prepared roti here! We’re heading there tonight and already I can’t wait.

By: penny aka jeroxie

penny aka jeroxie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:37:55 +0000

Yum! I could not wait for Mister and went down myself. The roti is defintely as good as it gets here. heading back for more!