Madam Kwong's Nyonya

There are lots of laksa place in Melbourne but you can hardly find a restaurant serving Penang assam laksa. I didn’t expect to have such high standard asam laksa in Boxhill. Char Koay Teow is equally good. Thoroughly stirred fried with a little bit charcoal taste to bring out the flavor. Size is adequate. Bought some home made keuh, not very sweet and full of flavor. Went there 2nd time, turmeric sticky rice with curry is excellent

Madam Kwong's Nyonya is a Malaysian restaurant in Box Hill. The restaurant serves Malaysian delight including nasi lemak in banana leaf ($5.90), Penang Hokkien Mee ($12.90), Penang Char Kuey Teow, rendang chicken (Malaysian's style chicken curry), etc. A fried drumstick (add-ons) and teh tarik cost $2 and $3 respectively. It is one of the best Malaysian restaurant in Melbourne. The Penang Hokkien Mee tastes almost as good as Hokien Mee in Penang and it is a must try for those who misses home (Malaysians).

Ever since Thanh from ieatblog commented on the “wok hei” (fiery wok breath) of the char kuey teow at Madam Kwong’s, I have been trying to make it there. Finally I got a chance to go to Box Hill, so I took kiddo to Madam Kwong. I got a few pieces of $0.9 deep fried chicken drumsticks 🍗 for kiddo so he would stop squealing he is Hangry, and then I got a curry puff for myself while waiting for my char kuey teow. The chat kuey teow came and it was marvelous! I am so sad that because I am sharing with kiddo I couldn’t get super spicy! The service is fantastic too, they make sure we have enough serviettes (cos kiddies do make a huge mess!), help me bring tea and my order number to the table etc. I would love to go back again!

Tried the Penang Hokkien prawn noodle and it tasted really authentic. Soup was filled with prawn goodness, portion was more than enough for a guy which includes noodles, vermicelli, half an egg, bean sprouts, 3 prawns, 3 slices pork and spinach. Would have been better if the pork used were more tender as it’s very tough and will be better if they used kangkong which is kind of expensive in Melbourne, maybe that’s the reason why they don’t use it. Chili makes the soup really good and what’s missing is fish cakes which is hard to find here. Place is cosy and crowded on a weekend lunch time, 5minutes walk away from box hill central but quite worth the journey. Nasi lemak looks good and they do sell some Nyonya Kuehs and curry puffs too.