Yesterday my fellow CocoaHead Tan took me and two other friends to a Malaysian restaurant called Taste Good in Elmhurst. We stuffed ourselves silly with delicious food. The stew below, for example, was full of juicy, tasty stuff, and the folks there treated us very well.
If you're interested in checking this place out, this Wednesday would be a good time. I transcribed the following from a sign in their window. They won't be keeping any of the proceeds, not even to offset the cost of ingredients. They're hoping for as many customers as possible. The restaurant is about a minute's walk from the Elmhust Ave. subway stop.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Helen Thong T: 718 898-8001
China Earthquake Relief Drive at Top Queens Restaurant One day only – May 28 in Elmhurst
Come and eat some of the most exquisite Malaysian cuisine and help the victims of the devastating Chinese earthquake.
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM the management and staff of the Taste Good Malaysian Restaurant will be holding a charity sale to help with the Sichuan Earthquake Relief efforts.
All the proceeds (100 percent) from the sale of the entire days' worth of business at the restaurant will be donated to the Chinese Ming Pao Daily News Sichuan Earthquake Relief Account.
Date: Wednesday May 28, 2008 opens for lunch at 11 AM and closes after dinner at 10 PM.
Taste Good Malaysian Restaurant, 82-18 45 Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373 tel: 718 898-8001
Background Information:
Taste Good Malaysian Restaurant is well loved by food aficionados all over the city and has been written up and reviewed in the Village Voice, Time Out New York, NY Newsday and the Daily News. If you are serious about ethnic eating, the boro of Queens affords the intrepid food eater some of the best ethnic cuisine in all of NYC.
The Taste Good Malaysian cooking is a culinary delight. Mouth watering signature dishes include:
Roti Canal – Indian roti bread to dip in a chicken curry sauce.
Malaysian Popiah – Spring roll rice crepes filled with sweet turnips, bean sprouts, and egg.
Sate – chicken, beef or pork bar-b-q in mouth watering home made peanut dipping sauce
Nasi Lemak – Coconut rice, curry chicken, hard-boiled egg, anchovy, cucumber slices, peanuts, and maybe a bit of pickled vegetable
Beef Rendang – moist, coconutty slow-braised beef
Assam Laksa – spicy-sour fish soup with round glass noodles