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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ASSAM FISH AT PENANG: Where’s your favorite Malaysian restaurant?
PHOTO: Kimberly Smith/AJC
Today’s dining review in the Living Section takes a look at rapper Ludacris’ first foray into restaurant ownership, Straits. You can read the review here.
I’m not much on celebrity-owned restaurants, although a few — especially Nobu, in NYC — are real gems. And frankly, I wasn’t expecting much from Luda. The guy wrote “P-Popping” for Pete’s sake.
But guess what? Straits, with chef Chris Yeo in charge of all things food, is pretty darned good. Definitely as good as JGV’s much touted Spice Market — maybe better.
My favorite Malaysian is Penang, on Buford Highway — the assam fish is a thing of great beauty and flavor, and the roti canai needs to be administered via IV drip — only then it would miss my mouth, so what’s the point?
Where’s your favorite Malaysian/Singaporean restaurant in the area? Have you been to Straits? What did you think?
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By Charles
August 1, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this
Wow! One of the few times the Table Talk blog is open for comments - and the subject is something that 99.9% of Atlantans know anything about (or care for that matter).
By Meridith Ford
August 4, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this
So Charles, what would you like to talk about?
By Will
August 6, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
I assume the Penang off of Barrett Pkwy in Kennesaw is a satellite location of the Buford Hwy restaurant. Anyway, when I ate there a couple of years ago it was terrific. People in this area should be sure to get out and support it.