Ipoh Garden Malaysian Cuisine — Restaurant in Millbrae

Ipoh Garden is right down the street from Millbrae's Caltrain/BART station. A great option if you don't want to deal with the car and people traffic for the restaurants across the street.

If you're thinking of getting Roti Canai here, DOUBLE your order. It's that good.

We tried: Roti Canai: this was so friggin fragrant. It was so flaky, crispy, and chewy. The curry sauce it came with was just the right flavors, too. It was as if someone made my favorite croissant into a flat bread. 5/5 the only bad thing about it is that it disappeared too fast. Bak kut teh: This had a strong herbal flavor in the soup that I loved. I didn't expect there to be pork intestines, but there they were, along with some pork knuckles. There we're some other pork slices that were a bit dry, but I mainly order this for the soup. This doesn't come with rice. 4/5 Hainan chicken rice: Amazing! I like their take on the ginger sauce, almost tasted like the ginger was toasted/fried a bit first! The chicken isn't boneless, but that's pretty typical. 4.5/5 Malaysian white coffee: I got it to try it and it was a big cup, great for sharing! I liked that the flavor of the condensed milk came through without being cloyingly sweet. The coffee flavor was mild. 5/5

Looking forward to trying more dishes next time!

I'm not really sure where parking is supposed to be for this restaurant; they do not have their own lot. There seems to be 3-4 street spots right alongside the restaurant, but that looked about it. Def ride public transit...

Dined here on a Sunday evening with a family of 5 and the restaurant was fairly crowded. Being a person originating around Malaysia, i would say that the food is pretty good in terms of taste. Serving wise, be prepared that the portions are smaller sized and not the typical American diner joint size, but go for quality rather than quantity. My take on the dishes ordered:

1. Char Kway Teow - 4/5, Taste meets the cut however in terms of serving size its smaller and its missing the "wok hey" taste.
2. Singapore Chilli Prawn - 4/5; good enough as it is authentic enough, the lower rating is due to the spiciness, maybe its tuned to local standards?
3. Pineapple fried rice - 3/5 - missing "wok hey", canned pineapple was used and the chicken meat was pretty badly sliced.
4. Roti Canai 3.5/5 - curry was authentic enough but take note that the roti canai looks and tastes like the ones you can get from the Asian Supermarket.
5. Hot Plate black pepper beef 3.5/5 due to the excessive tenderizer and MSG used.

Overall if you are craving for Singapore and Malaysian Cuisine this is a place you...

We went here on our way to airport. The restaurant is located at the corner of El Camino Real & Linden Ave - very close to Milbrae station. Parking is limited so we did street parking. We arrived at around 6:30 pm and were seated immediately. By the time we left the restaurant around 7:30pm, more people came and there was a short line.

We ordered roti canai, okra belacab, mango shrimp, coconut fried rice & soy bean milk with grass jelly. Roti canai: good texture (crispy on the outside but still chewy). The curry sauce was good and had a little kick. Okra belacan: okras had perfect crunch (not too soggy & not raw) but the belacan sauce was very little. Mango shrimp: DELICIOUS! Super crispy on the outside but the shrimp was still cooked perfectly. Even my husband who doesn't like shrimp couldn't resist it. Coconut fried rice: delicious fried rice but the chicken pieces tasted not fresh Soy bean milk with grass jelly: refreshing but I wish they didn't put too much ice as the taste was kinda diluted

Overall, a good authentic Malaysian food. We'll come back when...