Malaka Spice - Pune's best south east asian food joint

Address: Vrindavan Apartments, Off. North Main Road, Koregaon Park, Pune.
Phone: 26136293
Web site: http://malakaspice.com
Directions: http://malakaspice.com/location.html
Type of food: Indonasian, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Thai and some chinese. It's a bit spicy (as the name suggests, duh!).
Ambiance: Nice, cafe type ambiance, certainly not quiet. Very clean. Perfect for a group of up to 6 people. They have many small-medium tables.
Price Range: Avg. Rs.250 per person
Food Review: Well, what can I say... this is one place that lived up to all its hype. In one word, awesome!. The best of the evening was "Canh Trung soup" - A fresh tomato soup with sliced chilli lemon grass. The "Panang laksa" fish soup was also good. Sea food seems like their speciality. If you are in the mood for something less spicy, "Grilled fish in banana leaves" is great for you. If you want something even less spicy (and you like mushrooms), the "Three aunties and grandmothers" is for you.

Roti Jhala was a good, interesting dish - a light fluffy pancake.
Roti Canai was a total disappointment - it was just like regular desi roti/naan.

They also have really great mocktails. Try the "Knight in white satin" - coconut cream and pineapple juice with ice cream. Yum yum...:)

Posted byKetaki at 3:30 AM  

10 comments:

asuph said... 9:56 PM  

Food related blog! There you've got me hooked :). And Malaka Spice is one of the better eating joints in Pune, period. South-east-asian or whatever.

cheers,
asuph

neeraj said... 11:15 AM  

Hey guys,
thanks for your encouragement. I am actually quite happy with the response and am working on a real site for this stuff.
My target release date is Jan. 2007. I will announce the beta on this blog first, so watch this space :).
cheers,

Neeraj

HAREKRISHNAJI said... 11:50 PM  

Too good. And all these years we was restricted to

http://harekrishnaji.blogspot.com/2006/09/vaishali.html

only.

You have opened my eyes.My son would love this place. Visit guaranteed.

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Unknown said... 9:48 AM  

u knw

ud said... 4:08 AM  

Great blog

Shachin Bharadwaj said... 5:34 AM  

Malaka has now gone onet step ahead and tied up with a portal from wherein you can order your meal online and also do table reservations online.
Its called www.tastykhana.com They are promoting their services by putting book marks in the menu.
The site looked good to me with some nice services lined up.

Mukesh Jha said... 4:27 AM  

Restaurants in Pune
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Unknown said... 9:24 AM  

Tophat for starters
Basil chicken and Capitan curry chicken were great.
they also serve Belgian Beers

Unknown said... 12:45 AM  

Spent some time reading your reviews. Very informative for someone new to Pune and locals too! You should check this site too http://puneonaplate.com . They are doing the same thing. Maybe, you guys need to hook up.

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