The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week, February 2021 - Eater NY
"The name of this dish roughly means “rice in cream” in Malay, referring to the fact that the rice — which is its centerpiece — has been cooked in coconut cream. Radiating from the rice are a number of other dishes in Malaysia’s most popular set meal ($9.25): boiled egg, sliced cucumbers, a sambal (relish) made from dried anchovies, and a chicken curry that, according to the menu, is flavored with screwpine (pandanus leaves) and clove, creating an interesting pungency that will remind you of no other curry. Mamak may be Jersey City’s first full-blown Malaysian restaurant, located just off a highway that looks over the Hackensack River to Newark. The sprawling premises with two massive dining rooms was previously a steakhouse." - Eater Staff
