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C & R Cafe: (Wonderful) Stinky Malaysian Beans in West End Alley!

Ticking many boxes Don’t expect too much from this Malaysian place. Tucked in an alley off Rupert Street in Chinatown, C & R Cafe is one of those cheap, sterile-looking oriental eateries that don’t always get everything right. BUT. I was not dissuaded by the glaring fluorescent lights or the cobalt blue tables. During my …

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Malaysian Hall Canteen: Bayswater Basement Glory

This is one of those authentic Asian places I have picked up while socialising at Grazing Asia Charity Supper Club last month. (Thanks, Will!) A Malay-only basement canteen in London’s Malaysian Hall, a kind of budget residence by Malaysian government for Malays in Bayswater, London. From Monday to Friday, non-Malays are only allowed in if …