New Malaysia Restaurant

The menu at New Malaysia Restaurant resembles those found in many Indian, Thai, Chinese and other Asian eateries—and with good reason: Malaysian cuisine comes from an amalgam of those cultures. So you’ll have your pick of chicken curry, pad thai, beef satay, sweet-and-sour pork and kung pao squid, along with specific Malaysian specialties like roti canai—a flat, fluffy tortilla-meets-matzo appetizer served with chicken curry. The location of the restaurant might be the most exotic thing about it: in a minimall just off Bowery. There’s certainly a sense that you’ve found a locals-only eatery.