Tu valoración: 2 North Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Staff friendly enough, and I liked the small space. To start, we ordered the Otak-Otak, which were so tiny & just popped onto a large plate. The lamb curry was nice, with a nice ammount of chilly, also had the Rockling which wasn’t really to my taste. Presentation sloppy & and a little on the expensive side. Probably wont be back. All in all, pretty mediocre.
David T.
Tu valoración: 5 San Francisco, CA
One of my all time favorite restaurants in Melbourne. Malaysian cuisine in a small cozy setting. Perfect for either a quiet meal or a family celebration, it has a very cool interior, great ambience, and friendly staff. I always make at least one stop here when I am in Melbourne. My favorites at Blue chillies are: Ribs — generous amounts of meat, fall off the bone tender and fantastic flavor Fried rockling fillets — this is a wonderful dish with subtle flavors. It has palm seeds and this amazing floss made from eggs. Think of Candy floss or cotton candy texture but made from eggs. It takes serious wok skills to create this as you need to whip the eggs into a floss in a hot wok without ending up with an omelette. Sashimi salad — a delicious fusion is gushing and salad Date pudding — perfect version
Minh L.
Tu valoración: 3 London, United Kingdom
I like the vibe of Blue Chillies with its wooden interior, dim lighting, and jazz and soul music. With bamboo sticks adorning the wall, the establishment is Asian with a modern twist. Blue Chillies serves authentic Malaysian hawker cuisine. The kitchen uses traditional Asian spices with contemporary cooking technique combined to create Malaysian cuisine with a modern twist(like the décor of the establishment). For entrees, we had the satay chicken($ 6.5) and the lohbak($ 8.5). For mains, we had the mee goreng($ 17) and beef rending($ 20). The dishes were good, but I’m not sure of their authenticity having never been to Malaysia. The person I was eating with lived in Malaysia and he said it was good… Basically, good service with a decent wine list, but you’re paying $ 2 more per dish compared to other Malaysian restaurants. When I’m craving Malaysian food, I always wish Penang Affair(what is now China Bar) would come back.
David S.
Tu valoración: 3 Melbourne, Australia
As Allan has pointed out, your choices for Malaysian cuisine are very limited in the Fitzroy area. Previously Blue Chillies had competition from the Penang Affair which sadly shut down earlier this year. Now they are probably the only Malaysian joint unless you head into the CBD or to Fitzroy North. Having lived in Malaysia for a while, their food is some of the best in the world. Blue Chillies does a very good job of measuring up to the food but still has a long way to go in my opinion. The service was good, the environment was moody and dark in a good way and created a fairly intimate atmosphere. I wasn’t blown away but will definitely be back when the cravings come back.
Allan B.
Tu valoración: 4 Scottsdale, AZ
READ: you need to know that this is BLUE Chillies. Not red, nor green. BLUE. There is a curious convention in naming many Asian restaurants. They love colors. And chillies. Blue Chillies rocks the Malaysian food scene(which may only consist of them) in Fitzroy. They are always friendly here, and you always feel like you’ve been there a million times. It’s just comfortable. The food is excellent though. Great soup and noodle dishes. I really dig their Laksa though. It’s one of the few places that makes it spicy enough for me(I think I have an iron-lined stomach). Their whitebait and sweet potato entrée is super yum too! Plus, they have a reasonably priced wine list!