Forbidden City Marks Malaysian Food Week With Specials

Malaysian cuisine combines Malay, Chinese, and Indian food traditions with Indonesian, Thai, Portuguese and Middle Eastern influences, with those of neighboring Indonesia and Thailand and the 16th-century Portuguese colonists of Melaka.

Here in Middletown, you can taste many of these exotic flavors during the third annual Malaysian Restaurant Week runs through Sunday at ― with a $20.12 three-course prix fix menu. Choose one from each course selection.

First Course:

• Chow Kuei: Pan-fried rice cake with eggs, bean sprouts and Chinese chives in spiced soy sauce.
• Chili Sotong: Sautéed baby calamari with sweet and sour chili sauce.
• Nyonya Rendang Meat Ball: Sautéed beef meatball and eggplant with Nyonya curry sauce.

Second Course

• Mee Rebus Ayam: Sautéed egg noodles, chicken, tofu and bean sprouts with potato curry. Garnish with caramelized shallot.
• Mee Goreng: Sautéed lo mein noodles with tomatoes, tofu, string beans and bean sprouts in a sweet and spicy sauce.
• Ikan Panggang: White fish filet with curry sambal marinade wrapped in a banana leaf, finished in the oven.

Third Course

• Malaysian Kuih (Dessert) of the day

A wine pairing is an $12 per glass.

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