Malaysian hawker-food restaurant in Queenstown — roti hawker rolls, Hainanese chicken and rice, and Madam's chicken curry.
Madam Woo started in Queenstown before spreading across the country, and the original is still in The Mall on Lower Ballarat Street. The kitchen cooks Malaysian hawker food, which is to say street food, plated for sharing.
The room is bright and relaxed, whitewashed and low-key by day and better at night, when the paper lanterns come on and the tables fill.
Start with a hawker roll. They are roti breads wrapped around sticky pork, soy eggplant or roast hoisin duck, and the trick is to take it in one go. Mains run to Hainanese chicken and rice, stir-fried pork belly, a vegetarian laksa, Madam's chicken curry and the Malaysian Indian fish curry. Finish with a Ping Pong cocktail.
Worth booking on a weekend.
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