Last week my coworkers and I went to Tamarind Hill in New Westminster for a birthday lunch. I have been to Tamarind Hill a few times before, for both lunch and dinner, and it consistently stayed as one of the better restaurants in New Westminster to get Asian cuisine.

We started off with Roti Canai, and Lamb and Chicken Satay. The Roti Canai had a really crispy outer crust, and a doughy center. I really wished it was more flakier. It came with a spicy curry sauce, it wasn’t spicy at all, but still a nice compliment to the roti. The Lamb and Chicken Satays were really well marinated. It came with a peanut sauce, which was really nice because the satays would have been a little too dry without it.

I usually get laksa here, but I wanted to try something different this time, so I got the Indian Mee Goreng. The Indian Mee Goreng was fried egg noodles with beef, tomato, bean sprout, and vegetables. I didn’t know what was so Indian about this dish, because it tasted nothing Indian. The sauce was a little bit sweet, it reminded me a lot of those packaged yakisobas you can buy at Asian supermarkets. It was also a little too greasy. Overall, a nice dish, with a misleading name.

The rest of us ordered the Laksa, and Singapore Spicy sweet n Sour Pork Chop with tumeric rice. The laksa was really tasty. I loved the coconut milk soup base, really nice flavors. The portion size of the laska was pretty big, on top of the coconut milk soup, it could be really filling. The Singapore Pork Chops came with tumeric rice and curry vegetables. This dish was good, but nothing spectacular. The pork chops had nice flavors, but they were a bit chewy.

The decoration of the restaurant was nice. The wood chairs did not have cushions, so don’t jump on the chairs with all your weight like I did. It was dim in the restaurant. They were playing electronic-ish music, pretty strange. I have to admit, this time around, I wasn’t too impressed. And the reason was simply because I’ve had better Malaysian food elsewhere since the last time I visited. However, even with a bit of disappointment, this place was still one of the best places to get Asian cuisine in New Westminster.

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Tamarind Hill
628 6th Ave
New Westminster, BC V3M
(604) 526-3000
tamarindhill.ca