I haven't been to the Banana Leaf in Kitsilano in a while, but we were shopping out that way this weekend and decided it would hit the spot. It did!
The brightly decorated restaurant is about three years old. We were told that it used to be a "gentlemans" club complete with cigar room and such. Now, it is brightly and neatly furnished with traditional screens, kites, and masks.
We were warmly greeted at the door by a host and seated promptly, and upon inquiry, found that we had about half an hour to order off the lunch menu. We were extremely pleased to discover this, and ordered a beef rendeng and char kuey teow. Although the dishes were extremely hot, they arrived quickly, which made me think that it was premade. The food was however, extremely delicious and we finished it all up.
We enjoyed it so much so, that we immediately ordered a mee goreng, and finished that too.
All three waiters that helped us were polite and helpful. We enjoyed our meal a lot; our only regret was that we did not notice or order the 7 course tasting menu which was great value at $25 per person!
Banana Leaf has always been a favourite restaurant of mine over other chain Malaysian / Singaporean restaurants in the Vancouver area. I hope to visit soon for another reliably great meal!
3005 W Broadway
Vancouver, BC
Tel: (604) 734-3005
Mirror of my dinehere review.
More photos at flickr.
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The Kits restaurant is our favourite Banana Leaf. We love those spicy green beans.
ReplyDeleteWe have a "Banana Leaf" restaurant here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I don't think it's part of this Canadian chain. But they do serve decent Malaysian food.
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I wrote a review at my blog, for the West Broadway location (near Vancouver General Hospital) http://bit.ly/bananaleaf
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