Also my husband's favorite Hainanses chicken place! Every time go there, we are so happy! Best boneless Hainan chicken in town! Ginger sauce is very good too! Chicken is very soft and juicy, in good temperature! Mouth watering meal! Roti canai is very good too! Good much with dipping curry taste sauce! We go there once in a while!
If you love hainanese chicken, you definitely have to come to Mamalee's and try it out. The restaurant is very small, and there is usually a line but the wait is never too long. We usually order a full chicken plate with a drink. The laksa is also quite good, but the real winner is the chicken, the best we have tried so far in the city. Prices are fair, service is average. We would recommend the chicken and we have been back a couple of times.
My favourite Hainanese Chicken Rice place....boneless, soft, tender, never overcooked pieces of dark meat chicken....soooooo yummy. Can't say the same for the rest of the menu, tho'.
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This place is my favourite place for hainanese chicken. It's flavourful, moist and is just really satisfying. The chicken here comes with a spicy sauce and ginger sauce, cucumbers, rice, and daily soup. This is what I always get, but this time we tried out a few other things as well. We got the roti canai and the chee cheong fun (original flavour). The roti was good, but it came with way too much sauce in my opinion. But I guess it night be good for those who really want to soak it in. The chee cheong fun was alright. Nothing too special about it, I just wanted it because I hadn't had it in a long time. Except I did think that it would have peanut sauce too but I didn't really taste any. I'm not an expert with this dish so I don't really know what the sauce should be like but I remember having one that had peanut sauce at a different place. So I guess it just made me assume, but the dish was still good.
The place here isn't big at all. Be prepared to write down your name and wait. Service was pretty good even though it was busy. This is definitely a place I'd come back to.
Went to check out this place to see what the hype was about. We were lucky to get a table for 2 when we arrived at around 1:30 pm. At around 2 pm there was a small wait out the door. The place is fairly small and when there is a wait, it gets fairly crammed as there is not much of a waiting space.
Hainanese Chicken with rice: the chicken is boneless which is great. The oil rice was a tad dry and felt they could have given more sauce, especially for a large order. The sauce is everything!!
Seafood Laksa: loved the combination of egg noodles and vermicelli. The soup base was a little disappointing as I felt it was a little watered down and could have been bolder in flavour. It came with 3 small prawns, 3-4 pieces of imitation crab meat and a tofu puff cut in half.. didn't feel 100% satisfied.
Beef brisket curry: tasted more like a tomato based stew. It came with 3 small pieces of brisket and the rest was potatoes. Was definitely not worth $13.
Overall it was OK.. a bit overrated...
One of the best places for Hainanese Chicken and Laksa. That is pretty much all that we order when we eat here (hence all the similar pictures taken on multiple visits).
The chicken is boneless, moist and juicy. Whether you have the seafood or chicken laksa, the broth is very clean with good flavour. I wish it were more spicier (but that's my own personal preference - spicier the better).
Mamalee has the best hainanese chicken rice and laksa in Vancouver. Their chicken is cooked perfectly and it's flavours go really well with the rice and sauces that they add to it. Their laksa has a kick, but the flavour of the soup is to die for. Keep in mind that the portions here are not the largest, but you can fill the gap by ordering other side dishes or ordering a large size for the chicken rice or extra noodles for the laksa.
Finally came here to try out the Hainanese chicken and laksa to see what the fuss was about. We were lucky to arrive before the lunch rush, meaning before 6:00pm when your luck to get a table is maybe after 30 min or up to an hour wait. Also, being another chinese restaurant, this place only accepts cash and interact transactions over $50.00. So bring your cash!
We stumbled upon this tiny Malaysian eatery on W Broadway one night. The place was very busy during dinner time, as there was an abundance of both eat-in patrons and takeout customers. They even had a sign acknowledging that they were short-staffed! Although the service wasn’t the fastest, the staff was still very friendly and welcoming.
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We stumbled across this tiny Malaysian eatery on W Broadway one night. The place was very busy during dinner time, as there was an abundance of both eat-in patrons and takeout customers. They even had a sign acknowledging that they were short-staffed! Although the service wasn’t the fastest, the staff was still very friendly and welcoming.
We decided the order two of the most iconic Southeast Asian dishes: Hainanese chicken rice, and laksa noodle soup.
Hainanese chicken rice + soup ($13.50 for large)
The chicken-oil-infused rice is a borderline guilty pleasure. Once you start eating, you will not want to stop. It was nice of them to de-bone all the chicken! However, it does make the portion size appear smaller. We liked the contrast of the two dipping sauces (red = sweet and sour chilli sauce; green = garlic, chives, and ginger?). As you can see in the photo, they also drizzled sweet soy sauce all over the chicken. As a small nitpick, we wished the sauces were separated and served in small dipping trays. That way, the customers can have full control over what and how much they want to dip!
Seafood Laksa Noodle Soup ($10.95)
Soup: A little bit less viscous/rich than expected. In terms of consistency, I would say it’s between a pho broth and a Japanese ramen soup. The laksa soup was packed with curry and coconut flavour. Very tropical!
Noodles: It isn’t show in the picture, but the bowl contained three types of noodles: egg noodles, rice noodles, and bean curd strands. We really liked the texture profile.
Toppings: Shrimps, imitation grabs, fried tofu, and bean sprouts. Not the most extravagant, but delicious nonetheless.
Compared to the Hainanese chicken rice, we felt the seafood laksa noodle soup was a better bang-for-the-buck.
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