Golden Dynasty/Kam Tong

As a New Unilocal Year started, I wandered around Central London, wondering what it would bring. 2009 had been a great vintage with the launch of Unilocal London and I had some great meals.
As I walked down one of my favourite foodie streets, Lisle Street, which runs parallel to the main drag of Chinatown’s Gerrard Street, my eye was drawn to the window of Kam Tong. There was a large menu of Malaysian dishes, all with pictures. Well, I’m all for spreading the gospel of Malaysian food, which is becoming more widespread in London.
A little legend at the bottom of the page gave credit to Kiasu, the Singaporean restaurant in Bayswater.
Once inside, I was seated and found that Kam Tong offered a Chinese menu, a separate dim sum menu and I had to ask for the Malaysian menu.
Unfortunately, I was too early for their curries and settled for wat tan ho (fried broad ricesticks). I also had a peep at their dim sum menu and what better way to start off a new culinary year than to try some new dishes and ingredients.
So I got side orders of duck tongues with orange peel and fried taro balls containing seafood with salad cream. Neither dish tasted as strange as they sounded.
The wat tan ho was quite authentic and I will certainly return to try other dishes from the Malaysian menu.
So I’m hopeful that Malaysian food will continue to become more mainstream in 2010