The Bull Restaurant

My first time ordering found this place on grubhub… simply the best tastinf food ive ever had delivered to me. Yes… i am serious. Place is welcoming the owner himself dropped off the food and was the nicest guy. You have to try this place… had the lamb curry omg the best and dont forget the orange chicken and egg rolls!!!

Good food at good price. Delivery can be slow at times.

Craving Malaysian food for lunch so decided to give this place a shot since they offer delivery service.
This review is solely on delivery order. The lady spoke broken English, which is usually fine but it took her 30 mins to take down 5 orders. She didnt even understand when we said we are located in the city of El monte (the same city as this restaurant).
Prices have changed.
Penang cha kiehls trow $ 8.49
Curry chicken $ 9.99
Chicken fried ric3 $ 7.99
Shrimp fried rice $ 8.99
Beef mee $ 8.99
Garlic beef $ 11.99
Delivery charge $ 3 but the whole time she kept saying $ 30.
So frustrated just trying to order over the phone.
Food review… Will update later.

Big sized portions for the price. Their menu is very diverse with many Malaysian and other south east asian foods that are hard to find in this area. I was excited that they have Laksa! This place in a random location which makes it a diamond in the rough!

Blink and you will miss it. Seriously. This place is located in a small plaza with a liquor store, laundromat, and Mexican restaurant. The parking lot is enough to hold the number of people that would be here. Walking in, you are greeted by a friendly and ginomous bull statue. There are tables on the left and right with the kitchen straight forward. The place was empty but I think it is because we went pretty late and it was a Monday night.
The owner is the only person working and he was extremely knowledgeable about the menu and passionate about the dishes on the menu. The food is supposed to be Malaysian food and I’m not expert but it’s not exactly authentic. Maybe Chinese-​Malaysian but regardless, it was good and you can’t take that away from them even if it’s not «authentic».
Char Kway Teow: Thick rice noodles with a combination of squid, chicken, egg, and other meats. The taste reminds me of pad see ew but with more wok hei and not as oily.
Lamb Curry: A large bowl chock full of piece of lamb and a spice-​y curry. Not spicy as in chili but full of spice. The curry reminded me of a combination of Chinese and Indian curry. The flavors were there and the meat and plentiful and easy to eat.
Bak Kut Teh: Pork bones and herb soup. I have had this only once at another restaurant and the other place makes it more pepper-​y. This was tasted more herbal like something my grandma would make for me but it lacked that pepper-​y flavor I was expected. Pretty average and probably something I would not order again.
Roti Canai: Two pieces of roti (not very oily either) with a small dish of chicken curry. A perfect appetizer to get your taste buds ready for whats to come. For $ 4, it is a deal and perfect size to share with a table of 4.
Durian Eggrolls: For you durian lovers out there, this is a great dessert. The durian is soft and mushy. Combine that with the crispy eggroll shell and you have yourself a bite-​sized dessert that you don’t feel too guilty eating since they are so small. The dish came with 10 eggrolls.
The place was very empty but the manager made it feel very home-​y. He came by numerous time to talk to my parents and ask how the food was. He also gave us a free appetizer of cucumbers, bean sprouts, and tofu in their special sauce. Even though the food wasn’t «authentic» it was tasty and a good deal for the price you pay. They even had a number of specials posted on the windows such as 4 bowls of teriyaki for $ 10. Definitely coming again, maybe not at night since the area seems a bit sketch…

Came here because of an advertisement on the newspaper. It was a nice surprise to have such good Malaysian food. Truly the best Larsa I ever had. Super friendly owner took the time to explain the items. We ordered seafood laksa, chicken men, and spinach. All dishes were delicious. Very generous portions. Definitely will return!

I’m not an expert on Malaysian food but I decided to give this place a try today and really did not like it at all. I ordered a wide variety of dishes and didn’t enjoy a single one which was surprising as I am not a very picky eater at all. I ended up throwing everything out (I have never done this before EVER)! The meat quality was just awful.
I ordered from Eat24, delivery was on time around 45 minutes. My concerns were with the food. I tried the following:
1. Veggie roll — This seriously tasted just like those rank fried eggrolls you get frozen or from panda express. Super oily and they were soggy on the bottom and came with this neon red dipping sauce which looked very processed and sugary.
2. Eggplant with tofu in curry — I am a curry FIEND but I really could not stomach this dish. The flavor was alright but there was a ton of oil and the eggplant was overcooked because it seemed to just disintegrate. I picked out and ate some of the tofu but gave up because…
3. Chicken laksa — This dish really made me feel sick to my stomach. The ironic thing was that this dish was somehow the best and worst thing I had from the restaurant. The soup and noodles actually tasted pretty good (but there was still a good amount of oil). What really got me was the «CHICKEN» they used. It looked like GARBAGE. All skin, cartilage, and tendon! I tried one piece and spit it out because I really couldn’t take the soft and chewy mouth feel of unr-​endered FAT and GELATIN. I could not find a single piece of what I would consider to be edible chicken meat! I can see why the seafood option is the one that is most popular… At this point in the meal I was ready to give up but the final nail in the coffin was…
4. Beef Rendang — Again the flavor was ok, kind of sweet but the MEAT QUALITY just made me feel sick to my stomach. The beef tasted really «soft» and strange, I don’t think I’ve ever tried beef from wherever on the cow this came from.
Again maybe this is how Malaysian food is supposed to taste, who knows, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I eat a lot of cheap delivery and this was not even up there with the cheapest chinese/​thai places that I usually order from.

Good food, not that expensive and they delivered to my office!

I’m really not one to give a good opinion about malaysian food, but personally I thought the food was good.
Out of all the places in SGV, this is one of the very few places that has oxtail soup. As somebody who knows a little of traditional chinese medicine, oxtail soup is one of those soups that can help invigorate you and helps replenish «kidney essence». Basically, take this when you are feeling under the weather, your joints feel achy and off, and/​or you trained really hard for a workout/​training session. This is one of those cases where food is medicine.
Another dish I want to mention about is the special off the menu: Bull Prizzle. Yes, it is one of those exotic and unconventional dishes that you’d probably hear about people who have the courage to eat. The bull prizzle was actually put into the same broth for oxtail and cut into pieces. I can tell you this, after eating the dish, you can say that I regained the stamina to either exercise intensely or engage the act of hey hey. Men, if you got the courage to eat it, it can help you if you feel like you need a little more to perform, if you catch my drift.
The Chicken Curry. Tasty. Other than the fact that I could see there was thought put into it, the chicken was not dry and tasted fresh, the spices used are traditionally are what makes a curry a legit curry. Plus, the serving size was enough for me. Oh and the girlfriend loved the potatoes. She’s a tater lover.
This is one of the places in El Monte that I could at least recommend going, since there isn’t much places to get a decently priced meal. You can say that this place has the potential to be hidden gem of El Monte.
Oh I forgot, the boba. The boba milk tea is best drank once the boba really sits into the drink for a long while. If you drink the boba milk tea after they serve it to you, the boba will still be a bit hard because it was chilled, but if you don’t plan to drink it for a while, once you drink it, the boba will absorb the milk tea and give it a nice flavor.

Just tried this restaurant with my family on recommendation from Malaysian friends. I myself am from Singapore so I had to try it. We ordered the chay kuei teow, wat tan hor, and Malaysian fried rice. Portions are generous, they don’t skimp on the shrimp and the taste is very good. The owner is very friendly and willing to talk with customers which for me makes the experience warm and welcoming. Location may not be ideal for most, but is close enough to Arcadia. I will be definitely be coming back.

This Malaysian restaurant just opened about 3 months ago. I spoke to the owner, he used to live at penang. So if you wanted some real penang Chinese Malaysian food, you should try this place. This place is more like a Chinese Malaysian, there isn’t a lot of malay food.
I have fried rice noodle with egg sauce (wat tan hor). I like how they kinda pan fried the noodle before they put the egg sauce on it, makes the noodle crunchier. The price might be a little expensive but the portion is big. I personally think the dish i ordered was a little salty but i will definitely come back. The owner is very nice, he gave me a free bowl of bah kut teh soup to try and some sambal belacan to take home. Sweet!

New Malaysian/​Asian Fusion restaurant run by the owner of the market next door. Though he was very nice, our waitress was still learning the ropes, so service was a little and a little spotty.
We were eager to give this place a try after learning about it from a friend, as it is difficult to find excellent and very authentic Malaysian cuisine in the LA/​OC area. However, it was disappointing to learn that on this night, that they had sold out of all flat rice noodles and silver needle noodles, so we weren’t able to try some of the more popular dishes such as the char kway teow and the wat tan hor.
So, we made the best of our time there and ordered other dishes such as the paratha, goat soup, and beef rendang. These were our favorite dishes as the flavor profiles were very close to authentic Malay cuisine. We tried the laksa as well, but it just did not have the depth of flavor nor sufficient coconut milk used in it to give the broth a creamier texture.
Quite odd was the presentation of the bak kut teh soup, as they definitely took a Malaysian comfort dish and modernized it by offering a side dish of ingredients to be added to the soup, much like in the way of a hot pot, including greens, which is not part of the traditional recipe for bak kut teh. The pot of the broth was enough for one, or for two to share. Flavor of the broth was a bit thin, and could use more seasoning, as it seemed a bit watered down and somewhat bland.
Lastly, we tried curried Bull’s Ball, and it is what the menu said it is, a bull’s testicle… or at least a portion of it sliced into manageable pieces. I’ve had Rocky Mountain Oysters before, so I was expecting the texture to be a bit chewy and rubbery, and that’s what it was. However, unlike beef shank or chicken thigh meat, bull’s testicle meat does not absorb the flavor of the curry it was prepare in, so you don’t really get a nice bold curry flavor while chewing through the meat. The preparation here was a bit tougher than what I had with Rocky Mountain Oysters. For my friends, who never had testicles before, they found the flavor and texture unappealing. It is not for everyone, but it appears to be their specialty, hence the name of the restaurant.
Our dinner was about a month ago. I’d like to go back soon and hope that they’ve smoothed out their rough edges, as well as being properly stocked with ingredients for their menu items, as I would like to give them another try, and especially get to order those noodle dishes we weren’t able to the first time around.

The Bull Restaurant is a Malaysian restaurant that just opened up recently in El Monte along a small strip mall of Mexican shops. The restaurant touts itself as Malaysian food, but their food is rather on the fusion side. The dishes I typically order to acess any Malaysian restaurant are the bak kut teh aka pork bone herbal soup, laksa, satay, and chow kway teow. I ended ordering two dishes. The bak kut teh wasn’t bad, however it did not have nearly as enough flavor as the traditional version of it. This may be because of trying to accommodate more Americanized/​Chinese tastebuds. The traditional dish is very strong in herbal flavor, which is a very acquired taste so I can understand why the broth is not as strong as it is served in Malaysia. The laksa was labeled as a Penang Coconut Laksa, which was a tad strange. Usually, the penang laksa uses the sour broth whereas the regular laksa uses the coconut broth. The laksa didn’t have too much flavor. They also don’t use the traditional noodles for this dish, but I think those who have little reference to traditional Malaysian food would still enjoy the Bull Restaurant.
Given that there are not a lot of decent Malaysian restaurants in the area, I’d still urge followers to give them a try. If you’re a true Malay or Singaporean though, this may not hit the spot for you.

The Bull Restaurant focuses on Malaysian and Malaysian-​style Chinese dishes. The banner on the entrance indicates the restaurant specializes in Asian Fusion fare. That is somewhat of an understatement though, as there is definitely a local feel to some parts of the menu, with bizarre specialties such as lamb soup, Asam shrimp, beef testicle stew, and even alligator meat curry, rather than the simple sate or introductory rice platters (nasi lemak) that Pappa Rich serves. I think that Bull’s target audience may be Malaysian-​Chinese locals.
We sampled some of the familiar stir-​fried noodles (char kway teow and wat dan hor) to see how the Malaysian courses compare to the Chinese counterparts. The wat dan hor basically consisted of a HK-​style «dark soy sauce chow fun» base, with a silky egg gravy poured on top and seafood tossed in. The char kway teow was almost the same exact dish, but omitting the runny egg sauce. I liked the latter more, for its hints of carmelized char on the noodle and the slightly sweet sauce that the noodle was cooked with. I would not mind going for that again, the stir-​fry cooking was good.
On the other hand, the Penang curry laksa was very disappointing. Although the ingredients in the curry laksa were fresh, the portion was small for the price, the soup base was extremely mild, and the noodles were undercooked which resulted in major clumping. The laksa soup had a dominant flavor of coconut milk that lacked a spicy dimension, which I did not find satisfying. I thought that it could use some sambal or chili paste served on the side. Or maybe I should have asked for the asam laksa instead, which has more of the robust, pungent, tangy, and spicy profile that I like in a soup base.
Service was good, the servers were very friendly with pleasant attitude. They were willing to explain the menu which was complicated and did not show any lunch specials. This restaurant is overall solid for a place that opened a couple months ago, but needs work. They need more customers (especially Malaysian) to try the food and provide feedback. There is a $ 15 for $ 30 coupon on
so the damage wasn’t too unreasonable. I hope the menu becomes more simplified the next time I visit and a lunch menu is added.
3.5 stars

Portion was good but the flavors weren’t there. I expected a little more spice on the chicken curry and flavor. Overall as a new place in the middle of no where, it is good.
Cute Asian waitress, she tried to accommodate us with good choices. She served us well and packed our leftover in a bag and everything.

This is a small new Malaysia restaurant. Location of this place is very usual, middle of no where in a El Monte resident area, next to Mexican super market.
The first thing you will notice when step inside of the restaurant is a giant statue of a bull. The bull look like a water buffalo actually… Restaurant is small and still very wall in hole feeling atmosphere.
At the time that I was dine here, there were two great offer. One from Unilocal which is 50% check in for their chicken rice combination. The other one is from
$ 15 for $ 30 of food.
Their dish is Malaysia and Chinese alike, we order the lamb curry, Char kway teow, and Banana Samosa. Love their noodle dish, very tasty and don’t mind order it again. As for lamb curry and samosa was just okay. I also got their boba milk tea which isn’t good. The boba was not fresh and was over-​sweet.
This place is still and had room for improvement, the menu can be confusing. I think they should redesign the menu make it more simple. There’s actually another Malaysia restaurant in the same city (Little Malaysia Restaurant) Which I haven’t try so it can’t compare. There’s only handful of Malaysia restaurant in L.A. Don’t know why they choose to open one so close to each other…

Foodies always talk about finding «hole in the wall» joints that have phenomenal food. The Bull Restaurant is your classic, EUREKA! I’ve found a gem of a dining establishment in the middle of ??? yes, El Monte. Their soup is awesome, their laksa is awesome, their food is just awesome. The service is great too and man if you are looking for something good to eat that is not Mexican food in 12 mi radius than you have to try The Bull. You can get fried durian here if you want too! Anyway it was my first time having authentic Malaysian food in the SGV and it has me raving.
I wish they had a better location, but then again it would not be a «hole in the wall» establishment. This place has a warm place in my heart as we’ve moved to the South East SGV where the food has been MEH… at best and BLEH at its worst.
This is a must try place for foodies.

Ok the one time reviewers, obviously friends, owners, or employees. Why go through with this charade, we are not dumb.
The parathas, goat soup and beef rendang was authentic and tasty. The laksa and bak kut teh was very sub par.
Not sure what the beef ball is about, it was disliked by the whole table. The kway teow and wat tan hor, ran out, so did not get a chance to try it.
It was not bad for the dishes we liked but there was too much msg which killed the whole deal for me.

I am so excited about this new restaurant! Although I am not Malaysian and have not been back to Malaysia in 3.5 years, I really appreciate Malaysian food. Until now, there has not been a good Malaysian restaurant in LA. And definitely not one that serves Ba Ku Teh!
The ba ku teh tasted like it was made with fresh ingredients. Some of the pork ribs were a bit tough, but still tasty, especially with their special dipping sauce. The soup was flavorful, and the red herbs added depth to the soup. The Ba Ku Teh came with a lovely bowl of coconut rice.
For appetizers we ordered chicken wings and roti canai. Both came out quickly and piping hot. Very flavorful.
We also ordered cha kueh teow, which was quite nice. There was plenty of shrimp, and big chunks of squid. The latter a bit chewy, but tasted fresh.
Staff seems inexperienced but anxious to please. The owner came by and welcomed us warmly. Location is on a quiet section of Tyler with little traffic. Hope the power of social media can make up for the lack of natural foot and vehicle traffic.
Overall, really enjoyed the meal. Can’t wait to try the rest of the menu. Already planning to order lamb curry and seafood lakhsa next time!

First Review!
Restaurant opened up a little while ago in El Monte in a little shopping area. The food is Malaysian. It’s a small restaurant and very clean inside. There’s parking in the center and street. The menu still needs work because the pictures don’t match the numbers. Also the the plates need more description on the menu. The menu is difficult to understand for a common person. I ordered a seafood stir fry and combination fried rice. Average price $ 8 – 10 each. The owner came out and greeted us. He started to explain the menu and what his restaurant offers. They do serve bull balls and other organs. The owner gave us a free sample of this pancake bread with curry and pork snout. He also gave us lunch coupons. Really appreciated the owner coming out and explaining the menu. The stir fry and rice were good. Portions were big. Recommend to try it.