Green Oak Malaysian - Burnaby

It might have started as a Malaysian restaurant a few years ago, but this is actually Hong Kong style Chinese restaurant . A friend invited me to this restaurant 2 weeks ago as they wanted to treat me to some nice authentic Malaysian food (they know that I immigrated from Malaysia). We ordered Hainanese Chicken, Curry Beef, Char Kuey Teow, etc. These are very popular food in Malaysia. But their Hainanese Chicken is not the Malaysian style at all. The chicken rice was yellowish, and the taste is not what Malaysian Hainanese Chicken rice should taste like. I have never seen yellowish Hainanese chicken rice being served in Malaysia. The rice they served was also super salty to the extend of not edible. The chili sauce they served was also wrong. This restaurant also served ginger scallion sauce with the rice. I have never seen this in Malaysia too. Their Curry Beef is actually Hong Kong style curry beef. Their so called Char Kuey Teow is actually Hong Kong style stir fry thick noodle with pork/prawn. Authentic Malaysia Char Kuey Teow uses thin, skinny noodle. It has prawns, and not pork in it. They put green/red peppers in their Char Kuey Teow. There shouldn 't be any of these. There is no shame in calling themselves Green Oak Hong Kong Restaurant , but to call themselves a Malaysian restaurant is taking whoever that wants to experience real Malaysian food at that restaurant for a fool. I would not recommend anyone to go here for a taste of Malaysian/Singaporean cuisine.

Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: CA$20–30 Food: 3 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Seafood Laksa, Laksa Soup, Hainanese Chicken, Hainanese Chicken with Yellow Rice Soup Set

A gem for the price. I had the Hainanese chicken rice combo and it was quite good! For $14.50 it's a treat. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: CA$10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Roti, Chicken Rice, Hainanese Chicken

I went here with my family last Friday. It was a nice cozy restaurant serving Malaysian food. We ordered half Hainanese chicken and rice $26), Hainanese Chicken Laksa $14.95), Char Quay Teow $15.95), and Belacan Fried Rice $15.95). Everything was really good I couldn’t pick a favourite. Hainanese chicken was tender and delicious. Rice tasted pretty good. Everything else was tasty as well. Belacan fried rice was packed with flavours. It had pungent smell of salted shrimps, but was pretty tasty. We shared all this food for 4 people. We couldn’t finish Hainanese Chicken Rice and Belacan Fried Rice in the end and ended up taking home leftovers. It still tasted really good the next day. I saw some tables ordering Satay Skewers which looked so yummy. Price was moderate. Food was pretty memorable. They accept cash and debit only.

I went here with my family last Friday. It was a nice cozy restaurant serving Malaysian food. We ordered half Hainanese chicken and rice $26), Hainanese Chicken Laksa $14.95), Char Quay Teow $15.95), and Belacan Fried Rice $15.95). Everything was really good I couldn't pick a favourite. Hainanese chicken was tender and delicious. Rice tasted pretty good. Everything else was tasty as well. Belacan fried rice was packed with flavours. It had pungent smell of salted shrimps, but was pretty tasty. We shared all this food for 4 people. We couldn't finish Hainanese Chicken Rice and Belacan Fried Rice in the end and ended up taking home leftovers. It still tasted really good the next day. I saw some tables ordering Satay Skewers which looked so yummy. Price was moderate. Food was pretty memorable. They accept cash and debit only.