After a horrifying dinner at Cheng’s Nasi Kandar Pinang Besar, Allison and I decided to go for another round of dinner to compensate back for whatever we had previously. I tell you, don’t ever, I repeat, ever, try the nasi kandar in Cheng, not sure about other food though.

We ended up at Pokok Mangga’s My Homely Steak House.

Interior wise, spacious and not too noisy. Old school wooden tables and chairs. They even have a private room for bigger groups and private function. There are two (Or was it three?) LCD televisions hung around the walls as well.

They serve a not too small variety of Eastern and Western dishes. It also operates like a typical Chinese restaurant where you can order separate dishes for a family or more yet not forgetting the smaller groups and individuals. By the way, pictures are for illustration purposes only. Take note!

I had mango juice, which was not fresh mango juice but rather those concentrated cordial type while Allison had jasmine green tea.

I ordered a black pepper steak with noodles, that comes with a bowl of corn soup and a plate of fresh salads. As I am not a fan of noodles and I just wanted to eat the steak, I requested for my noodles to be omitted from my dish.

“Is it possible for you to not put the noodles, as in, just the steak only?”
“Can, but the price remains the same.”
“……”

What the heck?! I opted with noodles anyway but I didn’t eat much of it. I ended up playing with the noodles and leaving it there on the plate as a silent protest. On top of that, I like my steak to be either medium cooked or medium, hence, I requested for it, as well.

“I want my steak to be medium cooked, please.”
“There’s no such thing, we just cooked it.”
“……”

This is just wrong! Very wrong! This is the Chinese way of destroying a good steak, cook it till its stiff, rock hard, un”chew”able and no sweet juices from the meat. The black pepper sauce tasted fairly good, not too yucky and at least, its edible. Overall, a disappointing one.

Corn soup? I didn’t even touch a single bit, not even a drop. Salad? Nice and relatively fresh. Decent amount of thousand island dressing.

Allison ordered the stir fried flat rice noodle (Kueh Teow) with beef. Now, this is what My Homely Steak House famous for, according to her. The noodles were nicely stir fried, but didn’t have the unique burnt smell that a plate of Char Kueh Teow should have. This can only be achieved by using those black and burnt old wok, not those stainless steel kind. It’s a little dry, but still okay. Taste wise, not too bad although it didn’t really give the umph!

The beef weren’t over cooked and its all nice, tender and juicy.

The damage was slightly less than RM30 for the both of us. Well, I may return to this restaurant for the beef Char Kueh Teow only, that also depends whether I am willing to drive all the way from Bukit Beruang to Pokok Mangga, which is quite a distance.

Have a glass of mango juice.

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Tags: Malacca, My Homely Steak House, Pokok Mangga, Steak