Rasa Sayang

Out on Winnetka Avenue in Golden Valley, north of the spanking-new D’Amico, you run into a place where the bulbs in the street lights have burned out and no one seems to notice, because this is the quiet old suburbs. And that’s where you will find some mighty fine Malaysian food, even though the sign at Rasa Sayang also says “Chinese Food.” This being the quiet old suburbs, some people here just aren’t ready to eat something called a hot pot, which arrives with the Sterno ablaze, cooking your vegetables in a dark, spicy, deeply complex sauce. Sure, Malaysian cuisine has a Chinese influence, but it borrows from Thai and Indian, too, and thus does not resemble anything you know as chow mein. By offering up some of the best golden curries and butter-fried rotis in town, it makes the suburb of Golden Valley seem exceedingly well named. 28 Winnetka Ave. N., Golden Valley, 763-525-9876