food and service are okay. It's a little pricey for the amount of food you get. The ambiance can be improve a little. We came here because my friend said their food is good especially the roti. The sauce of the roti were made it nice and tasty. She ordered chicken which looks like it was steamed or boiled, I would not recommend that at all unless you want your chicken prepared as such. The coconut rice was interesting. I'm open to exploring different ethnic food. I'll try this restaurant again maybe when I'm truly hungry for such the food will be fantastic. For me, it's an okay for to try. read more

The food was pretty authentic. We had tea leaf salad thick rice noodle with chicken and roti with yellow curry sauce. It was fresh and spicy but not too hot in taste. I definitely will return. read more

I have been eating at Mingala for years before their move to Newark and request their food every time I come home. The owner is a nice man and is very attentive to his customers. Food is thoughtfully prepared and every dish is full of wok hei. The restaurant itself is nothing too special. There are Southeast Asian-esque decorations on their walls and booth seating on the side. Seats are usually not hard to get, even on a Friday night. It's a hidden gem! Burmese tea leaf salad: Flavorful dish with just the right amount of citrus and spice. The pickled tea leaves are the star of the dish and are balanced with the chilis. The textures work really well, especially with the peanuts. I've had tea leaf salad at other places but somehow I keep finding my way back to Mingala. Chow kueh teow: The noodles are flavorful, smokey, oily goodness, a simple dish they somehow elevated. Full of wok hei. Huat dan ho: This is my favorite dish. I like to think of it as the chow keuh teow, but as a gravy version. We ordered it with shrimp. The dish itself is light and full of flavor. The noodles are just smothered in gravy. I love drinking the gravy at the end like soup. Would definitely recommend adding the Sambal chili sauce to this dish for a kick. Curry laksa mee: I didn't get to try it but I heard it was really good. Prawn mee: You can tell that they boil the broth for a very long time, making the shrimp flavor is very concentrated. The addition of two types of noodles (egg and vermicelli) offers not only a texture component but it's also just nice to try different noodles with their soup. It is spicy but has just the right amount for me. Overall, big portions and always ask for extra Sambal chili sauce! They know their customers love it so they usually give extra. read more

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Our favorite Indonesian place (Banana Leaf) was closed so wanted to give Mingala a try and ordered take out. Indian mee goreng (noodles) was very good and spicy. We and kids loved it. However Belachan gravy Salmon was not very good. They basically packed a fried Salmon with gravy packed separately. The salmon tasted dry ( very deep fried) and the belachan gravy was not very good. May be the dish tastes better served in the restaurant than takeout. So giving them 4 stars instead of 5. read more

Great restaurant and convenient location. Easy parking and fast service. We got lots of different dishes and the only one we didn't like was the short ribs. Everything else was very good. read more

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Just OK. There are quite a few Vegetarian and Vegan options but nothing was great from what I tried. Had the Tom Yum soup , some Tofu curry and Basil fried rice. Good quantity but thought it was expensive overall. Service was great though. Friendly staff .. read more

Mingala Restaurant - Tom Yum Veg Soup - Burmese Near Me - Newark, California

Large restaurant in City Square Center. Looks clean but zero ambiance. I got tea leaf salad, roti, curry laksa, chow kuey teow, tom yum bee hoon noodle souple. Tea leaf salad was good and large portion but not as good as other popular Burmese restaurants. Curry had flavor but tasted watered down. Roti and curry laksa has the same yellow curry. Tom yum bee hoon noodle soup is similar to tom yum soup with pho noodles which was also watered down. Chow kuey teow was good but bland and no high heat wok hei flavor; looks like something I can make on my stove at home. Service was good as there was only a few tables. Friendly staff and food came out hot and fast however they need to kick the flavor up a couple of notches. read more

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Why make needless choices? Mingala offers Malaysian, Burmese, Chinese, Indian, and Thai dishes under one roof. All well-prepared and reasonably priced. (Including their lunch specials, not on the online menu.) Service is friendly and fast. Mini-mall location isn't glamorous, but the restaurant's interior is welcoming and clean, and there's no shortage of parking. We try to stop by here whenever we're near Newark and hungry. read more

Food was very delicious and tasty. Great customer service and fast service, will definitely return back. Thank you Mingala Restaurant read more

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Compared to previous experience at Mingala, it feels like the taste isn't as good as it used to be as we got the same regular dishes we have had in the past. We got a mixed vegetable with belacan but couldn't even taste any belacan in the dish. Such a let down when the point of ordering something with belacan should have a kick of belacan. The char kuay teow no longer had the smoky flavor "wok hei" which made it exactly how one would find this dish in Southeast asian. I hope they'll fix the issue unless someone cooking that day messed up. Curry laksa noodle was ok. Nothing spectacular as it felt more watered down this time and what you can taste is the spicyness absence of the laksa flavor that it should have. Hainan chicken rice, this too wasn't satisfying. The rice lacked flavor and so did the chicken as it was not tender. My son who loves Hainan chicken rice didn't have much of this because it just wasn't what he usually have had at home and other places. Would be willing to try again sometime in the next month or two, but really hope they'll improve or this place will be removed from my recommended place for some Malaysian/Singaporean food. read more

Went HERE to celebrate Happy Mother's Day on Saturday morning to avoid the crowd. This is located near Lion's supermarket where a Chinese restaurant used to be here. Mingala used to be in a very tiny place in Warm Springs Blvd. They moved to a bigger location & restaurant space in the Cedar Blvd , Newark area. Just a perfect location to try Malaysian & Burmese cuisine. We ordered the ff: Burmese fermented leaf salad - a new addition to our salad repertoire its tangy, salty and refreshing salad to accompany with your proteins, vegetables and other spiced food combinations. Most said it was different. I thought this Burmese fermented tea leaf salad is tame in taste but a good starter to go wtih rich, spicy dishes. it goes well with rice. 5/5. Tom yum seafood combination soup - it is a very light coconut milk seafood soup with vegetables. Good to start your palate or tastebuds. 4/5. Roti pratha with satay sauce - we didn't quite like the rothi pratha because it was too thick, or wasn't folded sideways after it was grilled or fried. Served in a basic satay sauce. It can be improved. 2.5/5. Belachan kangkong - kangkong or water spinach served with onions and garlic then light belachan - very light belachan on blanched kangkong. 3.5/5. basil eggplant, okra and string beans - this was a great vegetable dish to go with everything. 5/5. Good flavors! Chicken Rendang - Good rendang and spices are spot on for a Malaysian dish. Very spiced not too hot, but had some sauce in it. It was great! 4/5. Cafe Baby Short ribs - we tried this as this was spectacular short ribs with their own spice blend and their own aromatics of ginger, garlic, galangal and slight coffee beans - great dish and flavors are there - try this out! it is spectacular! - 5/5. We all ordered coconut rice with our meals - its a game changer and it is rich but delicious. it goes well with everything! 5/5. Jasmine tea they serve is strong but with a very floral aroma. So hot perfect for this meal we enjoyed! Menu is 5/5. Good mix of Malaysian, Indonesian and Burmese dishes. Ambiance is clean, organized and it was very awesome. A very relaxing eating experience. 5/5. Customer service is 5/5. Very attentive and friendly service. 5/5. Overall is 4.5/5. This is a great restaurant to try their cuisine, I am glad it is close by to where I live. We will try to pick up some dinners here. Thank you and we will come back again. read more

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Been looking for Malaysian/Burmese food and glad we stumbled on this spot! Quality was good and so were the portions. My favorite dishes were the roti pratha and the salt and pepper eggplant. The least favorite dish was the hokkien mee. From the pictures it looks very good and flavorful but actually it was very bland and had no taste. I really liked their hot sauce. Service could use some improvement but I will be back again. read more

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Good food: Galangal and Kaffir lime soup with fried tofu was amazing. They asked if I am vegetarian and provided vegetarian sambal sauce. The soup doesn't originally come with tofu so ask for plain or fried tofu on the side. I would definitely come back to try more vegetarian options. Not so good food: My partner got the chicken rendang based on their suggestion and didn't like it since the chicken hadn't absorbed any of the curry flavor. It was bland. He also got the paratha and that was expectedly very oily and led to an upset stomach. General info: They allow pets if it's a service animal. Since they don't have outdoor seating they don't allow pets otherwise. Seems to be run by a family and service is good, you may need to ask for things multiple times to get them but it's family run and I accept the haphazard service. Lots of indoor seating spaces and lots of parking in the plaza. read more

Mingala Restaurant - Galangal and Kaffir lime soup - Burmese Near Me - Newark, California

A Burmese/Malaysian restaurant that's really hit or miss based on your taste and what you order. With such a huge menu, I expect that customers will have a large variance in how much they enjoy this restaurant. Great service and prices though! If you aren't too familiar with Burmese/Malaysian food, I don't see a good reason to try this restaurant. If you are looking for those cuisines though, this place should help scratch that itch. FOOD We ordered 1 appetizer and 4 entrees and tried to get a variety of dishes so we can could see what Mingala had to offer. We also tried out the yellow rice and the butter rice (I didn't take pictures of them). The Roti Pratha was actually quite decent. Unlike other Roti Pratha I have had at other restaurants, this roti was quite thick. I actually prefer this volume because if it's too thin, it just crumbles and makes a huge mess. The insides of the Roti was also cooked nicely and paired nicely with the sauce that was provided. Definitely recommend this. The Belachan Kangkung and Chow Kuey Teow were nothing to write home about. The Kangkung tasted like standard steamed veggies and didn't have any flavors that stood out. The Chow Kuey Teow came out darker than I'm used too, but I think that's because of the soy sauce they cooked it with. The portions on both these were decent; they weren't stingy, but they also didn't stack the plates with food. I'd only get these if you really have a craving for these dishes. I'm a big Mohinga fan, so I immediately wanted to try their Mohinga to see what they had to offer. Boy is it different than any Mohinga that I've ever had before. The broth is quite thick, but for some reason didn't have the fish flavor that Mohinga should have. The Mohinga was also spicy; I'm not sure if they added the spice directly into the broth since I'm used to restaurants providing a side of chili flakes to allow the customer to make the soup spicy if needed. I wasn't a big fan of this version of Mohinga, but they had a lot of rice noodles. I can't recommend this dish because it's just so different than what I'm used to, but the more adventurous of you can give it a try. I saved the best for last, the Curry Seafood Claypot. If you come here, this is absolutely something you should try out. The curry is flavored perfectly and isn't spicy. There are a ton of ingredients inside the claypot including various seafood, eggplant, okra, tofu, tomatoes, and potatoes. Most importantly, the portion for this Claypot is HUGE. Ordering this with rice is more than enough for two people. This is a must-have dish if you visit Mingala. The Yellow Rice is standard chicken rice and it went well with the Curry Seafood Claypot. The Butter Rice is a larger portion. I'm not sure what goes in here, but it's topped with fried shallots and tastes spiced (not spicy as in hot). The Yellow Rice is always a must-have whenever you eat Burmese/Malaysian food. SERVICE Standard Asian family restaurant service. You enter the restaurant and they will seat you at a table. They also offer takeout which you can either order online or order there and wait for it to be ready. Great service; nothing to complain about. At the end, the server brought extra packaging for us to make sure we could pack everything without us asking. This is definitely a family restaurant and I always love supporting local businesses. COST For these 5 dishes + 2 special rices, after tax and tip, it came out to $100 for 4 people. Very reasonable and we had a lot of leftovers to take home. SETTING The restaurant is located on the end of the Lion shopping plaza in Newark. Lots of parking, but it can get difficult to find a parking spot right next to the restaurant since the plaza has a lot of people visiting to get dinner and then do grocery shopping. There are lots of tables in this restaurant, so I imagine you won't have to wait long if they are full. Overall, the food is really hit or miss and might not be for everyone. It was more of a miss for me, but for someone who has a better palette for this cuisine, I can see them really enjoying this place; will round down my official rating as a result. However, give them a shot if you ever want to try some Burmese/Malaysian food; it's hard to find a restaurant that specializes in these cuisines! 3.5/5 read more

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Burmese Malaysian food in Newark, extensive menu, and reasonable portions and price. Spacious and plenty of tables inside. No waiting in a weekend evening. Plenty of parking, central location for dessert or boba afterwards too. Roti Pratha- small portion, probably serving size for two. Just wish there's more. Char Kuey Teow- your typical stir fried flat rice noodle. Don't be fooled by how dark it looks, it's actually not that salty. Probably used a lot of dark soy sauce. Nicely executed, not drenched in oil, yet the noodles are distinct and soft. I actually find that it can use more seasoning. Mohinga- very different from other Mohingas I have tried. First, it is very spicy. I was slurping the soup and had a coughing fit from inhaling some spice. The spice was overpowering that I can't taste what's in the broth, it just tastes like savory with a kick of spice. Also the soup is quire thick with a pasty consistency. Plenty of noodles, great portion size. Still recommend to try it because it's so different! Curry seafood claypot- huge portion. Plenty of seafood, good mixed of veggies too. Although it comes in a claypot, it is actually not boiling hot. Probably some time has lapsed since the curry is ready. Curry is quite creamy and runny. Good with mixing with rice. Probably best dish we tried this evening, but still doesn't have any wow factor. Balachen Kang Kung- great seasoning, good "wok chi". Just wish there's more veggie. Average. I am not sure how authentic Mingala is, seems to me their menu is a blend of southeast Asian food/ Chinese food/ and a couple Burmese signature dish. I hope they could perfect on a couple items and give a more focused definition of their cuisine. Food alone I would only give Mingala 2 stars, but the attentive and friendly service bumps it up to 3 stars. I appreciate the effort they put into creating a large menu. Also, it is a challenging time to operate a family style business in this economy, so I would still recommend trying out this restaurant! read more

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Whenever we are in Fremont we make it a point to visit this restaurant. The food does remind us of the kinds of taste we get back home. The service is friendly and prompt. Compared to their former location there is no shortage of parking, making it easy to get in when you need to. Yes my favorite is Nasi Lemak with Masala Beef. read more

super great! really busy but good service and food! what we got: roti pratha (5/5 yums): this was so good and flaky and crispy. the coconut curry sauce on the side was also super good! tofu rendang (4/5 yums): good for vegetarians but would skip if you aren't. it had a good taste and had tofu and potatoes and a slightly sour flavor. veggie curry laksa (5/5 yums): had two different noodles, one thick and one thin. the soup had a nice coconut-y flavor and had many veggies including a lot of eggplant. chicken chow kway teow (10/5 yums): HAD AN AMAZING SMOKEY flavor. lots of chicken! indian nasi goreng (5/5 yums): had a bit of a kick too it but was super well seasoned and rice was not mushy! nasi lemak (5/5 yums): chicken was super tender and the pickled veggies on the side were amazing! read more

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Newly opened at this new location for about two months, so decided to pay a visit. Place was pretty busy, but we did get seated immediately, even during prime time. Ordered the following: Roti Pratha - really good curry sauce and the Roti was thick! Usually a lot thinner, but I really liked the density! Tea leaf salad - tasted really fresh and refreshing! Really great texture! Basil fried rice w/shrimp - not bad, a little bland, but once I added the two sauces (jalapeño and another chili sambal type I think), it boosted up the taste buds! Staff was really attentive and friendly! Definitely will be coming back here to try the other items, which looked really good! read more

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Food was good and the staff were friendly Got our recommendation on what to eat from them. There were more choices on the menu, perhaps we can try that again for next time read more

The food was delicious, service was quite friendly. We came on Saturday night and were able to get a table right away. Mostly ordered the Malaysian dishes, and they were legit. 1. Roti pratha - 4.7 star. Their roti was a thicker side, but still crispy at the outside and chewy inside. It came with quite creamy curry sauce. Sauce a bit too sweet to my taste, but still very good. 2. Nasi lemak with beef rendang - 4.7 star. The nasi, aka the rice, was very flavorful and the rendang beef was very tender. It didn't get my 5 stars only because missing the chili enchovy. But it was a great plate. 3. Seafood curry- 5 star. Huge portion, solid curry flavor, great mix of vegy and seafood. It's a rich and heavy dish, but the vegy brought the freshness to the plate. 4. Huat Dan Ho - 5 star. I think this is equivalent to Kuey Teow Siram in other Malaysian/Singaporean restaurants. The flat rice noodles with egg gravy sauce. Absolutely delicious. I certainly appreciated that they use choy sum rather than broccoli. Legit! We'll definitely come back and will try others on the menu. read more

Mingala Restaurant - Seafood curry - Burmese Near Me - Newark, California

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My family and I love going to this place from time to time. Friendly staff, food comes fast and very flavorful.

We ordered some favorites at this new location. Roti Paratha - 2/5 Burmese Tea Salad - 3/5 Chicken Satay cutlet - 4/5 Fried Fish Fillet - 4/5 Coffee Short Ribs - 5/5 Kangkung with garlic - 4/5 The best dish was the Coffee Short Ribs, which were so tender and flavorful. The Satay Chicken Cutlets came with the best Satay dipping sauce. The servers were so sweet and attentive. The waiter cautioned us about the bitter coffee taste, which wasn't a problem for us at all. Definitely a great addition to the area! read more

Really friendly service at this combination Burmese and Malaysian casual restaurant. Great for dine or take out. It's low key on the inside but you can come with a family of 8 they have some big tables. The menu is large and offers many vegetarian options. We loved the garlic ginger string beans, okra, and eggplant. I don't usually eat okra and this dish was delightful. Crisp flavorful vegetables - the vegetables were cooked perfectly and all seasoned. The basil vegetarian beef dish was yummy too. The samusas are hot and crispy 7 might sound like a lot but they are smaller samosas. The potato filling tasted good and we did enjoy but I would be lying if didn't say I have had other ones with even more flavorful tangy filling. Our Burmese sever was outgoing and shared many personal recommendations, very attentive. Our service was pretty quick too. He recommended this dish as his favorite chicken dish - the Burmese masala chicken - my friend said the chicken was so tender and he really liked it. One thing to note, you pay up at the front so when you're all set head to the register read more

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Best authentic Malaysian food in the entire Bay Area that I have found, and I should know since my relatives are from Malaysia. Beats out Banana Leaf and Layang Layang which are both catered towards the maintstream taste. If anyone knows of a better spot DM me. Char Kuey Teoh is great A+++ Wok Hei ah! Nasi Lemak is another of my go-tos Seng is da man Hugely underrated spot, I drive 40 minutes one-way just to eat lunch here. read more

Tasty Malaysian and Burmese dishes. Quantity was a good portion. Everything we ordered are must tries, see photos. There were many other dishes we look forward to trying on next visits. Waitress was nice and attentive. Large restaurant that replaced Happy Kitchen. read more

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The other day, I and my wife wanted to have some roasted duck wonton noodles at Newark Lion market supermarket shopping center, but it only for carryout. We stopped by this new restaurant in the complex, quite crowded so we decided to try. We didn't even know it's Malaysian, burmese, Chinese food. I like curry so I ordered Red Curry Chicken and my wife ordered hot and spices vermicelli. Many times at Thai restaurants, I didn't like the curry has coconut juice too rich and sweet for my taste but this Red Curry was perfectly made. The taste was just right, flavorful and delicious. My wife noodles were good too but I enjoyed my curry with white rice more. The service was excellent, attentive and pleasant. This used to be a Chinese restaurant too, but now it's remodeled brighter and cleaner. Good atmosphere for family eating out. The price is a little high but still excellent for the food. Average about $20 per person. A few days later we came to order take out for my daughter and she loved it too. We will come back and try other dishes when we're too lazy to cook at home. read more

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Everything here is so flavorful! My bf and I ordered Roti, Laksa, Basil Beef, and Malaysian Wings. We thought ordering 2 items would not be enough for our fat asses, but dang the portions here are pretty generous! I love their Laksa and Wings the most. The wings were juicy and crunchy, the dipping sauce was honestly a cherry on top. Laksa was so good, sweet and savory. Overall, it's so hard to not to order every item on the menu, everything looks so good. I'm definitely coming back here to try more items on their menu! I highly recommend this place. read more

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Good Chinese/Burmese/Malaysian restaurant. Lots of spices and a bit greasy but somewhat tasty. Good place to grab dinner if you want a variety of foods. read more

This place moved from the warm springs location to newark lions supermarket plaza, taking over the happy kitchen corner unit. Most things are similar if not the same. "Relatively new." Have to finger point the food number to the new guy. But that's ok. Prawn Mee still great. read more

My boyfriend's family is from Malaysia and recommended Mingala as being the closest to authentic Malaysian food in the south bay. Honestly this meal was DELICIOUS and had very uniquely different flavors. Family style is a must in order to try all the various dishes. We ordered Roti Pratha and the Gado Gado Salad as appetizers. You can't really mess up Roti wherever you go so this is a solid appetizer, it's flaky yet chewy dough dipped in curry sauce. I think next time I would skip on the Gado Gado salad because I felt like everything else ordered was far more superior in taste. This one was thinly sliced cucumbers, jicama topped with a thicker paste and peanuts. The paste didn't have much flavor other than being nutty, I had hoped it would come fermented or something but it was the blandest out of all we ordered. We had the Hokkien Mie which was an udon stir fry with beef and veggies, the Ha Mee which was a shrimp paste based noodle soup, and the most unique dish IMO the Ying Yang Noodles. The Ying Yang Noodles had stir fried wide rice noodles ontop or crispy rice covered in Chinese broccoli, shrimp, and gravy. I've never had so many textures in one bite. The crispy rice with the soft gelatinous noodles/gravy and the crunchy Chinese broccoli was definitely a new sensation for me so I would highly recommend. All in all an amazing experience, I would definitely go back again to try more of their menu!! read more

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Great service. The staff was super nice. The food is very flavorful. They were also very patient with all our questions on the ingredients. We have some family members with treenut and shellfish allergies. They made sure to educate us on what dishes were safe. It's just an overall awesome experience. We were a big group, too. Please support this family business and give their dishes a try. We will definitely come back. read more

the Mingala Malaysian Restaurant Review We stopped here for lunch after a morning of shopping and running errands in the area. We stumbled upon this restaurant from Yelp after doing a random search for Malaysian food. Noticed it had good reviews and was fairly new. The restaurant is tucked into a corner of the Asian strip mall, closest to the Mowry Ave. main drag that runs towards I-880. I think it used to be a Chinese spot in the past, not 100% sure though. After wandering around the mall, we found the outside entrance right on the corner of the main building on Mowry. The space is modern, clean, and stylish, with lots of cool Malaysian cart hawker art on the walls. I especially liked the one of the guy with the cart full of ducks or chickens. The entire side of the space is a glassed in kitchen where you can see the busy hive of activity from the cooks as they prepare your meal. We kept it simple, and shared a Burmese green tea salad and a Char kway teow noodle dish with prawns. The wait staff were friendly and efficient. Great job for a place that just opened up recently. We just had water for our beverages, and they came sealed in the boba tea cups where you have to stab your foil topper with a boba tea straw. First to arrive was the CKT, and it was about as authentic of a dish as I've ever had. Smoky, unctuous, complex. Stir fried noodles have no right to be this great. Images of little outdoor stalls and little old ladies whipping up the stir fry came to mind as I took my first bite. This is the real deal, folks. Lots of big juicy prawns, not too oily, supremely flavorful. This was the star of the menu as far as I was concerned. Second was the green tea salad. I've had the version at Burma Superstar several times, so I had a good measure of what to compare it to. Their version was good, but somewhat off the mark from what my brain cells were expecting with that first mouthful. I will mention that there was a LOT of fermented green tea in the salad. Was I wrong to order a non-Malaysian dish from the menu? Was I committing the sin of ordering fish at a steakhouse? Maybe. All in all, I'd suggest Mingala, but would stick to the sure fire Malaysian dishes. That awesome char kway teow will have me coming back in the future for sure. 4 outta 5 stars from me. Try the CKT at Mingala, it will not disappoint. read more

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I apologise for forgetting to check in and take pictures of this restaurant but I was meeting my family from the LA area (and it has been a while since we got together) and they were attending the graduation of my niece from UC Davis. I was unable to attend because there were not enough tickets. Anyway finding the restaurant was quite easy and parking was not an issue. We had a reservation but as it turns out there was not much of a lunch crowd. From the menu (and the accents of the people working there), I noted that this was a Malaysian/Burmese restaurant. That is an interesting combination. Anyways being from Singapore myself, I might get a little critical of the food that they serve. My honest opinion is that the restaurant being of two different food regions made it a little difficult to understand some of the dishes. I'll try to comment on the individual dishes as we ate family style. The Burmese Tea Leaf Salad was surprisingly good but it lacked the slight bitterness of the tea. The Chicken Satay was a little odd because it was served without the skewers. It tasted OK but felt like pieces of fried chicken. The Belachan Kangkong was lacking in spiciness but tasted OK too. The Hainan Chicken as also quite OK though the portion seemed a little small for half a chicken. The Beef Rendang tasted OK but did not look like the rendangs I remember. The rendang curry was very tasty but had almost no spiciness. The Curry Fish Head Claypot was a total bust as there was no fish head (actually pieces of unidentifiable fish head) and a ton of fried tofu. The only star was the Basil Fried Rice with Chicken that was very tasty. There was a little basil and there seemed to be specks of tea leaves too. Service was quick, courteous and professional but there needs to be some minor tweaks on the food. Not too sure if I will come back here. Prices are a little on the high side. read more

We do take out from Mingala periodically. Tonight, the dishes below were all really good. These items will likely become our usual order. Samosa - Not too spicy, per our request Chicken Rendang - Tender and flavorful Chicken Masala - Also tender and full of flavor Salt & Pepper Fish Fillets - Delicious Chow Kuey Teow with Chicken - Solid noodle choice read more

Warning: the tea leaf salad has caffeine. I was wide awake at 4 am in the morning writing this review. I like this place since this is one of the few places in Fremont where I can find fresh squeezed sugar cane juice! read more

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From the moment I walked in I knew I was going to love the restaurant. It's bright, airy with an open glass wall kitchen and with cafe vibes. Since it's meatless Saturday we ordered curry laksa mee, nasi goreng, roti parata for us and chicken wings and salt and pepper fish for the kids. The laksa came with a vegetable medley-okra, eggplant, green beans, broccoli, puffed tofu in a rich flavorful broth. Every single vegetable was spellbinding, beautifully cooked. I especially loved the eggplant, it tasted delightfully delicious and the green beans were a close second. They treated each vegetable with such respect and we need these kind of dishes to make people fall in love with vegetables. Next came the nasi goreng, it looked visually unappealing but was delicious as well. Not like your regular fried rice, it was rich with an incredible depth of flavor. The kids loved the roti prata and asked for more. I felt the gravy it came with was way too watery but it had good flavor. read more

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If you read the SF Chronicle about this place but don't live in the East Bay, it's not worth the trip to come drive here. For those of you in the East Bay curious about Burmese food, no reason not to try it. First things first, only about 1/4 of the menu is Burmese, so I wouldn't necessarily call this place a Burmese restaurant. The remaining menu options are either Malaysian/Chinese with Chow Fun sharing the same page as Mohinga (Burmese national dish)... strange I thought. The food itself was flavorful and delicious (like most Asian/Burmese food), but nothing had set this place apart from other Bay Area Burmese restaurants. Service was great, better than average. Ambiance was casual, with some Southeast Asian charm. I would come here again if I lived nearby to show friends, but that's about where it ends. read more

I've enjoyed everything I've eaten here. The char kwei teow, the satay, bee hon, the list keeps going. Everything is delicious and authentic here. read more

I got the shrimp and fish soup bowl (no fish, extra shrimp), it was very tasty and filling. I also got a side of bread to enjoy with my soup. I walked out full and happy definitely would recommend as they also serve different type of dishes and sandwiches. read more

I have been there a few times. The food is tasty with good portion and reasonable price. Service is really good. The lady is nice and willing to help. The only thing is the food maybe a little oily. Otherwise, it's really good. read more