New Pinang South East Asian Cuisine
“Some favorites are their crispy Bangkok chili chicken, sautéed water spinach, and their roti canai!”
“Make sure you order either a refreshing Lychee or Coconut drink to wash your food down.”
“If your in the mood for pineapple fried rice cooked for perfection than this is the right place for you .”
New Pinang South East Asian Cuisine
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Dogs Allowed: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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My friend and I always go to this restaurant when we meet up. Some favorites are their crispy Bangkok chili chicken, sautéed water spinach, and their roti canai! Their roti canai is best eaten as an appetizer. My friend and I always use the leftover sauce from the roti canai on our rice… It is something worth trying! Drinks wise, I always end up getting their Thai Iced tea as they don't have the Malaysian one at the moment, and their fresh soybean milk!
I went here today with my mother for dinner. I hate how cold this restaurant is. I asked the waiter if he can turn up the heat, but instead he asked if I wanted something hot to drink. Wow, they're so cheap for not wanting to turn up the heat. Besides the restaurant being cold, the service was mediocre. Sometimes the waiters don't notice us when they pass by. My mom asked me, "Are they blind?"
This is what we ordered:
Chicken Satay: comes with five chicken skewers. The chicken satay was great, but I found it odd that the sauce didn't have much of a liquid consistency. It looked more like dark chunks instead. Not sure what's up with that. Perhaps it's a new style? Not saying that it's bad, but I shouldn't even call it sauce.
Shrimp noodles: This was from one of their dinner specials. It was thin noodles with some vegetables and shrimp. The shrimp still had its shell. From someone who is lazy to go through the effort of getting rid of the shell, this was a turn off. The chef should have removed the shell. Other than the shrimp, the dish was good. Worth trying.
Green curry (with chicken): Very flavorful and delicious. The chicken was thinly sliced lean white meat pieces. It also came with broccoli and snow peas.
Pinang is my family's go to place for a meal out in our neighborhood. I've basically tried most of the menu throughout the past 5+ years. My absolute favorite choices are the roti canai, mee goreng, and mango chicken. The restaurant is pretty fancy for an Asian restaurant in Queens, but the food is not as good as the Pinang in Elmhurst, and the quality can be a bit inconsistent at times. That being said, I will always be a frequent customer of Pinang.
Delivery review only.
2.5 stars
We ordered two beef phos and a roti. Delivery took a little over an hour, which would have been fine, had the food come hot. The broth was luke warm and the noodles were all stuck together and would not separate.
The broth itself was just okay but the roti was pretty good.
Not impressed. it's okay food
New Pinang! I always get the nasi lemak and beef rendang. The beef can be pretty fatty sometimes, but the sauce is so good! This is some serious comfort food. The portions are very generous, which makes the price fair. You will walk out of there stuffed. In fact, prepare to take some home.
If you're into Durian like me, then check out the milkshake. We've ordered so many dishes here. My husband, a native Malaysian, likes the roti cinai.
We've been here many times and there are usually only a few tables, which is great if you want to be able to hold a conversation. I often see families with little kids and couples.
I think that they also deliver, as I see guys come in out with food bags. The female server is always very nice and smiles. She has made some good recommendations about what they make best.
Not bad, not bad, at all! I didn't have high expectations when I walked in because the place was empty at high noon and there was no one in the whole restaurant when I walked in. Confused like a lost child, I wandered to the kitchen where a random worker was cleaning pots and pans.
Me: "Are you open??"
Worker: "Sit anywhere you want."
Okay then… I grabbed a menu and seated myself. The menu looked like a hyper mishmash of Asian cuisines: Chinese, Indonesian, Indian, Thai, Malaysian, and Vietnamese.
Unfazed, I ordered the Belachan Chicken With String Beans. Belachan is shrimp paste used commonly in Southeast Asian cuisine and has a spicy, funky, seafoody flavor. It's delicious and this entree was no exception. I gobbled it up. I wish it was spicier and maybe had more stuff on the plate besides chicken, string beans, and a few lonely-looking slivers of red peppers.
As accompaniments to my meal, I had the roti canai (fried thin indian pancake served with chicken/potato curry dipping sauce), apparently one of their most popular dishes on the menu. Parts of it were super crispy (which I liked), and other parts were reminiscent of chewing a wad of gum (obviously dislike). The curry was slightly spicy and delicious with the crispy thin bits. The lunch special also came with a free fried pork wonton soup — something I've never had before, interesting, flavorful, and surprisingly good for being free. I'd definitely have it again (forrrr freeeeeeeeeee, of course!)
Overall, I would go again as their food is a great bargain. Service is casual and surprisingly laid back. Maybe they don't know they're in NYC!
I've never dined at the restaurant but have been ordering take out from this establishment for almost two years now & recently have noticed a change in the one meal we order every single time: Pad Thai with Shrimp. As of late, there are now string beans & it's very dry. The dish used to have a bit more sauce even though it's not traditionally a dish that would be considered sauce; however now the noodles are so stuck together by lack of liquid that you can pick up the entire dish of noodles with your fork. It used to come with a slice of lime, now a slice of lemon is in its place. The sizzling beef with peppers & onions with a side of coconut rice has remained consistent & so has the pork gyoza & potato curry puff which are all very good. The delivery is very quick & the food is always very hot & items that should be crispy are, so we continue to order from this Thai restaurant but there are many Thai restaurants that deliver in the area so they should really look at the Pad Thai since it is an item ordered by most people. A great Thai restaurant should have a great Pad Thai…just saying.