Chinta Ria Soul

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All-time classics such as crispy duck, chilli jam, ginger flower and a bed of greens.

Good food and music for the soul are on the plate at Chinta Ria Soul on Acland Street in St Kilda. This modern hawker-style Malaysian restaurant presents an earthy vibe with dark wood furniture, terracotta tiled floors and potted palms, while a full glass frontage allows an abundance of natural light. Take a seat beneath the colourful wall mural of well-known jazz musicians and delve into entrées like satay chicken skewers with housemade spicy peanut sauce; before battered soft-shell crab with chilli, onion, garlic, curry leaves, ginger and tomato salsa. Perhaps opt for all-time classic beef rendang, slow-cooked in an aromatic spicy, curry with coconut milk; or mee goreng noodles with chicken, egg, prawns, bean curd, potatoes, tomatoes, spring onion, fried shallots and lemon.