I was extremely dissapointed with the quality of food served here.
I have always been a big fan of Malaysian food, however this place was a dissapointment.
Two of the items we ordered were classic dishes...beef rendang and satai. The satai was over-cooked and the rendang had virtually no gravy(extremely dry.)
The spring-rolls were quite greasy as well. Our server was relatively friendly, however, in the future we will visit our other stand-bys, as the quality for your dollar just isn't there.

Mrs C and I went with some friends to eat a little Malaysian on the North Shore. We wanted to try this place since the fission that divided it from the sushi restaurant that was there previously. The sushi place is still there, but now half the space is Pepper Leaf. The same guy owns both, and we were told you can actually order from both restaurants. That was a neat idea. You get into the restaurants by the same door. The ambience seemed nice enough, and the w/c which is shared with the sushi place was clean. Plus they have parking underneath so you don’t have to search for a place to put the car.

We had roti to start which was very good, and then had beef curry, which was only okay followed by clams in coconut sauce that was satisfactory, and minced pork with eggplant which was outstanding.

Things got ugly about halfway through the meal when Mrs. C made a little yelp of distaste. I looked over and there was a cockroach scurrying across the table. “Maybe he wants to taste the curry”, I thought. Just then my spouse used her lightning fast reflexes to smash the little critter into oblivion. We showed the remains to the server who apologized and took the body away. We were given a 15% discount, free dessert, and assurances that a pest control expert was to be alerted, but I kept wondering if any of the cadre of bugs had managed to get into the food while in the kitchen.

I think I will take my chances elsewhere.

I like to have people from the country cook the food. I don't like Japanese restaurants owned by Koreans, Mexican restaurants run by Arabs, etc... I've travelled to Indonesia and Malaysia and thought the food was quite good, but the restaurant is owned by dudes from Hong Kong. Hong Kong is not Malaysia, not even close. The decor looks a little weird but it's the food that matters.

My husband & I visited the Pepper Leaf after his sister told us about it. It's not a huge place and on the week-night we visited (around 5:30) there were 4 tables already occupied. During our meal 3 other groups arrived & I noticed at least 3 people come & pick up take-out order.

We were impressed with the variety of dishes offered. I can't even remember the names of everything we had BUT 1 was shrimp cakes (YUM!!), sweetbread? (Like naan & extremely good), a lamb curry and 2 additional dishes that I can't recall. All of the food was delicious.

The service was friendly & fast but we certainly didn't feel we were being rushed. We'll definitely be back & will tell our friends.