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The queue is full of Malaysians. Rasa Sayang. 30.5.25

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  The queue is full of Malaysians. Rasa Sayang. 30.5.25.   Rasa Sayang Restaurant 5 Macclesfield Street, London W1D 6AY Check the website for opening hours.     There is a widely held belief that if you want to judge whether the food a restaurant serves up is authentic, you need to check whether it is full of that nationality in particular. If there is a long queue waiting for a table and its full of nationals from that country, I can confirm that the conventional wisdom is indeed true. At least if you’re dining at the Rasa Sayang restaurant in Macclesfield Street, in London Chinatown. It describes itself as a restaurant serving up Singaporean and Malaysian cuisine. Having eaten there with a companion, I can vouch for the authenticity of the claim but with a single positive caveat – the portions are true British size portions. A genuine case of getting the best of both worlds.       One unexpected pleasure of deciding to bec...