Little India at Makfina's
By Cedrina Norlaila A. Clark

Restaurant Manager Safi (2nd L) with restaurant staff. On the table are the hat-shaped topi dosai, nasi briyani, tandoori chicken and vegetable masala 

Makfina Restaurant specialises in Indian cuisine, said Saffideen Aly bin Zegabar Aly, the manager, but do serve a bit of Malay and Chinese food as well.

Customers love the 'tandoori chicken', 'vegetable masala' and 'nasi briyani'. The most famous dish on the menu, is 'topi dosai', which looks like a hat and is served with sauces.

The Indian vegetarian dishes are 'aloo gobi', potato and cauliflower curry, 'green peas masala', 'aloo masala' potato curry, brinjal masala and mixed vegetables masala.

In the meat section, the cooks prepare the Indian butter chicken masala, 'chicken do piaza', 'chicken vindaloo', 'tandoori chicken', prawn masala, fish deega and fish masala.

Makfina Restaurant also offers bread including Ceylon parata, murtabak, chapati, naan, butter naan, garlic naan, paper roll dosai, uttappam, poori, vadai.

Asian meals include like nasi lemak, mee goreng, seafood mee hoon, soto mee and for the snacks the 'roti kawin' and 'roti kuning kawin' are also available.

The Indian food is prepared by the head chef from India, who takes charge of the kitchen with five other cooks and kitchen helpers. An Indonesian cook specialises in cooking the Chinese meals.

The restaurant which is situated at Warisan Complex, Kg Menglait in Gadong, has 11 Filipino and Indonesian waitresses.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin