Location: Blackberry Bistro Restaurant 
6011 Dyke Road
Richmond, BC
604-272-5755
http://blackberrybistro.soojerky.com/
If Ben didn’t mentioned in his food blog Chowtimes, I would have never found out about Blackberry Bistro.
We started with the Roti Canai, a type of flaky Malaysia flat bread that melts in the mouth. I always order roti when I see it on the menu; Blackberry Bistro has made the best roti that I have tried outside of Southeast Asia:
Along with the roti, we also tried the satay. Like the roti, the satay was a pleasant surprise. The menu has chicken, pork and beef satay but we ordered only chicken since that’s the meat that can’t be badly cooked. I found out later that the pork is the best choice.
The laksa was a disappointment. Laksa is rice noodles served in a coconut broth. This special noodle soup is originated from Malaysia and there are many ways to make it. My husband and I are used to the Singapore style, which is designated by a rich coconut flavour. We feel that the Blackberry version tastes somewhat bland:
We saw a lot of customers order Hainanese chicken rice, one of the most popular Singaporean dishes. The chicken is first boiled in a stock pot filled with water. After the chicken has been cooked, the water, which now has become a chicken broth, is used to cook the rice. I took a quick glance at the chicken rice sitting on the table next to ours and I saw a few pieces of chopped boneless white breasts with a large scoop of rice. Again, I’m probably too used to the Singaporean style, in which the chicken is bone in and usually there are pieces from the thighs and breasts. The chicken rice with only white meat just doesn’t appeal to me much.
The Southeast Asian dishes at Blackberry Bistro are not cooked exactly the way like those in Singapore, but I would definitely go back and order their roti and satay again.
