Aunty Franklee was a casual Malaysia restaurant serving traditional Malaysian cuisine. My favourite dish was of course, their bak kut teh; it was very herbaly, flavourful and comforting. Their rice dishes were pretty average, but their noodle dishes were pretty good. Ambiance was nice and cozy, service was friendly and prompt.
their dry bak keut teh is the best i’ve everrr had in melbourne but today we tried their fried mee hoon and their fried chicken with blue pea flower rice! both of them were pretty good but i would strongly recommend just ordering their og dry bak keut teh and soup bak keut teh!!
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Grabbed Char Kuey Teow ($14.5) & Bak Kut Teh ($10).
Decided to pop by after hearing about this place so many times. I absolutely enjoyed Char Kuey Teow - slightly oily but VERY flavorful, tons of meats, and great texture. I can't get enough of it! Slightly expensive considering the portion but still tasted amazing :) Bak Kut Teh was quite average considering all the good reviews I've been getting. It was bland and lacked flavors. Overall, highly recommend this place!
Went for their lobster special just before lockdown.So glad I was treated to this fresh and flavousome dish before being deprived from eating in this excellent relaxed and welcoming place.We have actually been eating here since we were 1st introduced via Zomato Gold's unbeatable promo. I love the famous dry bak kut teh, and chicken soup too.
Dont read the reviews, go order from them.Just order, you will like it too.
Joanne | Melbournecitay
+5
We contacted the restaurant directly to order this majestic dish. The lobsters cost $110/kg and we got one that weighed between 1.3-1.6kg.
A bowl with 4 noodles can be comfortably shared by 4 people. There were 6 of us, so we ordered two additional noodle dishes and portions were just nice. Aunty franklee’s version cooked lobsters with crispy noodles - personally I prefer less crispy yee mee type of noodles purely because those noodles soak up more of the sauce, but this version still went well with the ginger + spring onion sauce.
Lobster itself was very fresh and meaty. It took us a good hour to demolish the dish. I even injured my finger in the process thanks to the sharp pincers, but that was solely my fault.
As for the other dishes, I thought the tomato maggi goreng stayed true to its east Malaysian roots. Generous portions of fish cakes and eggs too. I’m generally less of a char kuey teow fan, so it’s no surprise that I favoured the other two dishes.
This good experience and the smell of dry bak kut teh wafting through the cafe guarantees that I’ll be back for another meal!
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The ribs were so tasty and smokey! Absolute must have. The coconut chicken was also delicious and nothing like I’ve had before. One thing I don’t understand is the blue rice. Why blue? The colour blue is the most unappetising colour. Flavour wise it tasted just like regular rice but my brain was hesitant to eat it numerous times... Other than the blue rice (which really isn’t that big of an issue), I’ll definitely be coming back for more.
Little gem in Hawthorn. Went in before it started to get packed and loud with crowd. Service was amazing, food was amazing.
Bak kut teh indeed has the traditional strong herbs taste to it.
Land below the wind beef brisket and tripe vermicelli noodle is spot on, just it would be great if there's more tripe as the one bowl that we got was tiny broken 2-3 pieces of tripe.
The best well done dish is the beef ribs with the coconut rice, it's just AMAZING! Love it.
Will definitely come back for more 😍
However, heard from table next to us stating the char kuew tay has decreased in portion but 'wok hei' is good. Maybe something to look into?
I love the beef ribs at Aunty Franklee😍😍 The ribs are full of favour and it's so tender, wash it down with some pickled veggies or bak kut teh and it'll make you a happy little piggy felling so satisfied 😋😋
Linnie Eats All The Food
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Aunty Franklee has been around for while and it’s known for its authentic Malaysian dishes. With two stores located in Hawthorn and Melbourne CBD, you know it’s good when they just keep popping up around Melbourne. The Hawthorn venue is located on the busy Burwood road and it is a tad difficult finding parking as they are all time limited. Pushing through the doors into the venue, you’re greeted by friendly staff and the delicious aroma of food cooking!
Absolutely stunning restaurant serving Malaysian food - lucky to try both of the set menus but my favourites have to be the nasi lemak (of course), the chicken wingettes, CKT, beef ribs and the mothers hen soup is so beautiful. Drinks made me so reminiscent of malaysia as well!
So good that we went back twice in the same day so that we can try more dishes! Definitely recommend if you're in the area and after authentic Southeast Asian cuisine. I particularly enjoyed the grilled beef ribs, with its sticky sweet sauce, tender meat and rendered fats.
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Aunty Franklee is an awesome restaurant. It has the best Malaysian food we’ve had by some distance. There are some seriously interesting offerings here - beautifully composed, cooked and presented dishes. They don't just rely on the usual classic dishes. There’s lots of innovation and great flavours abound. And, it’s all in a lovely warm atmosphere.
The restaurant had a bright modern aspect and is tastefully decorated. It’s anything but overdone. There’s a lovely eclectic collection of cane and glass. We also admired some of the soft wall colours here as they really work.
Our first surprise was that they serve all natural wines here. We were advised to have the 2017 Staring at the Sun, a blend of fiano, vermentino and moscato giallo. This is an organic wine from Gippsland. It’s a nice drop which goes beautifully with the food at Aunty Franklee. The wines here have all been specially chosen with assistance from a sommelier with expertise in organic wines. The wine has hints of lychee and is beguilingly cloudy and opaque. I’ll be honest, I’ve always been suspicious of natural wines. I would never have chosen this wine myself but we both really enjoyed it. I would order it again in a heartbeat, especially as it so complements the food. At 10% alcohol it’s a wine you can have without regret.
We started with the sardine dip which is beautiful. It has a startlingly fresh sardine flavour. It does what is intended and seriously enlivens the palate. We really liked it. We had the silver whiting with turmeric relish next. The crisp whiting is excellent. It is cooked so wonderfully and works brilliantly with the green peppercorn vinaigrette. There’s also a lovely sharp taste from the relish. Again, we really thought this was a very very good starter.
The next dish was the sambal blue pea flower rice. This is a lovely looking dish highlighted of course by the blue coconut rice. It also has chopped tomato, fried peanuts, sliced cucumber, a hard boiled egg, fried anchovies and sambal. It’s fantastic. Everything works, the look, the taste and the textures. It’s a sensational dish.
We then had a sample of the grilled “bakars” short beef ribs. These were beautiful and delicate. The sticky rib meat is so soft and falls effortlessly off the bone. It’s fantastic with the sambal or the peanut sauce. It’s another highlight dish which the world’s most beautiful woman declared her dish of the day.
The char kuey teow is another superb looking looking dish which again has very well balanced heat. There’s so much to like in this dish. The noodles are soft and beautiful. It has gorgeous pork crackling. Love the Chinese sausage as well. It’s a great dish.
Next up was wok fired chicken noodle soup comprising wok fired vermicelli noodles in a slow cooked mother hen soup with five kinds of mushrooms, with dried squid. Gosh, this had such beautiful flavour. The mushrooms too are cooked to perfection. It is a beautifully substantive soup, and perfect with a dash of chilli sauce on the soup spoon. The chicken pieces were fantastic too! This soup is a serious taste sensation. It was my favourite dish, a hard thing to nominate among such a great range of dishes.
The only disappointment was that we were too full to have the dry bak kut teh, a house specialty. There’s an upside to this though. The dish is bound to feature prominently when we next visit Aunty Franklee soon.
We finished with the Sarawak layer cake and various samples of durian, prune and mocha and jackfruit. This is lovely cake. It’s delicate, light and fluffy. It’s a great way to finish.
We adored our experience at Aunty Franklee and frankly we’ll definitely be back. This is a wonderful restaurant. You can even have BYO wine here to reduce cost. Our sincere thanks to the wonderful Fion for her very kind invitation to dine here. What a lovely person who is so passionate about the cuisine and other aspects of the restaurant. A truly enriching experience!
Absolutely stunning restaurant serving Malaysian food - lucky to try both of the set menus but my favourites have to be the nasi lemak (of course), the chicken wingettes, CKT, beef ribs and the mothers hen soup is so beautiful. Drinks made me so reminiscent of malaysia as well!
We’ve frequent the Russell St branch when we craved a Malaysian classic Bah Kut Teh (BKT), to top things they had the dry version of BKT. They do it very well!
The Hawthorn brunch has just recently opened. The setting is cosy and beautiful with great looking classic furniture. They have toys and books to keep kids entertained and the entrance is wheelchair friendly.
The food is splendid and is of the same quality as the main branch. There is additional new dishes which are welcome additions to their already good menu. We had the dry BKT and stirfried pipis served with multigrain rice. We also had the opportunity to try the classic BKT soup and their lamb skewers. Everything was fantastic.
Happy to come back again and to recommend the place to friends. It’s the sort of place you’d be happy to bring guests to be entertained.
There is also a loyalty app that you can use to get further discounts during first and future visits - currently this is not available for use at the Hawthorn store.
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We contacted the restaurant directly to order this majestic dish. The lobsters cost $110/kg and we got one that weighed between 1.3-1.6kg.
A bowl with 4 noodles can be comfortably shared by 4 people. There were 6 of us, so we ordered two additional noodle dishes and portions were just nice. Aunty franklee’s version cooked lobsters with crispy noodles - personally I prefer less crispy yee mee type of noodles purely because those noodles soak up more of the sauce, but this version still went well with the ginger + spring onion sauce.
Lobster itself was very fresh and meaty. It took us a good hour to demolish the dish. I even injured my finger in the process thanks to the sharp pincers, but that was solely my fault.
As for the other dishes, I thought the tomato maggi goreng stayed true to its east Malaysian roots. Generous portions of fish cakes and eggs too. I’m generally less of a char kuey teow fan, so it’s no surprise that I favoured the other two dishes.
This good experience and the smell of dry bak kut teh wafting through the cafe guarantees that I’ll be back for another meal!
Taste: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ambience: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Presentation: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Price: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Service: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
One of the favorites in the area. I often come to have dinner if finish work late. The food is tasty like home made or even better, staff and owner are very friendly always and give good suggestions. Love the beef rib and soups! Good value for the price.
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Grabbed Char Kuey Teow ($14.5) & Bak Kut Teh ($10).
Decided to pop by after hearing about this place so many times. I absolutely enjoyed Char Kuey Teow - slightly oily but VERY flavorful, tons of meats, and great texture. I can't get enough of it! Slightly expensive considering the portion but still tasted amazing :) Bak Kut Teh was quite average considering all the good reviews I've been getting. It was bland and lacked flavors. Overall, highly recommend this place!
Interesting menu, small yet great options. We had the chicken skewers, although the chicken was a little dry the seasoning made these very nice. You can't go wrong with satay sauce. Bak khu teh was the pick of the bunch, tender meats in a very tasty broth, I would go back for this on its own. The staff were very friendly, suggestive on what was good and the food came out in a timely manner. Worth trying for sure.
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