I am part malaysian so it's always a thrill to find a malaysian eatery that does authentic dishes, served in the traditional way. The little chilli padi is by no means fancy but will definitely hit the spot if your after malay flavours such as roti canai and curry chicken, nasi lemak, kway teo and dumplings. Their kway teo was amazing and gave my mums a run for her money! (Sorry mum!) It is a very humble place, the staff are lovely and service is neither fast no slow. There were a lot of people collecting large quantities of take away which leads me to believe the little chilli padi is a regular following for locals! We will certainly go back if not for the affordable prices for the delicious meals. They also have a selection of authentic desserts and malay drinks you would find on the streets of KL but struggle too in other restaurants in Adelaide. The Little Chilli Padi does not boast to be an amazing restaurant, it is simple a small malay kitchen that serves authentic food and does so very well! I'll be back for the Laksa special! (Tuesdays only!) read more

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It's Malaysian restaurant. First, the environment. Mahogony wooden furnitures gives the feel of classic south east asian feel. Good source of lightings from the downlights coupled with 3 decorative lamps combined to bring a nice relaxing ambience to the place. There are pictures of different types of chillies to bring home the point of 'spice' (as their name suggest). However, even though I said that the ambience is relaxing, when the crowd starts arriving, the place is noisy... like really noisy .. you will really need to talk a bit loudly than you normally would in order to get yourself heard. Today's crowd is comparably less crowded and it's still noisy. When you enter into the restaurant, they will bring you to a table as well as the menu. Choices galore on the menu on the front and back. Once you've decided what you wanted to eat, you can make your way to the counter and make your order. You would have to pay on the spot. The cashier on duty has good grasp of english and knowledgeable on their food on the menu. I've overheard her conversation with the customer before me where she explained the difference between the 'normal' laksa and the Sarawak laksa listed on their board. I made my orders shortly after. It was quick. The food though took awhile to arrive. To be fair, the cashier did politely inform me before I made my orders that they are fairly busy, and there will be a 'slightly' longer than usual wait. Anyhoo. The drinks were served first. Milo Dinosaur and Teh Tarik. Dinosaur is cold milo topped with milo powder. (They also have the Milo Godzilla which is topped with icecream.) Teh tarik is pulled froth milk tea (wonder if that's the right description :/) The taste are alrighty. Nothing too fancy, or really blows me away. Next came the entree dish - Deep fried fish balls. I like the taste, reminds me of the fishballs I can buy back in Singapore's pasar malam(street market). The beef nasi lemak came. That's my wife dinner. I had tasted a bit. Good coconut aroma from the rice. That's a plus. The rendang beef is indeed spicy. And slight salty, but tasty. Coupled with the hard boil egg, sliced cucumbers and ikan billis, her dinner is a fair 4 star. My dinner came last. Beef hor fun. First impression. Not enough chopped green chilli served together, one look and I can see 3 chopped pieces only.. I mean, what's the point then. :/ This is served with some bak choy and slice beef. They are all stirred fried together. The beef is chewy, but not too hard. Still ok. It's the sauce that I'm not really a fan of. It's fairly watery, resulting in a rather bland taste tonight. I would say that the portion is rather small also. Overall, I would say that the beef hor fun at Nanyang (if that place is still around, I haven't swing by for a while now.. haha) is way better. Overall, considering the good and meh. This is definitely a place I would still visit. First, it's down southern end from the city, which is nearer to where I live, plus the choices of south east asian food definitely means that I can try other food as well. I'm not a good spice eater, but good spicy food are rather hard to come by in this city. So yeah, I'll be back. :) read more

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Authentic Malaysian food, reasonably priced and very friendly staff makes this a place for our family to return to.without question. The specials Sarawak laksa was delicious and spicy. read more

I discovered Little Chilli Padi upon my brother's recommendation. It's only a few shops down from one of my favourite restaurants (review to come soon!), Ginling. The restaurant has been converted to an elegant setting from what had been a pizza shop! Prints of chilli decorate the walls, the staff are friendly, and the premises are very clean. I tried the wonton noodle soup whilst my friends sampled a beef rendang and salt and pepper tofu. I did sneak a taste of each dish! The food was fresh, tasty, and served quickly, but not quite as full of flavour as I would have liked. My soup was jam packed with wontons, around 8! All meals are under $15 so it is a good value for money spot. Just ask the staff for a bottle of chilli oil! ;-) read more

Drive past this place often and decided to do a cheap eats early on Saturday night. We were only the third table in and got our order in quickly. It took half an hour to get our entrees, the chicken sate good, the pork and prawn balls tough and apparently a prawn was waved over them! The place started to fill up at this stage and the wait for mains was on. After almost an hour after we got our entrees doc enquired about our food and it came out quickly after that. Lasa lemak quite good, lovely crispy ikan bilis and tasty beef curry. The sambal prawns nice and crunchy and adequate heat. LCP has potential. They need organization in the kitchen, wait staff seem to wander aimlessly most of the time. Yes it is cheap, the food needs a tweak and maybe do away with the order at the counter process which means you have 20 people queued at the counter when busy. read more

Love this place, cosy and friendly and importantly great food, great lunch specials for $8.90 and $9.90, car park is busy and small. read more

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We love coming back here, always greeted with smiles and the food is so amazing.. Our tips are the pork belly, crispy prawn green apple salad and their house special fried rice... Byo too. read more

One of my favourite local restaurants. The staff are always kind and friendly, though sometimes you might wait a little bit for food, the meal once you get it is always good quality and tastes great. I've liked everything I've ever ordered so far. LCP has become a regular stop for me whenever I feel like dining out! read more