"I am an outlier in SLC Valley and probably this review will depart from the rest of the rave reviewers (I suspect). That's because I travel a lot and eat amazing food all over the country. I am not easily impressed because I know San Francisco, New York, FL Cuban, Chicago (and NY) Pizza, TXBarbeque, LA Mediterranean, Nashville Modern and so on. What I find is that Utah eateries are SYNTHETIC. They try to mimic this amazing food but always get it wrong. They go through the motions but usually in bid to save money/costs, they screw the food all up. One example of this is keeping prepared food in walk-in refrigerators vs making it fresh! While this may save money and time it personally offends me.Sadly Makanmakan seems to follow this pattern. The food, while palatable, was forgettable. I ordered a clear noodle dish with jumbo prawn (few in there btw), smoked pork. I came as a mix mash of mostly goo. Not the distinguishable separate noodle, vegetable, and meat combination. See photo. Also the steamed rice, always a good barometer of quality was mushy. It seemed like Denny's rice! Wow. You should be doing high quality STICKY rice here. Again this is a restaurant cutting corners. The sticky rice costs more.Again it was palatable but forgettable. I find truly excellent food burns into your memory bank and you can't wait to get back to it. This place is nowhere near that. Add in a noisy concrete floor environment. Service was attentive however and commendable.But in the end I'm not sure I will ever return."
Laksa
