Lady fingers and rat tails: okra in belacan sauce, pungent with fermented shrimp, and stir-fried pearl noodles, as they often are called in polite company. If the rat-tail name gives you pause, however, the belacan aroma might stop you short. Neither was an impediment at our group lunch; see more photos on Flickr.
Coco Malaysian Cuisine
8269 Broadway (Elmhurst-Whitney Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
718-565-2030
www.CocoMalaysianCuisine.com