Villa Malaysia cooks up genuinely spicy food that is somewhat flavourless. The sambal beef and assam chicken are both very liberal in the spicy department, but lack any richness or complexity that should be ever-present in SMC dishes. In fact, during my lastl visit, I had to add salt to my food, which is something close to blasphemy when it comes to this type of cuisine. Overall, the presentation and environment is very nice, but not much more to go beyond that.