Centrally situated in Southeast Asia, Malaysia represents a melding of three distinct cultural groups: Chinese, Indian, and Polynesian/Malay. Malaysian cuisine has adopted flavors and ingredients from all of these regions, while also sustaining European influences over the centuries. This culminates in a flavor profile and food culture that is distinctly different from its sum parts. Chef Azalina Eusope, has a reservation only, 4-course, tasting menu restaurant in the Tenderloin, San Francisco. Azalina is an active participant in improving the neighborhood and is actively working with SF Government and other groups to improve the living experience for everyone in the neighborhood. Chef Azalina is a fifth-generation street food vendor, moved to San Francisco a decade ago. The only thing that could comfort her in the early days settling in and learning English was the food she grew up eating, so the pastry-trained chef cooked for herself, family and friends often. Over time, word got out about her home-cooked meals, and her hobby eventually turned into a business in 2010.