Satay House

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13 Sale Place

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Wed Oct 17 2012

This long-running restaurant (est. 1973) continues to draw people in search of good Malaysian cooking, and benefits from the warmth and smile of Fatizah Shawal, daughter of the original owners. These days, the dining room is modern-looking, with grey and orange-red walls embedded with motifs of the hibiscus flower, but it’s still the place to come for traditional offerings such as sambal ikan bilis and petai – sun-dried young anchovies (ikan bilis) served with sator beans (petai) and spicy shrimp paste (sambal) – a dish guaranteed to thrill the taste buds. For a milder kick, try tahu sumbat, deep-fried tofu filled with beansprouts and cucumber, with a piquant nutty sauce. Ikan panggang, whole mackerel stuffed with spices, grilled, then cut into a butterfly shape, had the oily fish and spiciness perfectly offset by a sour tamarind dip – a fond reminder of meals at the beach. To finish, bubur kacang is a comforting mung bean stew with coconut milk and a dash of palm sugar.

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Address:
Satay House 13 Sale Place
London
W2 1PX

Phone:
020 7723 6763
Website:
www.satay-house.co.uk
Opening hours:
Lunch served noon-2.30pm, dinner served 6-10.30pm daily
Transport:
Tube: Edgware Road tube or Paddington tube/rail
Price:
Main courses £5-£18.50. Set meal £16.90-£27.90 per person (minimum 2)
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1. Satay House
  - 13 Sale Place
    London
    W2 1PX
  - 020 7723 6763
  - www.satay-house.co.uk
  - 51.517624,-0.169295

Categories:
Food and drink
Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Restaurant and bar facilities. Take away. Reservations required. Vegetarian dishes. General facilities. Private rooms. Available for hire
Occasions:
Late night. Romantic
Type of event:
Parties

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(2 ratings)

This place is brilliant. I went for lunch here with a work colleague, I had the Ayam Masak Merah (chicken with sweet spicey tomato) which was bursting with flavour and absolutely gorgeous. Got a Rendang Daging (dry beef curry) to take home for my husband, and he completely adored it, the meat melted in your mouth and the gorgeous taste had penetrated the whole way through the meat - it was the best he'd ever tasted (and we've both love our asian food), it was even better than the dishes he'd had when we'd visted Malaysia. I'm defintely going to go out of my way to go back here - the food is completely saturated in gorgeous flavours. A great treat - definitely try their gorgeous authentic malaysian dishes.

Anne Fri Sep 28 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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This is one of the best small time restaurants in London. I have been visiting it for the last 25 years and have never been diappointed. Recently refurbished, The Satay House offers family atmospehere with friendly and welcoming staff who have remained faithful to the restaurant. The dishes to recommend would have to be the Satay, Murbabak and Nasi Goreng as well as the Sweet and Mild Aubergine Curry and the Beef Rendang. Generous portions lead to happy diners. Highly recommended!

Sophie Thu Jul 26 2012
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We (3 of us) visited last Friday evening, the latest of several visits over the past few years. Warning signs were there in that it was easy to get a booking when we called the day before, and the restaurant was half empty. We ordered a selection of starters and mains, but the quality was poor - some of them were strangely flavoured and some were glutinous in texture. The best of a bad bunch was beef rendang. Out of all our visits this was the worst (food quality), disappointing when our previous visit last year was the best we had experienced! Others times have been variable, but generally OK. Most of the dishes were little better than standard high street take-away quality. An added issue was plates being cleared even when one person was still eating - even though we pointed this out! Satay House can be excellent, but we no longer have any confidence in introducing people to it, when at best it is so variable, and at worst, poor.

Dom Fri Jun 8 2012
Rated as: 1/5
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