Satay

Oh dear. We felt quite unwell after this meal. We ordered online and although the ordering and delivery experience was quite good, the food was another story altogether. Nothing tasted fresh – the pratas were deep-​fried and the curry puffs too. fried to a dark brown. Not at all how they’re supposed to taste. The portion sizes are quite generous considering the price and the dessert pratas was interesting (a bit like churros) but other than that, this was quite an awful meal.

I was a little disappointed with the place. Everything could have been better. When you walk in you are greeted and order at the register. The employee was friendly and offered to answer any questions. We ordered and then looked for a place to sit. We opted for the outdoor patio since it was pretty nice out. We were a little surprised that it really wasn’t very well kept. The tables needed cleaning, the floor could have used a sweep and the chairs and benches were not too clean. The only time we saw an employee again was when they brought the food out. I guess it’s not the typical full service type of restaurant. The food was okay, not really like the food I’ve had in Malaysia but somewhat resembling the real thing. The peanut sauce was good, not quite as great as some people were saying. This was actually the one thing that tasted quite authentic to me. I brought me back to Indonesia/​Malaysia in a way no other food has in the US.
There is only street parking but it’s usually not too hard to find a spot in this area.
I don’t see myself visiting again. It was worth trying once.

The mee goreng is just as I remember it. Delicious! The vibe here is simple without fluff. It’s a quick casual spot and nice to have Malaysian food in the mix. Try it out!

This place is absolutely my latest obsession, and that’s coming from someone who is not really a fan of traditional Asian cuisine. My friend who use to live here but now calls North Carolina his home introduced me to Satay on his latest stay in Seattle and I was hooked. The portions here are absolutely huge. I think the thing I like most about Satay is that their menu is relatively simple. I hate overly complex menus that let me choose from 70+ different options. Satay offers just a few options and the three that I’ve had have all been equally delicious. I would recommend that a first timer have the traditional Chicken Satay dish. The sauce is to die for.
Good luck finishing the rice and salad that accompany your protein. I feel like they should offer some sort of certificate of accomplishment or have a Wall of Champions for those who can clear their plate. You just don’t generally see portions of this size offered in Seattle. Most swanky /​hipster type establishments generally offer very small high quality portions for as much money as they can stick you for as possible. Satay just offers a belly filling meal at a price that doesn’t totally bust your wallet.

I ordered Ayam Masak Merah, and I wasn’t expected a bowl of brown curry. It did not look very appetizing, and kind of turned me off. I should have order the satay instead. There were flies in our dining area right in the front, the garbage and compost was right behind us, so people were walking through and that was kind of annoying. The person in the front wasn’t really helpful with recommending anything as we stood there looking up and reading. We were going to be sitting anyway, menus would be nice to sit with. Maybe I’ll try to give it chance again if I’m around again. I went because of a recommendation and just genuine curiosity for malaysian food. I wish Satay really took advantage of how small the malaysian food scene is and try to make some sort of fusion items on the menu. That would be nice to start with.

I hated peanut sauce until I had the peanut sauce here. Let me tell you that shit is amazing. The chicken satay with peanut sauce is heaven.
The other dishes I’ve had are not the most impressive. I’d stick with the satays. Also, I like to get their iced teas.

This restaurant is amazing! I love the family feeling and their trivia! The food is crazy good and I love the mee goreng. I could eat these morning, noon & night! Satay delivers through the Caviar app which makes my stomach smile.
ORDER THE CURRY PUFFS IF YOU WANT THE BEST MOUTH EXPERIENCE OF YOUR LIFE!

The food here is so far away from what Malaysian food is. We ordered the roti, mee goreng, and fried chicken.
The roti store bought frozen roti. Save yourself some money and get a pack of 6 from uwajimaya. The mee goreng was even worse. Mamak mee is supposed to be bursting with flavours of chili, blachan, and some tomato. They make their noodles with oil and soy sauce. It was horrible.
I won’t be back again. I guess Vancouver is still the closest you can get to decent Malaysian food.

So I took my friend, who used to live in Malaysia for five years, for dinner. Bad decision by me. There are not many Malaysia restaurant in town here so I’d figured let just try this place out. Curry for roti is very salty and we can’t even taste the smooth-​creamy taste. It was just a weird and bland sauce. Very disappointing!
Chicken satay was average. Those are hard to messed up anyways.
Overall, I probably won’t come back here. Still searching for an authentic Malaysian place!

My first time encounter with Malaysian cuisine — which I quite enjoyed. Having no measure to compare it to makes it hard to judge, but what I can say is that we got plenty of good food for little money.
The whole place has a pleasant low-​key atmosphere; you order when entering, grab your own water & utensils in a corner and wait for your food. The staff/​owner was very friendly and accommodating — I recommend to give it a try for lunch or dinner on your way to something else.

Not as bad as I thought it would be.
I think I came in with really low expectations and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. There were only a couple gluten free options for me (I’m one of those people right now) so I tried the panang curry based on her recommendation. It wasn’t really thai like but more rustic and pretty good flavor. My friend got the fried chicken and enjoyed that. She never gets out or eats gluten much so I’m not sure how reliable her palette is right now.
It reminds me of a U District very casual coffee shop like place. I would come back on a Saturday afternoon if I was nearby (b/​c Musashi’s is closed for lunch on weekends).

This should be a 3.5, leaning towards 4. I honestly can’t speak to authenticity — all the staff were caucasian males, if that tells you anything — but I found the food full of interesting spices and satisfying. The chicken satay was sensational dipped in the peanut sauce. Nice spiced outside on the chicken, marinated, grilled, lemongrassy, peanut sauce sweet (maybe a bit too much), together exploding in the mouth as a complex flavor. Side salad great, rice prepared in a pot rather than a cooker giving it a nice texture, but a bit too pricey for the volume, I found. Roti was 3.50 but was very small, out of the freezer, paired with an incredibly small bit of red curry to dip in. That curry was not well seasoned at all. Roti was still good and flakey, but small. Too much for too little. You’ll leave full, but only because coconut milk does that to you. Still, the satay and friendly staff were good enough to convince me to come back in the future.

This was my second time coming here with my girlfriend and her family. I had the Ayam Masak Merah, which was simple and good but was not as spicy as I thought it would be. My girlfriend and her brother had the Malaysian Fried Chicken, which turned out to be pretty good. However, the second dining experience fell short as we were told that they ran out of rice, which caught us by surprise and left us with an unhappy note.
Nonetheless, I’d come back to try the other dishes, such as the Mee Goreng that seems to be popular among Unilocal reviewers.

Nothing disappoints me at all. The tastes are so original! That’s what I really like about this place.

Food here is not authentic. Not even close. If you’ve never been to Malaysia or even had some kind of Malaysian food, then you might like this place. Other than that… No thanks.

If you’ve ever been to Malaysia or Singapore, you’d know that the food here is not authentic. I can’t even say it’s good or passable even when I don’t compare it to the real thing which I understand is hard to replicate.
Had the mee goreng which was so salty and otherwise tasteless. For almost $ 10, you get some noodles, a lot of veg, and a few cubes of tofu. Plus you get to bus your own table!

This place was pretty good, super casual and the peanut sauce is definitely worth trying (though personally I feel like it was a bit oversold by the reviews).
I enjoyed the very casual, ring the bell at the counter, wait for service, find yourself a table, type of atmosphere. The seating is scattered a bit sporadically throughout, mostly due to the weird layout of the space, but for nice days, there is a patio out back for you to enjoy. I passed on the patio because it was almost 8 pm when I was there, and I fear mosquitos so didn’t want to risk it.
We ordered the mee goreng and the Malaysian fried chicken, with a side of one skewer of beef satay. I asked for more salad instead of rice, and they were able to accommodate that request, which was nice.
The food was pretty good. Nice flavor to the mee goreng though not as spicy as I thought it would be. I was pleasantly impressed with how much chicken was in the chicken dish. The drumsticks were slightly fried but had incredible flavor. The best part of the chicken was the fried onions that they topped it with… that was really yummy! The salad that comes with was light and refreshing also. The beef satay was just okay.
I’d come back again to try other offerings, such as the roti canai which seems popular with the Unilocal reviewers.

I came here with a hungry tummy and not expecting much at all. Coming from Singapore, I know what the food should taste like. And reading through Unilocal reviews didn’t give me much confidence.
This is a typical fast food style joint. Order at the cashier, and food is brought up to your table. Everything else is self-​serve. The place is spacious and surprisingly, there’s a play area for kids at the back! Good job! I must say the price is a little on the high side for the quantity…
Food:
Chicken satay — as good as recommended. the peanut sauce was a killer! very well-​spiced and flavorful. Chicken was flavorful and tender. Good job. The fat/​meat texture weirded me out. I think I expected satay to be less fatty. But I like it overall. The rice and slaw that came with it was just plain obvious trying to fill up the stomachs of hungry college kids.
Roti canai — awesome. I love the flakiness and crispiness of the roti. Curry was amazingly tasty and flavorful, though lacked the hot/​spicy aspect. My boyfriend thought it tasted frozen, but I disagree. It’s not a roti prata, and not like a hand pulled taiwanese pastry (手抓饼) but I’ll buy this roti canai.
I expect myself to be back to try some laksa and other items on the menu. Not a cheap option, but if you’re from SEA and want some taste of home, this is the place to go. Much better than the malaysian joint at international district.

Snacksnacksnacksnacksnack.
It’s well known that I’m a big eater and anything longer than a couple hours without eating something is… abnormal. The closer I get to a third hour going by without food, the more I sound like Scrat from Ice Age.
Satay is the perfect snack stop as they truly have snack-​sized food available and it’s out quick. The person who helped me was very friendly, and I see a lot of potential in their menu as whole. The curry puff I had was not warmed all the way through so I did get an ice-​cold potato-​y section in there, but it wasn’t a deal breaker; it was still tasty.
I ordered the flaky Roti Canai, which I’ve never had a bad preparation of, but MAN I miss Salim down on MLK. Salim made Cham Vietnamese food among other things; [their] Roti Canai GOODNESS it was amazing and the curry was second-​to-​none. Here, the curry that goes along with the roti is standard but good.
Back to Satay; the prices seemed reasonable, the space is much larger than it appears from the outside and it looks like they have a back patio. I’m not sure if it’s used or not. You self-​bus your own tables, so keep that in mind.
And though I like the bright colors of the plates, I can’t say that I’m fond of a sectioned cafeteria-​type plates for food. The Roti Canai looked so lonely with my 3 sectioned plate only having two sections filled. It’s not an appealing way to serve food in my opinion…
I’ll definitely come back and try other things. I saw that they have a Christmas buffet for $ 20. If you’re planning on going out to eat on Christmas and don’t feel like driving to the ID, then this could be a good option.

Tried the chicken satay. Tender, well seasoned, nice bit of char. Not super spicy, but interesting enough that I wasn’t tempted to douse it in Sriracha. The peanut sauce went well with the generous pile of brown rice. The salad was like a refreshing, tangy slaw. Good plate of food for 9 bucks or so.
I also got a kick out of the writing on the wall. I’m not speaking metaphorically; there’s actually a bunch of Indonesian and poorly-​typeset Hindi writing stenciled onto the walls. The first piece of Hindi I saw said ‘bhed ka bachcha’ (‘son of a sheep’), which is usually not a compliment. The others I saw were ‘tofu’, ‘gomaans’ (beef), and ‘chekin’ (?!). I guess that’s what happens when you outsource your translation work to the Chik-​fil-​A cows.