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ok... I have to admit that the very first time I came to this joint I was utterly and completely disappointed. But, they may have had way more to do with the argument I was having with my then gf and now wife.
So, we won't count it.
The second time I came here I was fairly impressed and really enjoyed the Indonesian chicken. Considering that I'm 1/4 Indo and have spent years gorging myself on my Indonesian Oma's cooking I thought I was somewhat qualified to judge this dish. Also, this time around there was no argument with the gf and we had her sisters 3 kids with us as well. And let me tell you that if a 10, 8 and a 4 year old like the food here then it's got to be pretty good.
Now, the third time I came here the gf is now the WIFE and we were 100% kid free and argument free. We were able to enjoy a proper sit down meal here and I have to say that I really, truly enjoyed it. The menu is fairly extensive and covers a wide range of Asian cuisine. All of which they do really well.
I definitely recommend that you try this place if you are in the area.
Oh. One more thing. Kathryn Robinson, Famed food critic of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine... the gal who picks the top 10 restaurant lists... said one Tom Douglas' radio show that this place has some of the best Crab dishes in Washington.
Appetizers:
Roti tasted great, just tortillas with curry sauce
Satays were good, the chicken much better than the beef
Entrees:
Singapore noodles, tastes like phad thai, but with thinner noodles. It's a good dish.
Spare ribs with sweet sauce tasted ok but nothing special
Mango chicken, also sweet tasting, but since I like mangos this dish fit right in
Overall a good family business, the restaurant is pretty large with a bar. Their appetizers are the real game changer.
Awesome place! Great food and good service...what more can you ask for? This is by far my favorite place to eat in Bellevue. My favorite was definitely the satay chicken on a stick.
I would definitely go there again!
I love Malay Satay Hut! I live in the Bay Area, and will travel up to Seattle just for this restaurant. I love the strong flavors. Some favorites (pardon the spelling):
- Achat: A mixture of pickled vegetables.
- Anything Belachan: Vegetables with a shrimp paste sauce. My favorite is ocra, but the string bean version is also very good if you don't like ocra.
- Roti Canai: The dipping sauce is great.
- Satay Bean Curd: Fried tofu with sprouts.
- Nasi Lemak: Only good if you like anchovies! If so, then it's delicious!
Honestly, I've never had a bad dish there, although they do vary from visit to visit, probably depending on the chef that day. I personally like this location more than the downtown location, as it is bigger and has much better parking, but the food is delicious at both.
It's chaotic, the service is uneven. But...the food. The food!
I have dreams about the Buddhist yam pot. It's a circular thing, made from yams, which are breaded and lightly fried. (You had me at "breaded.") Then, fill it with veggies, tender chicken and shrimp, in a light sauce. Trust me. It's fabulous.
And the roti canai! Malaysian answer to naan, with a dipping sauce. Excellent. And the Tom Yum rice noodle soup cured my head cold, I think.
Prices are fair, service is quick (albeit a bit surly). It's great having good ethnic food on this side of the lake.
This is actually more like 3.5 stars. The food is really good here. The roti is delicious and the mango tofu was excellent. THe problem comes in with the service. When it's super busy at lunch you can kind of understand why things come out in random order and you don't have water. When you're there for dinner and there are only 13 people in the place and 6 in your party, that sort of wears thin. This happens in some form every time I go in and the guys from work now refuse to go. I still like it though so I'll be back.
Had lunch here for the first time in a few years and the food was as good as I remembered it. I went with a few of my co-workers and we ordered individual dishes as opposed to eating family style. I ordered the chicken with eggplant lunch special which was delicious. Unfortunately my food came about ten minutes after everyone else's, nonetheless, I still enjoyed it.
After a long day of buying furniture for the apartment we needed some good quality food to keep us going. Little did we know that a Malaysian restaurant in a strip mall would do that and much more.
By far the best Malaysian food we've had in a long time. Not only was it tasteful, but spicy and extremely flavorful. I would absolutely make the trek back from Downtown to Bellevue just to eat there.
I've been here 3 different occasions , every time hoping that it would be better & trying some new recipes , but alas every time i have been disappointed . I have decided never to go back !!!!
Some of the stuff i tried were ginger chicken , Malay prawn mee,mango shrimp , none of them tasted good . The chicken sateys were OK too sweet for my liking though .
Usually when I go to a new restaurant, I ask the waiter to recommend something for me to try and this usually works out very well. So, I walk into the Malay Satay Hut and I immediately asked the male waiter to recommend something. For whatever reason, he couldn't answer my simple request and had to pull over another older woman to speak to me.
When she asked me what I liked, I said I had no preference and that I was up for anything. Then, she rudely made it clear to me that she wasn't about to help me unless I specified what I wanted. [well, if I knew what I wanted, why would I ask for recs?] Anyway, I really wanted to just get up and leave, but I said "fine, tell me what's good in the noodle section". Then, she said curtly "Anything in the top 7 is good. They are all special." Now i'm thinking nothing is good at this restaurant because the waitstaff can't even tell me what's good which means they probably think the food sucks so much that they can't even immediately point out something tasty.
Then I inquired about their specials that are all over the wall and this waitress told me that I should not try them and that only regular customers who know what they want should order from the specials wall. This only tells me there's nothing special here.
Resisting the urge to leave, I ordered the roti and the fishball noodle. The roti was alright, but the fishball noodle soup was abominable.
First of all, the soup was way oversalted and wreaked only of salt and MSG. There was a ton of vermicelli and a few cheapass rubbery tasting fishballs. What a shameful cheerless meal. There were no other flavors to speak of except for salt and MSG.
I left the place greatly dissatisfied with the food and very angry at the rude and ignorant service.
so i walked out of the place and noticed this indian dessert place nearby. Went in and asked the clerk for recommendations. he immediately told me to try something called "ras malai" which was just delicious and that made me feel better about my terrible meal at the Malay Satay Hut.
Malay Satay was one of the worst restaurant experiences I've ever had anywhere.
After my second visit to this restaurant, I have decided never to return. The service was mediocre, and the food good enough to sate those who have never tasted real Malaysian food. Having lived in Malaysia for a long time, the prices are "out of the world" expensive, and the food does not reflect the prices.
I ordered the curry beef brisket, but was served the curry beef, which I told them and the waitress seemed angry at me for her mistake. The curry beef brisket, which was watery, contained four or five briskets and small pieces of potato that seemed to have been poured off the leftovers from someone else's bowl and reheated for me to eat... the price - $13.95 for a small bowl of crap soaked in watery curry.
The nyonya fish was heavily salted and spicy although the taste was average. The sole filet was deep fried and topped with a nyonya sauce. Overall, it was worth the price of $16.95. Accompanied with a small bowl of rice which cost $2, and Penang Char Kway Teow which cost $9.95, containing a few pieces of squid and shrimp, the Malay Satay Hut really disappointed me with their poor pricing and food.
I would never recommend someone to come here and it seems like business has declined greatly. After jacking up the prices and shrinking the portions, the Malay Satay Hut is out to reel in customers who are willing to throw away money for awful food. Don't be one of those customers and stay away from this restaurant.
what an awesome place to have chinese, thai, malaysian, and indian food all on the same menu. we were lucky in getting here early and beating the dinner crowd. my brother, hubby, and i dive right into the menu and order the curry appetizer that comes with the most delicious, warm, flaky indian bread i've ever eaten. next comes the beef fried rice and the black pepper chicken. both also very authentic and tasty. the black pepper chicken will clear your sinuses right up.
this place gets four stars not only because the food was absolutely wonderful, but the menu has pictures of the more popular dishes and it makes you want to order everything.
Come for the food, stay for the piss-awful service.
The first time my wife and I came here (on a busy Friday night), we were plopped into a corner table and ignored for twenty minutes. We walked out, deciding to give it another try at a less-busy time.
Later, I joined some office-mates here for a birthday lunch; we came insanely early and were the only table in the restaurant for most of our time there. We still had to get up from our table and physically grab someone in order to get menus, water, tea, have our orders taken, get more stuff... getting up and down that often is old, especially when you're not at McDonald's.
There are a ton of food options here and everything I've had or tried was quite tasty. I just don't dig going to a sit-down restaurant and being treated like I'm bothering the staff to actually bring me shit.
This is as authentic South-East Asia food as there can be in Seattle, even the wait staff speaks with local accent :). Not a problem for me since I'm Asian but my non-Asian friends had complained the wait staffs giving them attitudes and appears to be rude especially when they giggles off in their "language" leaving one to wonder "err what?"....
The nasi lemak, Hokkein prawn mee, beef randang, Hainenese chicken rice are some of my favorites. This place gets crowded on weekends and during lunch hours (thanks Microsoft), so it can be less enjoyable (rush rush rush) if you only have an hour for lunch especially when parking can be a challenge during these times.
The owner himself is very friendly and is often seen mingling with patrons (especially the Asian, I guess since he can better communicate with them?) making sure everything is okay.
It does occur that through out these years, the prices had gone up significantly and that the portions had been reduced quite drastically though the quality remains.
Overall: This place has SOME nice dishes, but I'm undecided whether I'd go back - the food definitely was NOT worth the calories
We arrived at around 19:00 on a Friday evening and were seated almost immediately. Two notes before divulging into more details - if you can get past the following issues, you'd actually enjoy Malay Satay Hut.
Service: do NOT come here for attentive in-your face service. You get a mug of iced water and a pot of tasteless and overused tea when you get seated, but that's it. You may be able to flag down the servers if you're lucky.
Atmosphere: Loud and raucous, definitely not recommended for intimate dining.
The menu is substantial with lots of pictures to guide you with what to order. We finally ordered the following:
Avocado shake ($3.95) - a seemingly weird concept, but incredibly delicious. The shake tasted like pureed avocado with caramelized sugar syrup poured on top - it was immensely creamy and rich - RECOMMENDED.
Mango shake ($3.95) - a bright yellow "shake", which was exceptionally frothy, light with a very light hint of mango.
Roti Canai ($3.95) - lives up to all the hype. An Indian flaky bread, served with a side of potato curry. The bread was flaky, fluffy and totally delicious and not greasy/oily. The curry sauce was a little thin, but had a very good flavoUr, reminiscent to that of Chinese curry sauce - RECOMMENDED.
Chicken satay ($7.95) - six skewers of tender chicken meat, served with peanut satay sauce. The chicken was succulent and flavoUrsome alone, but with the peanut sauce - there was a tasty marriage of flavoUrs. The sauce lighter than most other coconut based ones, but oily at the same time, slightly nutty and sweet - RECOMMENDED.
Pea vines in garlic sauce ($14.95) - delicious, similar to choi sum stir fried with a substantial amount of garlic - RECOMMENDED.
Buddhist yam pot ($14.95) - definitely does NOT meet the hype and was quite a boring dish. The yam pot itself was substantial, crispy and acted like a sponge by absorbing all the oil it was fried in - it was disgusting and we left 95% of it. The filling consisted of mange tout, baby bok choi, chicken, prawns, baby sweetcorn, straw and shitake mushrooms, peppers and cashew nuts in a very light, tasteless sauce.
Malay Hokkien mein ($9.95)- thick noodles, stir fried with greens, squid, prawns, chicken, greens in a rich soy sauce. This was in general quite a tasty dish, but was over laden with oil - we had to leave a lot of this.
****BEWARE - I found a piece of chewy plastic in this dish, I complained about it and they took the overall charge of this dish off the bill (definitely MINUS 1 star).****
Boiled/steamed white rice ($1.00) - plain ole boring white rice that was slightly overdone. It was stodgy and you couldn't distinguish between the grains of rice.
Peanut pancake ($5.95) - a six inch roti style bread, with a chopped peanut and "buttery" filling. It was mildly sweet, but overly oily for me.
Sticky black rice ($2.95) - black rice in a thickened sweet beany-flavoUred soup base with a splash of coconut cream on top. A lot lighter than the Thai version and less stickier - I'm undecided about this dish...
It came to around $65.00, minus the price of the plastic spiked noodles and tip. I'm undecided if we will visit again - this place has some nice dishes. However, some of the other dishes were laden with far too much oil for our bodies to handle - I felt physically sick. We might give this place ONE more try with other dishes... but we won't be in a hurry, I think I've eaten 2-3 months of oil allowance in one sitting.
This is one of those places that I'd never suggest myself except as an answer to being unable to come up with a better option, so usually I'm here as a standby or because a dining companion really likes it and I owe her.
While it gets crowded at lunch time, I've never had a problem coming here with a group of 2, even at noon or 12:15. I'm either lucky or it's worse for larger groups.
The food is consistently on the better side of average, and the curry chicken noodle soup is great for clearing the sinuses, which I often need during the winter. Like the other reviewers, I also stand by ordering roti canai to share as a starter, and I've had a dining companion order two orders of it for her whole lunch.
Service/presentation needs some work though. When I see a lunch menu that says that lunch specials are served with soup and rice, and then I'm told that it doesn't apply to the particular lunch special I ordered for some reason, I get suspicious of about what else they might be misleading.
Finally, a $0.50 cent charge for credit card charges under $20 - as in, if two people order $20 worth of food and want to pay on two cards, $1. Gouging at its finest.
Malaysian food in Seattle.....didn't think they had it here but i'm glad they did. My relatives brought me here for dinner and boy was the meal biggggg. I guess its worth mentioning that their milk tea (Malaysian milk Tea) taste just like regular HK milk tea.
It's not fair to compare cities and the food they got but I'll be frank and say that this is impressive for Seattle.
We had the following:
-spicy prawns and beans - really good and spicy, just the way i like it.
- fried stuffed taro cake - this i've never seen in my life and i wish i wish i had a camera to capture it, but its got veggies(choy, carrot, eggplant, corn, seafood) stuffed inside a fried taro thing (the kind like from dim sum)
- peanut noodles - pretty good but sauce is too thick it seems.
- sweet and sour pork - seems like giant beijing pork chops which i never have any problem with of course. (makes me think that this place is just a combination of Asian cuisine instead of just Malaysian)
Overall, not bad, but not great.
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being a Malaysian myself, I'm always really critical of Malaysian food served here. What I usually look for is authenticity coupled with diverse selections, great service and the right amount of spicyness. I gotta say, being the only Malaysian restaurant on the Eastside (at least that I know of), Satay Hut didn't do half bad.
The hostess was a little un-smiley the last few times I've been there, but the wait staff has always been either competent ("just doing my job" type people) or very gracious.
The food is actually very good. The roti canai and the accompanying curry are both excellent, very near to what I'm used to back in malaysia (although I wish the portions were Malaysian portions, too. The appetizer was tiny). I've always gone for the really authentic Malay food (like the salted fish fried rice, or "mee goreng", or the char koay teow, or nasi lemak) for an entree. Those were very yummy, but be careful when you ask them to up the spice; they throw in some raw thai chili peppers in and call it a day. Lemme tell ya, raw chillies will spice it up, but not in the tasty way that Malay food is known for (you're supposed to stir fry ground chili peppers in a little bit of oil before coking and adjust the hotness of the dish that way). Minus points for that. Also, the lunch menu is pretty sparse of the good stuff, so minus minus points for that, too.
The milk tea, while okay, is unremarkable. Definitely doesn't have the authenticity of Malaysian milk tea that tends to be richer.
Overall, although I am pretty critical of this place, it's actually a really good place to eat, and to come often. Just skip over the lunch menu and pay the $8 or $10 dollars for a regular entree and make sure to get the roti canai, and you're all set!
UPDATE:
Accckkk!!!! One of my co-workers found a cockroach in her meal... ewww ewww ewww! She bought it from the Redmond location of the Satay hut. Will *not* go back there again!!!! Worse of all, apparently this isn't the first time it happened, another person found a cockroach in her rice bowl and it took them a while to refund her the price of the rice bowl (not even the whole meal, just the rice bowl). Again, this is from the Redmond location, haven't heard anything about the Seattle location. If I can give minus stars I would!!!
Good variety. Some nice pictures associated with it.
My waiter was the biggest suprise. We were 8 people and he took order from everybody without noting down in a pad or something. After that, he repeated everbody's order. Very impressive.
Ambience is good as well. Will go there again.
Lots of choices, but the real reason it's in business is that it's a popular and quick lunch spot for Redmondites.
Go during lunch, it's super expensive other times. At lunch, you can get quick service, but you'll need to be ready with your order and perhaps call over the waitstaff.
There's a big selection, so no worries there.
July '08 rant: Dining here has become more expensive...
- $0.50 per person charge now for tea
- $0.50 per credit card charge if the amount is less than $20.00
I understand food inflation and rising costs - but if their bread and butter are Microsofties who just throw down a bunch of plastic at the end of the meal, raising a fuss over paying your merchant account's fees is going to kill business quickly. Plus, hasn't it been shown already that waitstaff receives better tips when each individual has the opportunity to appropriately tip?
Having grown up in Singapore with lots of family in Malaysia, I can say that this is about as good as it gets to Southeast Asian cuisine in Seattle. While the dishes are ridiculously pricier than their equivalent in Singapore, the quality is good and the menu is very diverse.
Some of my favorites that I've loved ever since I was a kid -- roti canai, hokkien mee, and indian rojak. mee goreng and laksa are also del-icio-us.
I'm settling on 3 stars with a caveat: I have never eaten Malaysian food so I'm not sure if I:
A) don't like the cuisine itself
B) don't like this restaurant in particular.
My honey is from Holland and is a super foodie. He has eaten pretty much every cuisine on earth so I was okay letting him guide me in this experience. The closest thing he has had before was the Indonesian/Malay cuisine in Holland.
We ordered:
Penang Lobak (2/5):a trio of fried appetizers including tofu, some sort of beef fried in a phyllo like wrapper and 2 little green onion? pancake things and 2 quarter tea eggs.
The pancake things tasted like churros and the tofu and beef were just well...fried tofu and beef. They didn't really taste like anything and the sweet chili dipping sauce and plum sauce were just the general prepackaged sauces you find at Thai restaurants for spring rolls. I couldn't touch the tea eggs (I have some slight texture issues) but the honey said they were "alright"
Pot roast and potatoes with red curry: 2/5 The dish was just a basic fatty beef stock with large chunks of albeit tender meat and potatoes. After eating it I just wished that it had been either lively and vibrant like Thai curries or sinfully rich like Indian curries. It had some heat but very little spice besides a sort of cinnamony/nutmeggy flavor.
I can't recall the name of the third dish but it was basically the Malay version of pad Thai. 2/5. It had shrimp, tofu, some itty bit of sauteed green beans and noodles all in a red sauce. It was basically pad Thai but without that fresh vibrant sweet/vinegary/hot flavor. Again I was just left wishing for more flavor. I will say that the shrimp in the dish were cooked PERFECTLY, which is hard to do in a fried noodle dish.
We both had coffee and tea and again were left wishing that they were more like Thai coffee and tea because while they were creamy, they were missing that lovely spice that the Thai version has.
The bill for all that was 46+ dollars, which seems a little high when we were both left wishing we'd eaten somewhere else.
So food gets 2 stars +.5 for those little perfectly cooked shrimp and +.5 for an attentive waitress.
Since I'm such a newbie to Malay food it may be possible we just ordered the wrong dishes or went to the wrong place if anyone has any suggestions for either I'm willing to try Malay food again.
I'm always excited to try new Malaysian restaurants wherever I am in the world. Malay Satay Hut was generally well received on Yelp and I planned my itinerary to include a hotel close to the restaurant.
The restaurant made me smile - a bustly noisy place reminiscent of traditional Malaysian 'coffee shops' or 'hawker stalls' where Malaysian street food as served here is usually found back in Malaysia. A good sign - in Malaysia, the sign of a good restaurant is a lots of happy noisy conversation.
Service was quick and there was an impressive turnover, reflecting the popularity of the place. I started with lychee for a drink.
I ordered my gold standard test for Malaysian restaurants - chow kueh teow - fried rice sticks. The best versions exude a deep rich almost burnt flavour of the rice sticks mixed with moreish seafood and egg. It shouldn't be watery or soggy, a sign that the rice sticks have stewed rather than fried over a high heat. This version was quite good, scoring a 4 out of 5.
Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy my appetizer of Penang lobak, a mixture of different deep fried goodies served with a sweet sauce. The lobak was burnt and overcooked which was a shame as I had been looking forward to the lobak - not often found in overseas Malaysian restaurants.
It's hard to judge the place on 2 dishes but I didn't have time or space to try more dishes so here's my honest opinion.
On my short list of "best" spots in Seattle. A blend of Thai and Indian, many of the dishes have a sweet-spicy quality that absoultely rocks.
My menu:
Roti Canai
Mango Chicken (or Tofu), An indian noodle dish (crap, forgot the name)
Avocado shake sometimes, otherwise the tea is unusually good.
It's hard to decide to come here since you have to walk past that great Vegan place next door. Even with that, be ready to feel like you've just entered the tropical Microsoft cafeteria. Decor was very comfortable but service could enroll in some more hospitality training.
The food was tasty and the ingredients are subtle but explosive at the same time.
You'd have to make your own judgment but it's good in my books!
My third trip here. Decided to stop by for a Sat lunch with my wife and son. Enjoyed the first two times more than the most recent visit. Not knowing much about Malaysian food, I think it'll help to know what to order. However, the server did not have much of an idea either. For the most part, it's pretty flavorful and they have a wide variety.
Great food and a MASSIVE selection. Price is acceptable during lunch, but incredibly EXPENSIVE during dinner and weekends. Avoid during those times due to price.
Good service, great food, exceptional selection, and unique dishes that you won't find elsewhere.
After reading fellow Yelpers' reviews, I made my way over to Malay Satay for dinner for the first time. I ordered the Roti Canai for an appetizer. WOW! Fried naan-like bread in a curry dipping sauce. YUMMMMMM!!!! Highly recommended! I also had the Singapore noodles which were good, too.
On a subsequent visit with two co-workers, we again ordered the Roti Canai (still my fave), Mango Chicken, Seafood Scramble Egg Chow Fun, and the Buddhist Yam Pot. The Mango Chicken was just all right, but the other dishes were delicious.
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Update: Yes, I go here every trip I make to the Redmond area...
Having sampled more menu items, I thought I would give a plate-by-plate on what else I have eaten:
Chicken Satay - Very good. The peanut sauce is a little greasy, but yummy!
Mee Siam - Very good -- spicy, too!
Sultan Shrimp were HUGE and split in the shell -- a little on the sweet side, but still all right
Ginger duck - Very good
Salt & Pepper Chicken - Good, but kind of boring compared to the other dishes
Service can be a little spotty. Even though the restaurant was barely occupied and there were a bunch of servers, it was difficult flagging them down.
My friends know how I feel about Malay Satay Hut. Yes, it's something different. I find some of the dishes are overly priced.
Food: I see that many people loves the Roti Canai (Indian bread). Do yourself a favor. Go to the Asian store and buy a pack of roti canai at the frozen section. That's what you're getting. Gees, did spilled out the secret?? I find that their noodles both soup and fried. Are the worst. The better ones, are their curry lambs & beef, so-so Hainanese chicken rice, and their satay. The food is just okay. Not horrible, and it's far from reaching greatness.
Service: Many times, it's the unwelcome attitude.
Here's my feeling. When Malay Satay Hut first opened in International District. It was better. I see that the portions are getting smaller. Not to mention the inconsistency.
I only go there if my friends insisted on it.
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ROTI CANAI is their signature dish/appetizer. Everything else can be a hit or miss depending on the day.
YUM! This place is always good, and always hits the spot. The staff is really friendly, and their menu comes with pictures!! Makes ordering easy and hard at the same time. Easy cause you don't have to wonder what something is, hard because everything looks good.
The atmosphere is interesting, its got this islander feel, until you look up at the ceiling which is painted with... sci-fi Esq stars and planets.
The other day I tried this Avocado Drink they had.. very .. avocado, they also had a stinky fruit one, which then I didn't have the guts, but maybe next time I'll have coaxed my friend into trying it. :p
OVERALL : GREASY.
If you need to brush your inner stomach with some oil, just go here get anything. This place is REALLY greasy
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I got tom yam kum..(iono how to spell), this chinese style spicy noodle with seafood, and malaysian style phad tai very hot each time.
They taste all okay, not bad...not crazy awesome but you know, when you're craving for some malaysian food...it'd be okay because this place is the only malaysian restaurant around here anyway.
My friends had this pepper taste chicken and other soupy egg noodle(it's yellow color it's on the menu) and they taste all good.
My friend also got Durian fruit drink.....
You know on food chanel this bald guy eats every exotic food but this...because he threw up after he ate the fruit.
YES I tried it when my friend ordered it and I could smell the watery trash of it...like the trash that's been sitting in your kitchen for pretty long time... but the flavor's like that! uggghh! trashy flavor!! can you believe it!?
Actually it's just maybe me, other two friends all drank and thought it's not THAT bad (and they're NOT ASIAN!).
You sould just...try it and lemme know cuz other friends think I'M THE WEIRD ONE since I couldn't drink it.
Although I know friends who are regulars and big fans of this place, I'm not as enamored. The prices are high for what this place is to me, and the service is unfortunately, pretty typical of what Chinese restaurants have - rude and moderately (if at all) friendly. At least when I've gone, I've had Chinese waitstaff who aren't very courteous. This location is more pleasant and accessible to me than the Seattle one, too.
The Roti is definitely worth having as an appetizer and the mango chicken is good, too. The glass noodles were mediocre, but most dished cooked in a wok have a relatively good flavor to them. This place is definitely not a health choice, nor is it good for those who count calories, are ethnic food-phobic, and/or don't like noticeable amounts of cooking oil in their food.
There's such a lack of good Asian food in the Redmond area that I really, really want to like Malay Satay - but it doesn't get better each visit (same for the International District location). The reality is that the food is fair. It's inconsistent depending on who must be cooking. I find lunches to be better than dinners. My favorites dishes are salted fish fried rice, salt-and-pepper baby squid, and garlic eggplant. The soups can be good - I like seafood noodle soup the best. But I find that most dishes lack flavor (good spice, no flavor) and "stay with you" (not in a good way). I rate Malay 3 stars purely because of the salted fish fried rice and that it's a good place for group lunches. I'll likely go back, but sometimes I wonder...
I've been here twice recently. The service is as expected in a typical Asian restaurant. Note they do not accept credit cards for meals costing less than $20 which I found strange as they hadn't posted it.
Newbie day: Tried the belachan squid with durian shake. It was quite nice and somewhat authentic but I could make out that they had used packaged belachan paste(a far cry from the original if you ever lived in KL). The combination however worked primarily because I had a large hankering for durian (been about 20 years since I had it).
Day2: (took friend along). Ordered roti canai(eagerly suggested by the waiter), Satay ( one of my favorite during my Malay residence years) and Fried whole fish with shrimp paste. Friend had Nasi lemak as suggested by me. The roti canai was really authentic ( wish they had put some meat pieces in the curry). The other items however were a disappointment. The satay dipping sauce wasn't spicy enough. Also the meat skewers are typically a little sweet due to them being brushed with sweet peanut oil while barbecuing. The whole fish was a disaster, it was bitter(burnt) and the meat was tough. Ah well drowned my disappointment with more durian shake.
Fantastic food, descent atmosphere. Do try out the french beans with shrimp and all the wonderful curries, especially the lamb. I've been eating at this joint for years, started out first at the Seattle location.
The owner is a quiet nice chap, I hear his son now runs it.
This place is definitely unique.... I don't know if there are any other places in the area to get Malaysian cuisine. The flavors seem to be a good mix of Indian, Chinese, and Thai.
The menu is huge. I've tried the mango chicken, Indonesian chicken, and Malaysian pork chops, and I've found all of them to be pretty good, but nothing that I HAD to eat again. Note that the mango chicken and pork chops are great for people who like stuff like sweet and sour, and the Indonesian chicken is a little spicier. Friends have raved about noodle and soup dishes, but that's not so much my thing, so I haven't tried them. Lunch specials are a good deal, for about $7, I get two meals' worth of food. Even though I haven't been blown away by the food, I'll still definitely come back here and try something new.
Service is typical of an Asian place... functional, but not necessarily enjoyable. They give me a bit of a hassle when I try to use credit cards for anything under $25, but I roll my eyes, give them my credit card, and they reluctantly take it with a measly 30 cent surcharge or something like that.
I love Yelp. I've lived by the Malay Satay Hut for years, but never paid it much attention because it's located in a strip mall and I tend to ignore strip mall restaurants. Then I got on Yelp and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw there was a restaurant that highly regarded so close to where I used to live. I decided that the next time I was in the area , I'd give it a try and it was well worth it. We ordered the following and it was all very good:
Roti Canai
Roti Egg (Roti Canai was better)
Mango Chicken
Black Peppered Chicken
Ginger Chicken
Cashew Chicken
Phad Thai
Thank you Yelp! I now have a good non-chain restaurant to go to near my parent's house.
I think this place has gone downhill. The roti is still amazing, and my favorite dish is the fried rice with shrimp. I wanted to try the Buddha Yam Bowl today but they were "out of the bowls". I got the Spicy Shrimp instead. They were not spicy, the vegetables were mushy, and the sauce was sweet and goopy.
My friend and I braced ourselves for the horrible service, and it was still pretty unpleasant. They sort of prod you around like cattle, and bug you until you finally leave. The crowd + crappy service = I won't go back anytime soon.
I love the Hut. It can get very crowded during lunch (mainly because of all the Microsoft employees who go here), so come early or expect to wait.
The food is excellent - I highly recommend the Sambal Squid, the green beans, the mango shrimp... basically anything. I've never had a bad dish here.
I'm only giving it four stars because the service can be spotty. This IS a busy restaurant, so that is to be expected (especially at their price point), but once our orders were lost.
Redmond, WA
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Redmond, WA
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Redmond, WA
Category: Thai
Redmond, WA
Category: Thai
Neighborhood: International District
Category: Asian Fusion
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