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This place has a small menu but what they do, they do quite well! The restaurant is cute and modern but mostly a takeout place and the service was charming and kind!
The food was really delicious. Having traveled extensively through south east Asia and having eaten a lot of satay, I can say that these are pretty good. The sticks themselves are decent, the peanut sauce and acar are delicious, similar to what I've had in restaurants Indonesia and Malaysia.
In Asia the skewers come a lot smaller and their flavour is much more concentrated, you can eat just the skewer on its own and it would be delicious. I feel like these skewers were a bit bland on their own and really needed that delicious peanut sauce and hot sauce to complete them. Also they're more like a shish kebab than your traditional satay skewer in portion size, giving two per entree and sold individually for around $3 and some change. The coconut rice is really delicious, this is a $1 add-on and I really recommend this! We also tried the newly added menu item lumpia which are basically spring rolls with a tofu filling, they were good but wouldn't repeat them. Lastly we had the ayam goreng which is their Indonesian style fried chicken, this was delicious, the chicken was well marinated and crispy, we would get this one again for sure. Another tip is to get yourself an extra container of peanut sauce, we were dipping everything in that stuff, putting it on our rice, on the fried chicken, lumpia, etc... the drizzle they give with the skewers isn't enough in my opinion! Get the extra peanut sauce, again this is a $1 add-on but it's a nicely sized container and it's well worth it.
The gentleman that served us was enthusiastic and very nice. We ordered takeout so it was a quick interaction but a positive one.
The restaurant is lovely, it is a takeout joint with limited seating and no wait service. It's modern and clean and I love that the menu is small and focused.
This is a unique place and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to try something new, the flavours are pretty authentic and the prices are very decent, all meals being around $11 and they come with rice, salad and shrimp chips.
I would definitely come back to try the beef curry and have more satay!
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