Everyone has heard about Satay UK @ Seksyen 7, Bangi by now. And by now, that restaurant isn't the most sought after venue for satay because we have this craze on Satay King. But surely, any patrons of the restaurant previously will remember the taste unless one is unlikely a satay fan or doesn't care what ever goes into their mouth, through the intestine, processed in the stomach and finally out by the 'I don't want to mention it here' way out...
So, Satay UK as it is..hey please, it's not as pictured above. Those are pictures of Satay House in the UK, the ambient atmosphere of fall and the cold wind makes it a fantastic time to enjoy satay in the UK. But hey, I'm going to write about Satay Urat Keting, so divert your brain to the humid, hot and sweaty Malaysia, to be exact, Seksyen 7 Bangi...
there are so many people blogging online about this Satay UK and despite a few bad comments, majority giving five thumbs up and praise the outlet. Bloggers are comparing Satay UK with the rest of Satay Kajang and mostly agreed on the fact that, the latter have been shun out by first outlet. As for me, I am a BIG FAN of satay. I'm quite picky about where to savour my satay. My favourite has always been Restoran Satay Emas Kajang....
So, when my colleagues asked me out for satay night at the Satay UK, I took the opportunity to let my tastebuds do the verdict.
We reached the outlet at about 8pm sharp. I took the time to lay my eyes on the floor of the restaurant as we reached the premise. We waited for a few of other colleagues who called to join in. I browsed the menu and as I did, a few plates full with satay were delivered to the table next to ours. And the smell, wallaowei,..as the common malaysian will say "tak boleh tahan bau dia...! lapo terus!", to show how fragrant the smell of the satay. I ordered the oxtail soup (Sup Ekor) instead of satay. Reason why, my colleagues forward order of 100 satay and being a first time here, I wanted to be careful with my order. A few of us then ordered noodle soup, and fried rice, and the Sup Urat Keting. I shared my oxtail soup with a colleague and as we about to finish, one of us shove a plate of chicken satay to me. With nice thoughts, I took a bite and to my surprise, the taste was quite good. My bad impression was maybe mostly contributed to my reading of www.matjoe.com titled 'Ultra Kecewa' on his comments about this premise. He mentioned how dissappointed he was with the satay here. Maybe, he was at the premise at the wrong time. That's all I could say, as a verdict, because what I experienced was totally a different taste.
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| Chicken satay - with peanut sauce, the background was the oxtail soup |
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| My happy colleagues enjoying the satay! |
The meat was very tender and juicy. Yes, you can find burnt parts but still, why do you eat satay? You wanted to eat meat that is grilled! The size was quite a large chunks of meat. They have chicken, beef, venison and rabbit meat. But one thig agreed with Mat Joe is that - they are stingy about their peanut sauce and the onions and cucumber to go with it. We had to request a few times for the peanut sauce and to be frank, that spoils the mood of most of us enjoying the satay! Still, you have to cosider that this situation might be contributed by their experiences having to waste a bowl full of peaut sauce by patrons who likes to have their satay plain. And fret not, besides satay, this outlet also serves 'ala carte' such as oxtail soup, chicken soup, beef soup, 'sup tulang', 'sup urat keting', 'sup perut', many types of fried rice, fried noodles and tomyam.
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| Oxtail soup |
For me, the satay was good. I cannot say it's great because my tastebuds define great as something that I cannot forget for a long period of time. It does not happen with this one. But still, I refute all the bad comments on satay UK. But I do accept the bad ones because we are human and it is the unique of us, of each of us, that makes a difference. Different people might say many things about the one same plate of food. So, cheer up and taste the food yourself when people comment on it. Sharing nice food with people can be part of your 'amal kebajikan' and good deeds for humankind. you can help people save money babe! hehehe..
So those who wants to pay a visit, might be interested to visit Restoran Sate UK, No.80 Jln 7/7A, Sek 7, Bandar Baru Bangi. Or login to facebook and like them at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Restoran-Sate-UK/331650773771
HAVE FUN SATAY'ING' !!! ;)
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