Sate Kampur- Malaysian Food

My friends and I went to try out Sate Kampur (1837 E. Eastyunk St) after sampling some of their food at an Southeast Asia cultural event. The restaurant had a good number of seating, a bar in the middle, and an open kitchen in the back where you can watch the employees cook the sates. Although our meal came with spoons and forks, we asked for chopsticks. During our dinner, the owner stopped by our table to talk to us. She told us that Sate Kampur wanted to give its customers authentic experiences. The items on the menu are street foods you will find in Malaysia and Malaysians eat with their hands. Since it is really not considered sanitary, they eat with a spoon and fork here. They used the fork to shovel food into the spoon to eat. She seemed very disappointed that we used chopsticks. She wanted us to have the most authentic experience. What can we say? We are Chinese. We can't help it:) See below for reviews of the foods.

I got Nasi Ulam (a hearty salad of rice and aromatic Malaysian herbs, shredded fish with toasted coconut and bean sprouts, served with sambai). I think this is what I sampled the event. I remember the sample having more of a coconut flavor; however, the dish at the establishment was definitely alot hotter. The components of the plate came segmented. The waitressed instructed me to mix all the ingredients together before eating. I thought the rice salad was very flavorful and had a little crunchy to it from the bean sprouts which I liked, but it was little to hot for me.

Unmixed Nasi Ulam

Mixed Nasi Ulam

I also got the warm Teh-Tarik (pulled milk tea with condense milk). My friend who arrived before me got the milk tea, too but she complained it was too sweet. So I asked for them to make the milk tea not too sweet. I tasted my friend's milk tea and it was indeed incredibly sweet. My tea was sweet but not as intensely sweet like hers. The milk tea reminded my of milk tea you can get in Chinatown for a much cheaper price. You can get like 16 oz cup of milk tea for $2. The price of the milk tea here was $3 for a cup.

My friends and I shared Ku-Mah's Achat (spicy nyanya pickled vegetables, auntie's recipe). It was my favorite. It was mostly carrots and cucumbers. The sauce tasted like peanut butter with fish sauce. It was refreshing and delicious.

Ku-Mah's Achat

My friends got Nasi Lemak Bungkus (ecoconut cream soaked rice topped with sambal, roasted peanuts, crispy anchovies and hard- boiled egg, all neatly wrapped in a fresh banana leaf) and
Mee Hoon Goreng Bungkus (stir-fried rice vermicelli, serviced bungkus-style in a fresh banana leaf). They also got Rendang daging (braised beef in a paste of mixed spices and coconut cream) to share amongst themselves since I didn't eat meat. According to them the Nasi Lemak Bungkus was very hot too. The Mee Hoon Goreng Bungkus was similar to stir fried rice noodles you can find in Chinatown, but it wasn't hot though. It had more of sweet tomatoey flavor. The Rendang dagind was good, but they wished the pieces were more whole and not shredded. See below for everything our table ordered.