Sedap Malaysian & Chinese Cuisine

Reviewed by The Wild Boar“Sedap” is a Malay word that roughly translates into “delicious”. Now, I think it takes a lot of cojones to name your restaurant “Delicious” but I have actually eaten at their previous incarnation so I’m prepared to believe them even before I start eating the food. A couple years back, we used to go to Nyonya in Notting... Read More

Sedap: that was good but um, is that all we get? - There’s something to say about Malaysian food in London: there just isn’t enough of the good stuff. Even the Evening Standard’s showcase of London’s Best Malaysian Restaurants is a little embarrassing. I mean, there’s stuff, sometimes there’s a lot of it, but it isn’t any good. - And then you... Read More

I have recently discovered that if you don’t mind eating somewhere that doesn’t look anything special, drinking beer not wine, and eating relatively quickly; London has incredibly good cheap and authentic Asian restaurants that can rival those in any other major cities.  Yes, I’m talking about you Paris.  - Fresh from some great Vietnamese food at Mien Tay, El G... Read More

Sedap - Since I first encountered Nyonya Cuisine in Malacca a few years ago, I have fallen in love with the heady and delicious aromas of this style of cooking arising from the inter-racial marriages of Malay women (Nyonya) and Chinese men (Baba). Think aromatic curries (rempah), fermented shrimp paste (belacan), abundant use of spices and herbs, candlenut, fruits like pineapple, and... Read More

Sedap review (revisited) Old Street Malaysian food - still as good as ever and getting quite popular too - Address: 102 Old Street, London EC1V 9AV - Tel: 0207 4900 200 - Nearest Tube station: Old Street - Ratings (out of 5 *) - Price: below £10 pp - Service charge: N/A - Taste: **** - Service: *** - Ambience: ** - Suitable for: small gatherings for people who can't survive... Read More