Sedap
102 Old Street, London, EC1V 9AY - View on a map
Telephone: 0207 4900 200
Sedap
| Overall 6.0 |
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| Food 6.0 |
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| Service 6.5 |
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| Atmosphere 6.3 |
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| Value 5.3 |
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| Based on 4 reviews |
what the critics say
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - The salad was lime-dressed batons of cucumber, beautiful in their crisp freshness, but the star of the starters was the pratas and the lamb sauce through which to drag them. So flaky in the nicest possible way, toothsome and biddable were the ghee-licked breads that we ordered more to mop up the last trail of vibrantly spiced gravy...Hainanese chicken rice intended as a mild counterpoint, was pleasant but not possessing the subtle tracery of ginger, garlic and master chicken stock that it can display. So enamoured were we of the char kway teow with prawns, Chinese sausage, fish cake, egg and bean sprouts that we ordered in addition the vegetarian version.
Friday, April 24, 2009 - This new East London eatery, near the City financial district and the Barbican, is simple and basic. It’s as much a takeaway eatery as a sit-down restaurant. The tables are bare, the walls decorated with a few pictures and knick-knacks. You hardly need fancy surroundings for street food. But you can taste the fresh herbs and spices and that Curry Tumis dish is particularly good, enlivened by tamarind, galangal, lemongrass and praew leaf.
Sedap
went there early on a saturday night. char kwey teow could be nice but was very oily, like the rest of the food. £27 for 2 main dishes, spring rolls, chicken satay (smallish and oily) + 1 small beer. not good value. service ok. not much atmosphere/buzz to the place. would not go back.
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ingridw
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4
Overall rating 
Food 3 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sedap
This is a must for Malaysian Food aficionados. Their Char Koay Teow is one of the best I have tasted, and this includes the best in Penang. Fried in an extremely hot wok to give it the flavour, with just enough moistness, nice big juicy, crunchy prawns and Lap cheong (Chinese sausages). And the koay teow was nice and soft.
The Nyonya curry tumis fish was the nicest I have ever had in London, with nice Bream Fish meat, subtle spicy curry . This is unlike some Thai curry where you are overwhelmed by the spices. A very nice accompaniment to their fragrant rice.
The kerabu vegetables (delicate fragrant Nyonya salad) complimented the curry tumis fish perfectly. And all on the special lunch menu of around £6.50. You cannot get a comparable lunch for 4 times this price at any London Malaysian Restaurant. Their cooking and fresh ingredients were the equivalent of a 3 Michelin star French cuisine applied to Malaysian food or perhaps I should say 3 Proton Stars.
Their Kueh ( Malaysian dessert "cakes") were very authentic and one of the nicest I have tasted in a very long time (and not just in UK).
Service was friendly and pitched just right. The decor was subtle and understated, but just about right (after all we do not want to pay a King's ransom just for the decor.) The music was the 50s and 40s, western type - very appropriate. I was grateful they did not blare out some Chinese opera music for an artificial ethnic ambience.
Will be going back to try their other dishes. As good if not better than the now defunct Nyonya Restaurant in Notting Hill (they were the chefs at that place formerly.).
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food critique
9
Overall rating 
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Friday, August 07, 2009
Sedap
Went to check out Sedap. Took the Char Koay Teow and Nasi Lemak. Found the Char Koay Teow the best that I have tasted in London so far (my husband agrees as well). The nasi lemak takeaway was suppose to be our breakfast but the delicious smells of chicken curry and sambal fish in the nasi lemak became too tempting for us during the night. That was polished off with gusto and much appreciated as well. The nasi hit the spot. I have yet to taste the nyonya kuih but if it is as authentic as the char koay teow (with lap cheong) and the nasi lemak, I will be a very very happy camper indeed. Apparently they deliver as well around EC1 and E1 area. With their amazingly reasonable prices, they are definitely on my dialing list. For a born and bred Penangite like myself, nothing beats cheap and extremely good authentic Penang food. The service was friendly, helpful and very welcoming, which made me feel so much at home. Totally recommend this restaurant and very happy that they are making real Penang food with the friendly open Penang spirit as well.
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E Chan
10
Overall rating 
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Sunday, June 14, 2009
what the bloggers say
London Eater
Friday, June 11, 2010 - I hugely enjoyed the Penang Char Kway Teow which is the Malaysian variety of wok-fried flat rice noodles which obviously is a re-jigged wok-fried Ho-fun of Canto-cuisine. Sedap does them with fishcakes, prawns and Chinese sausages ('Lap Cheung' - like sugary salami) that gave it an intriguingly attractive fishiness...I enjoyed most of the curries, though they looked deceptively similar, of a muddy yellowish hue. The beef rendang swimming a thick, quickly drying, concentrated reduction with a dash of zest, meat mostly tender. I liked the chicken curry, but found bitterness with the lamb.
A Girl Has To Eat - 8/10
Friday, May 07, 2010 - Malaysian blanchan chicken, bite-sized pieces of chicken coated in prawn paste and deep fried, came out piping hot. The chicken was meltingly tender and the prawn paste was superbly crunchy...Penang char kray teow was outstandingly good. A dish of tender flat rice noodles stir fried with prawns, it was resplendent with the authenticity of a good hawker stand in Kuala Lumpur. It also came with lots of other lovely goodness such as Chinese sausage, egg, fish cake and bean sprouts. Garlic, soy sauce, chives and chilli paste helped to round of the dish and to provide lots of flavour.
Pig Pig's Corner
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - Without a question we were going to have to order the char koay teow (fried flat noodles). Taste-wise it was nearly spot on with the lap cheong (Chinese sausages) adding extra tastes but it sadly lacked cockles...Besides that, we also shared a nasi lemak which came with the usual assortment of some curry chicken, fried fish with sambal, roasted peanuts, boiled egg and cucumber. The curry chicken was not bad but a little bit on the mild side, a little more heat and spice would be appreciated. The fish portion was a little tiny but the sambal accompanying it was really good and really lifted the entire dish.
World Foodie Guide
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - Sambal okra - stir-fried okra & prawn in homemade chilli shrimp paste was delicious. Both my friend and I had been told by non-mutual friends to try the char kway teow - stir fried flat rice noodles with prawn, beanspouts, chinese sausages, egg, fish. Again, this was far superior to any I've had before in London. Another excellent choice was the sambal fish - deep fried mackerel with sambal sauce cake, soy sauce, chive & chilli paste. Two reasonably sized pieces of fish arrived, simply presented, but each succulent bite was slowly savoured.
Londonelicious
Monday, August 17, 2009 - Kake tells me to order the Kerabu salad. I follow her advice and get the version with prawns and it is DELICIOUS. It's tart and spicy, but because it's a cold dish, it's also oddly cooling. I had told my server not to go easy on the chilli and this dish is packed full of it...I tell my server to bring me whatever she'd recommend and it's char kway teow. The dish arrives with more of those generous prawns and It's like Thai pad se eu, but smokier. Meatier. I didn't think a dish could taste smoky (besides for a Chicago steak, that is), but this is smoky. In the best possible way. I fall in love with Sedap right then and there.
Dos Hermanos
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - We were squeezed into a tiny little table in the back room and handed the menu. It looked familiar, not just because I have eaten quite a few Malaysian meals in the last year, but also because it was run by the same people who once owned Nyonya in Notting Hill…Sedap is hardly going to set the world on fire, but as a new little local joint, particularly one that does take out, it is going to be a welcome addition to an otherwise barren neighbourhood.
Bellaphon
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - Sedap is a Malaysian restaurant with pedigree. This Malaysian restaurant is barely two months old and is owned and run by the Yeoh family from Penang… The hawker favourite of Penang Char Kway Teow had the right colour about it, the golden brown hue is indicative of authenticity. This was a perfectly executed dish. Scrumptious and spicy… Sedap is great for the both the food and service. I’m coming back pronto for the Laksa, the Rendang, Belachan Chicken, etc.
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