Review: Sambal - The Malaysian Food Experience

Sambal is a must visit as it offers very unique and delicious Malaysian dishes. It is located in Macquarie Park and is very popular with the business workers during lunch and families during the dinner time. Their restaurant, service and food  has attracted many regular customers and I could see why when I ate there for the first time.

The restaurant is located near the Macquarie Park train station and surrounded by many businesses. For lunch, getting a table towards the end of the week is not an easy feat. If you do not want to wait, booking before hand is essential as many businesswomen and businessmen will also be waiting for a table. There is parking behind the restaurant, but other wise the walk from the station is not too far.

Hainan Chicken Rice - Sambal

The waiters are very friendly, fast and helpful. They do their job well, clearing plates, serving food, refilling water and listening to our requests. Their lunch menu is much shorter than their dinner menu. However even though i went during lunch time, it was still hard to choose a dish from all the variety they had. I had to try their Chicken Rice, as chicken rice is my favourite food, and i was not disappointed. The meal consisted of a generous amount of chicken served with chicken rice and a bowl of soup. At some restaurants, their chickens are dry but not at Sambal. The chicken was very soft, and accompanied with the sauce, chilli, rice and soup, it was one of the best Chicken Rices i had tasted in Sydney.

There were also desserts. These desserts were:

Ice Chendol - Sambal

• Ice Kachang - a very popular dessert that consists of shaved ice with many sweets.
• Ice Chendol - also a very popular dessert with shaved ice and sweets.
• Sago Pudding - consist of sago pearls in coconut milk covered with syrup.

On the day, I had sago pudding and I was not disappointed. It was nice to dip into a sweet dessert after a very satisfying meal.

Overall, I recommend going to Sambal. It has a very unique menu and the prices aren't too dear. The service is very quick and helpful and the food was very nicely served and also tastes delicious. If you pass it or you have some free time, why not drop past Sambal and give it a try. Its not that hard to get to and it didn't disappoint me. So if you are looking for some Malaysian food, go to Sambal.

Images were taken from the Sambal website. http://www.sambal.com.au/gallery.html