Food Review-Satay Emas Kajang Haji Mahful

Last weekend was spent around Putrajaya-Cyberjaya area. The original intention was to take pictures of the buildings and structures in Putrajaya. Mid-way in our journey rain started to pour down heavily and we decided to make a detour to Kajang town for some satay while waiting for the rain to subside. Needless to note that im not a fan of the most famous satay franchise brand of Hj Samuri, no offence but i personally dont think that there's anything special about their satays and wonder what are all the hypes about the same....

If you want to escape the "norm" or just being a non-follower like yours truly, then you should head to Medan Satay Kajang. It can easily be located as it is situated near the Kajang Stadium and opposite to Samuri's satay house.

There are few satay stalls inside the food court but we noticed that the stalls number 2-5 had actually been taken ownership/managed by Hj Samuri's franchise thus leaving us with the stall number 1, Satay Emas Kajang Haji Mahful.

as you can see the types of satays offered here are extensive...from the usual likes of chicken or beef satays to the more "exotic" types such as chicken legs, rabbit, intestines, ostrich.....without being too adventurous, we ordered the chicken, beef and the cow innards. These are accompanied by slices of cucumber, spanish onion and cubed-rice. Satay is eaten with peanut gravy and all shall agree that the gravy plays an important point in determining the tastiness of the satay.

 

 

the beef meat is quite tough. the satays are adequately spiced but the innards still have that meaty aftertaste. The cuts are proportioned, neither too big nor small. The gravy is the winning factor here. Contrary to Samuri's peanut gravy which in my opinion is too chunky and thick, the gravy here is nicely thicken to the form which it will coat the satay meat nicely and stays on it without being too watery. You can also taste that the peanuts were not overcooked nor burned and thus does not have the usual bitter or burned taste.

This small stall is a testament that sometimes modern people like us are too caught up with the glam idea of franchised eateries to the point that we relinquished the ultimate point and value of an eatery actually depends on the foods served and not (in totality) based on its hip and happening ambiance. Go out and eat...but always depend on your taste buds for the directions :)  -KAY2011