Sedap

Sydney’s love affair with laksa has been going on for some time. As with any longstanding relationship, the dish that once had hearts racing and mouths watering can begin to lose its allure, especially when every Tom, Dick and Hari starts offering it. So it was exciting to discover Sedap’s laksa, which has the best broth I have tasted in many a day, coconut and spice and all things nice. They also do a good version of that new kid on the malay street food block, roti canai, light and fluffy and perfect for dipping into the accompanying curry sauce. Sedap is not for lingering — the wooden stools make sure of that — but its hawker style and busy vibe make it a fun experience while it lasts.
Food: 4
Value: 3.5
Service: 3
Location: 4
Ambience: 3.5

Tasty and quick, but gets surprisingly expensive quickly.
A comprehensive selection of Malaysian street food, including desserts and drinks. Milo dinosaur? Check. Teh tarik — hot or cold — check.
The cold teh tarik had run out when I ordered, but the hot teh was refreshing all the same.
I ordered sambal kangkong — spicy and pungent, with crispy fresh greens. Fantastic start. The crispy duck was a little bland, and not all that crispy. Bony, but fun, busy eating. Plenty of it though!
I ordered the roti kaya for dessert. Just the right amount of kaya filling (too much can be too rich) and with a dipping bowl of sweetened condensed milk On the side, I was happy.
Good place if out in the Town Hall area at night.

I ordered Kon lon mee with steamed dumplings and it arrived with a huge bowl of dumplings… Talk about value for money at $ 13! The wontons were yummy, but they overcooked my noodles a tad too much. It wasn’t al dente
At $ 5.50 their roti chanai was really yum and good value for money.

As this spot was full of locals enjoying Malaysian food, seemed like we should give it a try.
Menu is as expected, and a well thumbed version of it was presented to us. If you are looking for anything flash, walk on by. Formica tables, plastic glasses and robust silverware are the order of the day.
Nasi lemak for me with beef rendang — my favourite, and I was not disappointed, although the poppadum they served with it was a little soft. However the roti was amazing and from where I sat I could watch them being made by a very clever young lady. The beef was tasty, lil crunchy fishies, peanuts, sambal and coconut rice yum!
Milky coffee is one of the house specialities and I could see a guy spending his whole time making this — it is very popular with the locals, clearly.
In and out in under 45 minutes I think — awesome!

This was one of my favourite restaurants until today. I’ve been here six times (have the Dukedom title) and sampled the Stir fried noodle dishes such as Char Kway Teow, Mee Goreng and Mee Hoon Goreng Kampong. These meals are always well portioned, delicious meals.
«Let’s try something different. . I’ve never tried the Beef Rendang Nasi Lemak at this place.»
Don’t bother — it was the worst Beef Rendang I have ever tried to eat!
I began eating a piece of beef and had to send the whole meal back to the kitchen because all the beef was inedible and made up of just sinew and fat. I have never been served such terrible portions.
The waitress wanted to give me a replacement. I declined and ordered a Curry Chicken Nasi Lemak instead. It came out with only four tiny chicken leg pieces! Not good value for $ 12.00.
What’s wrong with this chain? The Eastgardens store is similar in food quality and now this one. The previous reviews on this page support the fact that this place is going downhill fast in food quality and service. Sorry I won’t be coming back!

I’ve been meaning to swing by Sedap since it opened. Given that I was immediately sat at one of about 8 empty seats on a Friday lunch, I’d say the hype around Sedap has died down.
And from my experience, I’m not entirely sure why. I had the Roti Canai with Chicken Curry. The Roti was fantastic and looked nothing like the ones I’ve tried to make (a huge positive). I was a bit surprised that the chicken in the curry was made up of 4 drumettes as opposed to shredded hunks of meat/​skin. I’m not big on bone-​in chicken curries as the bone slows down the all too important eating process. Delays aside, the food was good once it got to my mouth.
I was feeling adventurous so decided to order the KL Style Chee Cheong Fun. I had no idea what it was. If I had looked it up I probably wouldn’t have ordered it as I’m not a fan of wide rice noodles in sauce. (Its a texture thing. I’m a texture eater.) But that would have spoiled the surprise, and it was only $ 5.50 for the dish. YOLO and such.
Serves were a reasonable size. If I had finished both dishes I would have been way too full to grab dessert at Aqua S next door.

Had a good casual dinner here with a few friends. Service was quick and the food was reasonably priced and tasty.

Just like eating in a night market in Malaysia.
It is very busy but they found us a table and sat us down pretty quickly. Had to try and get someone’s attention to order (the staff were out the front trying to get people in), however once we ordered the food was out quickly. The bill will come out as soon as they have entered your order.
I had the Nasi Lemak with Beef Rendang and we shared a Roti Canai. The food was delicious. Be warned this is Malaysian level of spiceyness, so it’s quite warm especially the sambal.
All in all great food.

A small restaurant. Small tables. Not a great place for kids. Generally busy. No hand wash available. Don’t be offended if you get the bill before you get the food. Dining plates are not so convenient. So be careful not to spill on your dress.
Usually we order curry chicken with coconut rice.
The taste is not always the same. Some times tasty. Sometimes not half cooked. Too much oily though.
Garlic chicken rice is one of my favourites here.
Ultraman prawns deep fried are good. it is available in dinner menu. However you may order it at the counter.
Roti canai is nothing when compared to that in mamak. Also no variety of dips with roti.
Tried some other dishes. Not great enough to write about.

We were looking for dinner early on a Thursday evening. No-​one quite knew what they wanted, particularly as we were still comfy from a late afternoon tea. We wandered through this little arcade and found a bunch of restaurants, including Sedap. When we first walked past at 6, it had plenty of space. By the time we’d made up our minds and come back into the plaza to get Japanese, it was 6.20 and all the restaurants were full.
While Sedap was full, it didn’t have a queue outside, which the Japanese place did. We asked them how long we would have to wait and they gave us an estimate of 5 minutes. It was probably 10 before they seated us at a little table but they did move us to a bigger one as soon as it was available.
They were quick to take orders. Almost a little too quick, as with the table change, we needed a bit of extra time to sort out what we wanted. It was a little off-​putting that the bill was put on the table before any food appeared, but we didn’t have long to wait for the food.
Our daughter had the Nasi Lemak Beef, which was amazing in flavour, and huge in serving. She couldn’t finish it, even with her father and I picking bits off her plate.
I had the Wad Tan Hor. I can’t remember exactly what was in it, but that dubious «fish slice» stuff outnumbered the prawns and squid. I was a little disappointed with my meal, as it was very bland, and being a mix of thick flat and thin round noodles in an egg gravy, it didn’t even have much in the way of colour once the few pieces of veg and 2 prawns were eaten. It came with a dish of green chillies in a vinegar which would have added to the flavour, but I’m not much of a chilli fan, particularly not pickled. It was OK, but not a standout, and to be honest, the thought of finishing off the pile of noodles was daunting. It was kind of like a congee, but with thick rice noodles instead of rice, and less soup. Soy or a mild chilli sauce would have helped.
Husband had the Sedap Meehoon, which may have been a house special (and I can’t find a photo of it). I don’t remember what was in his, but I do remember the little green chllis all over it, making him very happy.
The roti and the fried ikan bilis were yummy, and the fresh lime drinks were delicious.
I’m not going to rule it out just because we didn’t choose our meals well, as the food around us smelled amazing and our daughter’s dinner was great.
I think it’s probably worth another visit, at a better time, and making better choices.

Being school holidays, the family popped in to town to check out the Powerhouse and have a rare meal in the city. I met up with them after work and we ended up here.
Service was… ok. It was crowded and they were busy and it took a long time to find us a table, but find one they did and then helpfully moved us to a larger one when one became available.
The food though, that was good. The portions are very generous. i was the only one to be able to finish. Everyone else couldn’t manage. Being a garbage guts, I finished theirs as well so I got to try the noodles I had ordered, plus my daughter’s Nasi Lemak (which was fantastic) plus my wife’s Wad Tan Hor. Plus we had to get a Roti with curry sauce (nice Roti. not the best I have had but certainly up there).
Good food. Reasonably priced. I’ll put up with a bit of a wait for a table for that.

Hawker style places seem to be popping up all over Sydney. Hawker style food at non-​hawker prices! Sedap is one of these places — serving up Malaysian dishes, with some staple favourites like mee goreng and laksa and roti and nasi lamak, and a rotating menu of snacks.
We shared the chicken curry nasi lamak which was full of flavour and the mee goreng which was a little disappointing as it was a bit dry and lacked full flavours, although to be fair I had the nasi lamak first so my tastebuds were full of kick and craving more of the same from this dish.

I had squid nasi Lemak, char kwey teow and plain nan for dinner. I love the mix of both crunchy outside and moist inside of the nan. It’s the first time, I have tasted a nan like this. Delicious!
Squid nasi Lemak is very authentic and fragrant. I wish they put more rice and anchovy. I love them but there are not enough in a portion.
I don’t really like the taste of char kwey teow. Maybe it’s just my personal taste. I really miss the taste in Singapore. It’s slightly different.
Overall, I love this place and will come back for more. It will be the place I will come regularly if it’s a bit cheaper with a bigger portion.

Easy to read menu and good value dishes
The service was lacking on the day i ate here. Meals were «plonked» down on the table in true disinterested style with no engagement.

I’m from Malaysia and the food here is pretty authentic. I love the char kuey tiow (fried noodle with eggs) here. I reckon they’re the best I’ve had in Sydney. The teh Tarik tends to be really sweet so make sure you ask for less sweet version when you order (you can always add sugar later)
Whilst I couldn’t convince myself to buy a roti (these things are around $ 0.40 each in Malaysia and they’re selling it for $ 6.90!), I was pretty impressed with the dude behind the counter doing fancy tricks with the roti dough. He was throwing it up like a flying saucer and catching it with one finger. I think he probably works as a bartender after hours, judging from how much he likes the attention.

It seems they have recently changed their menu, but the old one was still posted by the door. The old one had a lot more options, so from the get go, I was already feeling a bit cheated by having only a small selection of food and drink to choose from.
My husband ordered the chicken laksa while I had the migoreng, which I requested to be made mildly spicy. On his first sip of the soup, he said he liked the laksa, but after going through the bowl, he retracted his first statement and said that it was slightly lacking in flavour. My dish was just OK, the saving grace was that it had a considerable amount of prawn. I also ordered a cold teh tarik and this was a bit bland, as if it didn’t have enough milk in it.
One person in the table beside us told the person clearing their plates that his meal was really tasty and his companion nodded eagerly in agreement. Sadly, we didn’t share the same sentiment as them.

This is really a 3.5, but I wasn’t sure if I should give it a 3 or 4. I ordered the laksa. It came in this bowl and was really pretty, but the bowl probably wasn’t optimal for eating. I had to be very careful not to spill anything on myself.
Other than that, it was a pretty good flavor. It came out quickly, too. Not the best laksa I’ve ever had, but something I’d come back for. It seems a wee bit pricy for what I got — the serving wasn’t the largest — but overall a good meal.

I also read the reviews and got a Unilocal email with Sedap as one if the top Malaysian restaurants in Sydney. How they were wrong:(
We were 3 mins late and they had already called me twice as we were late for our reservation. They rushed us to get in and out right from the start!
We were taken to our table and basically thrown our menus and she was gone again. We had to try and get somebody’s attention to get a drink. She was giving everyone water (plastic cups) and threw half a cup of water over me and my phone because she was rushing around so much.
We ordered our food and within a couple of minutes our bill arrived. No food… just ordered… and the bill arrives.
This place is so small it’s ridiculous!
Our food arrived quickly and for the price it was great value. The squid was the only thing we had that wasn’t very nice at all.
If you want a quick bite for lunch while your at work it’s a good little place. If you want to go out for dinner with some friends and enjoy good food and wine (no alcohol allowed) this place is not for you. We were so disappointed in this place:(
There are better places in Sydney to enjoy great Malaysian food I suggest you try them!!!

Want some hawker style Malaysian food? Look no further than Sedap.
Found at Regent Place off George Street, Sedap offers tasty Malaysian food at super quick speed. Seriously, after we put in our order all our food came out within 5 minutes.
The menu is pretty large, with the lunch and dinner menus being separate. You can get a wide range of seafood dishes, noodle dishes, vegetable dishes (with choice of sauce), and chicken/​beef/​pork dishes. We ordered the roast chicken, water spinach, and hokkien style pork belly. The first two dishes were really good, the pork belly wasn’t that good… probably wouldn’t order that one again.
The menu is pretty different to Mamak, which I’m actually not a big fan of (outside of their roti) and I vastly prefer this menu to theirs.
The food was great, prices reasonable for a group, as it came out to $ 17pp. It’s not really cheap and cheerful if you’re eating solo but it isn’t expensive either.
I’ll definitely be back.

Updating my review because I’ve tried other dishes too and they have not failed to disappoint.
Also this place has ultimately dethroned Mamak (it’s even has LINES sometimes so no disappointment there! Because it ain’t a good restaurant without a wait right?):
TASTE: No arguments here. The taste is pretty good and it lives up to its name (Fun fact: Sedap means delicious in Malaysian).
PRICING: Very comparable to Mamak. Also accepts cards.
LOCATION: Best location for a restaurant ever.
MENU: More variety than Mamak. Not to mention presentation: Nasi Lemak on a pandan leaf! Authentic. Laksa dishes are in a traditional bowl. I guess the only defining factor about Mamak is the roti and the late closing hours.
SEATING: More of a casual place, so there is an option to share your table or share with others. So its great for those who just want food but don’t want to take-​away (less waste in landfills!)