The Hit List: New Philadelphia Restaurants To Try Right Now
"When Saté Kampar was in East Passyunk, it was a coffee shop-restaurant hybrid that served well-seasoned meat and rice dishes. This iteration of the Malaysian restaurant still offers fragrant nasi lemak and tender beef rendang, now in a home just off South Street. They upgraded to a bi-level space (a kongsi upstairs with a bar and a la carte menu, and a kopitiam-style restaurant downstairs with a tasting menu from chefs in residency). The upstairs a la carte menu features a flavorful crêpe-wrapped, curry-forward burger, and a coconut cream soaked rice that’s pleasantly crunchy from its peanut and fried anchovy topper. It’s a place where friends can kill time with Vietnamese gin drinks and dishes drenched in sweet sambal that they’ll eagerly come back for tomorrow. " - candis mclean, alison kessler
