Sun May Hiong Satay House — Restaurant in Malacca

Pork, liver and intestine satay with sweet sour pineapple sauce. This is why you are really here!! Nice.

The sauce taste closest to Spaghetti sauce with its orange-red colour. Not very thick and a little spicy.

If you are looking for your usual Kajang satay with aromatic peanut sauce, look somewhere else. This is not the same.

The pork meat is made from two alternating types, one of pure meat and the other of fat cut into rectanges. The chicken meat is pure breast, dry and rough.

If you are a barbaric meat eater who like to down large pieces of chewy meat, ala pork chop or pork ribs style, this is not for you.

I visited here on a normal Sunday 315pm. The tables are full and customers are starting to leave so I was seated straight away.

The place looks and feels like any normal local coffee shop, nothing fancy.

They take your orders for drinks at your table and send the ketupat, onions, cucumbers and sauce first.

After waiting for awhile I realised that you have to walk right up to the kitchen window to order directly from the cook.

At this hour, they only have chicken and pork satays. No more offals. I ordered pork and chicken and we were served 15-20 minutes laters.

Overall the satay taste GREAT when scooping up plenty of pineapple sauce. Since the colour is firery red, it might as well have some tomatoes in it. Someone reviewed here that there is STARFRUIT in there, but thinking back it might be true. I ate a piece of what I thought was 'Yoke Juk' but now I realised that it could have been the fibrous strips inbetween the starfruit segments.

If you taste the satay meat by itself you'll be disappointed as you won't get the hot crispy charred taste. This is grilled over a medium fire. The secret is to always eat it with plenty of sauce.

We paid RM23.50 for 15 sticks of satays, a cup of passion fruit and chrysanthemum drinks. If the satays cost RM0.90 per stick, then the drink will be...

The shop is located just across from the Melaka River, in a row of shop lots. It’s a Chinese-owned satay stall, which meant they had pork satay on the menu. Since it came highly recommended by a lot of food blogs, we decided to give it a try. We ordered 10 sticks of pork satay, 8 sticks of chicken satay, and 2 sticks of pork intestine satay. Each stick costs RM1.30, but the rule at this place is that you have to order a minimum of 10 sticks per set, which totals RM13. We also ordered their side of cucumber and onions, which costs RM1.20 per portion, and a Ambra juice for RM5.50. One thing I found unusual was that they charge RM1.20 for the cucumber and onions. Typically, those are complimentary when you order satay elsewhere, but I guess that’s just how this place operates. The pork and pork intestine satays were a pleasant surprise. They were really delicious! The pork belly was tender and flavorful, while the intestines were crispy and flavorful with spices. I didn’t expect to enjoy the pork intestine satay so much—it was fragrant and had a wonderful crunch. The chicken satay, on the other hand, was more on the ordinary side since we’re used to seeing chicken satay at most stalls, especially the Malay ones. The satay shop itself was clean. They run on a pay-first system, so you order, pay, and then enjoy your meal. Now, the sauce was quite different from what I’m used to. Instead of the usual strong peanut flavor, this sauce had more of a tomato base. It wasn’t spicy at all and felt more like a tomato-sour puree. Honestly, the sauce reminded me a bit of Bolognese sauce! Maybe it’s just me, but that’s what came to mind as I ate it. Regardless, I liked it and think it’s part of what makes Melaka satay unique. If you’re open to trying something a bit different, especially the pork intestine satay, I would recommend giving this place a shot. It’s definitely a different take on satay with a...

In its 4th generation, Sun May Hiong is probably the oldest and well-known Hainanese satay operator in Melaka. As a matter of fact, a dear Malaccan friend introduced it to me a few years back but I ended up at Beh Leh instead.

This time, I suggested lunch here after we arrived in Melaka and checked into our Balinese themed bungalow. What we didn't expect was the strong lunch crowd when we arrived. A big group like us meant that we had to be patient to secure a long table enough to fit everyone. It didn't help but the hot weather made everyone felt uncomfortable.

Note: Only 4 types of satay - chicken, pork, pork intestine & pork liver.

◾Satay cost RM13x.00 per 10 sticks, making it RM1.30 per stick. ◾Nasi Impit (Rice) at RM1.80 per plate ◾Cucumber/Onion at RM1.20 per late ◾Fresh coconut at RM7 to cool down the heaty satay as well as the hot weather.

Leo's verdict -

1. for RM1.30, the size of the satay wasn't exactly big and therefore we ordered quite a lot to feed 16 of us. I prefer the pork satay and intestine as it has more bites to it.
2. One thing for sure, all the meat (and spare parts) were well-marinated and grilled to a nice char and doneness.
3. the peanut sauce had generous amount of pineapple puree, giving it an appetizing tangy taste.

For me, I prefer Beh Leh Hainam Satay for its overall ambience (comfortable dining is very important to me), equally well-made satay and more peanuty sauce (lesser pineapple puree but enough to...