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Tom Atkins
Tom Atkins
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THANK YOU
After eight years in Highbury,
we served our final bowl
on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
It has been a privilege to feed you.
Founder Mandy Yin is one of the few Malaysian chef/owners in the UK, having founded Sambal Shiok in London in 2013. She is a Malaysian-born Chinese of Peranakan Nyonya heritage. "I take inspiration from everything I ate in my childhood growing up in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Then I mix it up and put a new slant on it."
You can find the restaurant's legacy, memories and recipes in Sambal Shiok: The Malaysian Cookbook which has sold over 30,000 copies worldwide.
'We make £0 from our £22 laksa - a popular chef's battle to survive'
‘My focus is survival’: how rising costs are hitting independent restaurants
Mandy Yin, Guardian March 2024
"This Malaysian laksa bar offers an all-hits menu full of unfathomably good food... pure joy"
"vibrant, face slapping laksa...powerful, satisfying, the very stuff of memories"
Jay Rayner, Observer
London's 50 Best Restaurants, Time Out 2023
North London Best Loved Restaurant, Time Out 2022
Ching He Huang Best Innovation Award 2019
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