I went to a Malaysian restaurant with my family last weekend to try some Asian dishes we'd never tasted before. The name of the restaurant is Yazmin Malaysian Restaurant. That restaurant is located on Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel. We ordered the curry noodles, the spicy chicken wings, the curry squids, and the satay. Among the foods we ordered, I would like to describe a dish that is called "Satay." It is so delicious.
             There are many interesting Malaysian traditional things in the restaurant. The restaurant was decorated with Malaysian traditional kites and posters with some of Malaysia's famous places. Besides the kites and the posters, there also was some traditional clothing on the walls. I felt that I was eating in Malaysia.
             Satay is barbecued meat on a skewer. There are five skewers on a plate accompanied with some bite-size cubes of cold, cooked rice, cool slices of cucumber, and uncooked red onion. Along with it, there is a smaller plate filled with spicy peanut gravy. By using the same skewer, I dipped the meat into the spicy peanut gravy before I tasted it. Then, I speared a cube of cold, cook rice, and dipped into the gravy. Besides the bite-size of rice, I also speared a slice of cucumber and a slice of red onion, and dipped them into the gravy.
             Satay meat is marinated and threaded through thin bamboo skewers before being grilled. When it is grilled, it is basted with margarine by using lemongrass as a brush. I believe this made the smell better. However, the satay gravy has more complicated ingredients. It contains peanuts, onion, garlic, chilies, lemon juices, coconut milk, ground cumin, ground turmeric, and chopped lemongrass. The cucumber and onion are prepared uncooked and cut into slices. The rice cubes are made of plain rice cooked with coconut milk instead of water.
             I like to eat the gravy because it contains peanuts in it. The peanuts made the gravy so crunchy and I like it very much....