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SanDai
SanDai, a popular purveyor of cuisine spanning the Malay archipelago, has closed its doors for good. Known for fresh, comforting dishes like the Nasi Lemak (blue pea coconut rice, koji fried chicken, fried anchovies, spiced coconut floss, roasted peanuts, cucumber salad and a six-minute egg), the restaurant shuttered due to dwindling foot traffic. Eater reports that with a monthly rent of $28,500, SanDai wasn’t pulling in enough money to make it work. However, SanDai’s coffee and pastry side of the business, Kopi Bar, will live on. The team plans to expand to a higher-traffic area in the near future. SanDai was located at 1522 N. Main St. (at Lincoln Ave.) in Walnut Creek.
