Esah Satay
79A Circuit Rd, #01-73, Circuit Rd Hawker Ctr (Map) 3pm – 9pm Sat & Sun
This quiet humble little satay stall has a distinct edge. Besides grilling on order, which is very common, their stock of supplied satay is easy on the marinate, not cloying sweet nor heavy handed in the spice department. You can taste the little soft chunks of chicken, mutton or beef. The operative word here is.. soft , plus roasty. The peanut sauce is crunchy- nutty with lightly sweet overtones. Just have it with the cool cucumbers and onions dipped in the sauce as your salad and fill up with the rice cakes. Just add teh-o (black tea) to complete the sensation.
Haron Satay
1220 East Coast Parkway #01-55, East Coast Lagoon Food Village (Map) 3pm – 8pm Mon
This street hawker satay brand was established in the 80s and it remains as one of the nation's favourite Muslim satay. The marinade for their soft, juicy and roasty skewers of chicken, mutton and beef satay comes very bold and smokey with a sweetness (that is not cloying). The rich rempah spiciness is redolent of vintage local satay spices like lemongrass, blue ginger, chilli, shallots, traces of cinnamon, etc. They grill this out front and centre of the stall over a charcoal fired grill, and it makes for great social media friendly images. That's how it was decades ago on the streets and it is what it is here.
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