Around 5.30 we started to discuss with Wanti, where to go to eat. We talked about Chinese, Indian, Malay. She is Indonesian and recommended an interesting place, called Lau PA Sat, to eat saté. And I said, YES, PLEASE!
(Apparently in Singapore, and/because in English, it is satay, but it is saté in the original.)
(Apparently in Singapore, and/because in English, it is satay, but it is saté in the original.)
It is located in the dead center of the business district, half-way between Merlion Park and Chinatown. The actual building, the "largest remaining Victorian filigree cast-iron structure in Southeast
Asia", was formerly a wet market, called Telok Ayer market. Unfortunately it is under renovation, which is delayed because of the construction of a new MRT line. But clever Singaporeans don't let themselves miss a business opportunity just because the place for business is unavailable. They open up the street right next to it as an open-air restaurant after 7pm every night. Imagine this, it is a busy street during the day and a restaurant at night with a 15min transformation :)
There are compromises: plastic plates, plastic cups and plastic utensils - there is no running water to do the dishes. But it must be very close to the original with all the hawker stalls, and the food.
The FOOD! It is very nice. Not at all like Dutch saté, much smaller meat cubes (Wanti ordered 15 pieces for us!), and the sauce is chunky, where the Dutch is smooth and sweet(ish) where the Dutch is more, uhm, I don't know :) but it is different and it is delicious!
In sum, another wonderful day!
(Sorry for the quality of the last one, but this is the only one with the rice and drinks. Mine is of course teh tarik!)
