Best Satay - Literally the Best Satay

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one of my favorite local delights is chicken satay (meat skewers), and it has to be the muslim version. somehow satay made by the chinese just don’t seem to taste as good, perhaps due to a different use of spices.

the best place to get good satay is probably lau pa sat, where there is an entire street dedicated to satay stalls! competition is fierce; satay sellers from the various stalls would actively approach potential customers. there are more than a dozen satay stalls. so which is the best one?

for the past 5 years (at least), i have been a die-hard fan of stalls 7 and 8. they call themselves the “best satay” stall, and i totally agree with them! in fact, an old blog post that i wrote years ago praising their satay is still being displayed prominently on their stall front!

being an avid satay eater, i have honed my skills in sifting out the good satay from the bad. in my opinion, good satay should have the following:

» tender and moist meat
» decent-sized meat
» rich marinade that penetrates the meat
» meat that slides off the skewer easily
» grilled to perfection
» tasty peanut gravy that is neither too oily nor watered down
» fresh onion and cucumber

Satay

Satay (Meat Skewers)
Price: 60 cents per stick
Dish rating:

stalls 7 and 8 exceed all my above expectations! and that’s not all. the sellers are always friendly and obliging, even going the extra mile to provide water and paper napkins for customers to wash their hands afterwards!

in my opinion, they really are the best satay stall around. i try to visit them at least once a week! look out for the friendly lady boss, ainon. she knows me by my chinese name “wan ting”. the next time you go there, do help me say hi!

Best Satay (Stalls 7 & 8) [

Halal Certified]
Lau Pa Sat
18 Raffles Quay
Singapore 048582
(65) 6741 3109

30 Responses to “Best Satay - Literally the Best Satay”

Surprising you said their satay is good. Everytime when Im there, I feel extremely intimidated by the aggressive stall owners trying to get you to buy from them. The satay usually turns out dissappointing as well.

Btw, guess who is this? haha… View all comments by A

by A on 2007-09-12 at 10:09pm
Oh no, really? They have never failed me once! I guess the aggressive sales tactics would turn people off.

And I know exactly who you are! See you tomorrow! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-12 at 10:13pm
Ha ha… making me miss Satay already lah! Must join me for satay when i’m back in town. View all comments by Miccheng

by Miccheng on 2007-09-12 at 10:15pm
The satay sellers can be quite aggressive & pushy. But i guess if you know which one you want to buy from - it should be easier. View all comments by Miccheng

by Miccheng on 2007-09-12 at 10:18pm
Yeah I’ve encountered those pushy sellers. Can’t be helped that they get pushy. There’s simply too much competition already! But each time I know exactly which stall I’m buying from so it doesn’t affect me at all. I simply ignore them and head straight to stalls 7 and 8! lol! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-12 at 10:23pm
woah making me hungry lah u..
too bad tomorow Muslims start fasting liao..
maybe one day i go try the satay there..
hehe anyway Veron,
can i email u? wanna ask you something lah.. View all comments by Knox

by Knox on 2007-09-12 at 10:25pm
The stalls would always be there, so no worries!

Yeah, do feel free to drop me an email. You know where to find the address. View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-12 at 10:31pm
I don’t go to Lau Pa Sat very often, but I shall ask my memory to remember stall 7 & 8, so that I could go straight to these two stalls if I were to want to eat satay. View all comments by py

by py on 2007-09-12 at 11:56pm
Wow! Thanks for having so much faith in my taste. Heh. Remember to mention my Chinese name (Wan Ting) to the lady boss. She might throw in a free rice cake! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-13 at 12:00am
I love to cover everything with a thick layer of peanut sauce before I shovel it into my mouth. Mmmm makes me want to go down to Lau Pat Sat now… View all comments by pkchukiss

by pkchukiss on 2007-09-13 at 12:05am
Ahhh… Me too! And I’m saying this even after I’ve already had two roti prata for supper. Damn! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-13 at 12:10am
I’m actually kinda afraid to go to that satay stretch cos there’s so much touting going on. You can see the vendors literally fighting for your attention. After being “pressurized”, we are forced to sit down to really poor quality satay. Wished they spend more time honing their skills than doing so much sales talk. After the few bad experiences, I gave up that place totally. But there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel with your post, so I may drop by stall 7 & 8 and give this stretch of road a one last try! View all comments by Joyz

by Joyz on 2007-09-13 at 8:55am
Don’t get intimidated! I used to feel the same way (that’s how I ended up trying out every stall). Eventually I found my favorite stall and had never looked back since.

Wished they spend more time honing their skills than doing so much sales talk.

Haha how very true! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-13 at 10:42am
If you’re a satay aficionado, you might actually want to try out the satay at KTM (the railway station at Tanjong Pagar). I’m not much of a peanut sauce fan, and even then the satay there has won me over. Big chunks of succulent meat coated in just the right amount of seasoning. Plus, the rice cakes are free. :) View all comments by Vorts

by Vorts on 2007-09-13 at 11:36am
Hey hey, someone told me before about this satay stall near the railway. I didn’t know where it was. But now I think it’s the exact same place you’re talking about!

The free rice cakes sounds like a great deal to me. Thanks! I wanna check it out! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-13 at 11:56am
Rice cakes are evil! They distract you from the noble cause of satay eating! Mash them! Mash them! *Runs around deranged* View all comments by pkchukiss

by pkchukiss on 2007-09-15 at 2:21pm
lol at the tirade.

I tend to not order rice cakes with my satay. They get me too bloated to really appreciate the yumminess of the satay.

But still… free rice cakes! I wouldn’t say no to that. View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-09-15 at 2:46pm
2 thumbs up to the “best satay” stall, guess i share the same experience View all comments by CJ CamPO�

by CJ CamPO� on 2007-10-07 at 9:42pm
Whee! Finally! Someone that agrees with me! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-10-09 at 9:01pm
i think it’s not only myself but a family agreement tt whenever my family’s there we go for the “best stay”, literally the best! View all comments by CJ CamPO�

by CJ CamPO� on 2007-10-11 at 11:20am
in fact tt’s abt the only reason we head to lau pa sat anyway apart frm watching the occasional soccer matches :p View all comments by CJ CamPO�

by CJ CamPO� on 2007-10-11 at 11:24am
Same here! I only go there for Best Satay and nothing else. Not even other kinds of food! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2007-10-12 at 5:37pm
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by Satay Craving « The Breenie Bunch on 2007-10-23 at 11:10pm
[...] was to eat SATAY. Peach fancied some and through a quick search on Google found this blog about the best satay in Singapore…it sounded good enough to go try it [...] View all comments by Satay Craving « Passion Foods

by Satay Craving « Passion Foods on 2008-01-07 at 10:38am
hey thx for tis it realli help me score in my project! View all comments by passin by

by passin by on 2008-01-16 at 9:03pm
You should try Leo Satay. View all comments by Richard

by Richard on 2008-06-11 at 4:17pm
I checked out their website. They don’t have a listing of the locations where we can get the satay. Any recommendation? View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2008-06-11 at 11:37pm
Maybe you ought to write about their satay yet again? View all comments by py

by py on 2008-06-22 at 11:29pm
Funny you should mention. We had our dinner there just now, and my friend also asked if I was gonna blog about their grilled tiger prawns. But by then we had already finished eating and it was a tad too late to get a picture! View all comments by Veron

by Veron on 2008-06-23 at 12:22am
Err…I read your twitters comments….and came by this post. View all comments by py

by py on 2008-06-23 at 9:32pm