Street food fun

Grilled Stingray for dinner

There are a number of hawker centres in Singapore, most of them are pretty dirty, but the are the perfect place to go when you want dinner for less than $5.00, and you aren’t too worried about the ambience of the location. Hawker centres are Singapore’s equivalent to a greasy spoon café, and they are widely regarded as the best places to get cheap and cheerful local specialities – chicken rice, noodles, fresh juices and satay are easily some of the best buys on offer.

Lau Pa Sat in the middle of the City 

Whilst most hawkers are the same, there is one in the centre of the CBD called Lau Pa Sat, which was closed for renovation for two years, and which has recently just opened back up to the public. Being in the middle of the City, it’s one of the nicest, cleanest and most efficient hawker centres, and as a result it makes for quite a nice spot to grab dinner and take in the sights and sounds of the city.

BBQs in action on Satay Street

This Thursday we had plans to meet up with my buddy Mike, and as we were doing out best to avoid really naught food and booze, Lau Pa Sat felt like the perfect spot to meet up.

            Running alongside the edge of the centre is also a road that gets closed off after dark, and with numerous make shift BBQs and carts being pulled up, it turns into what the locals call “Satay Street”. Offering fresh bbq treats, the satay is amazing, but the grilled stingray is also pretty special, and the fresh bbq prawns are also incredibly tasty.  

Murtabak deliciousness 

We met up with Mike, made a base out on Satay Street and we dined on all the fresh bbq food that we could get our hands on, with some of the local lemon and sour plum juice on the side. We broke with our good behaviour rules and ordered a murtabak too, which is something like a giant samosa that is served with curry sauce to dip in it. It wasn’t as healthy as most of our weekday meals have been recently, but it was very delicious!