Satay

Satay

Satay is a dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, these are grilled or barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire, then served with a spicy peanut sauce and peanut gravy, silvers onions, cucumbers.The meat used is usually chicken, beef and mutton. Chinese hawkers also sell pork satay, although this has become not as popular as the chicken satay.  skewers made from lidi(coconut frond midrib) is used to hold the meat. Satay is sold by the number  of sticks.

The satay sold by Malay hawkers is often served with ketupat, a compressed rice cake wrapped in woven palm leaf.  Among Chinese satay hawkers, ketupat has not caught on.  Both Malay and Chinese satay hawkers serve the satay with slivers of cucumber and onions.

Famous Satay in Penang

Location:

Kedai kopi Goh Chew (New Lane Hawker Center) Batu Maung Satay

Address: New Lane, 10400 Georgetown, Penang.
Business hours: 5:00pm – 12:00pm (Close on Wednesday)

GPS Coordinates: 5° 41′ 47.58″ N, 100° 32′ 63.65″ E

Restaurant Teluk Kumbar (Batu Maung)

Address: 84, MK9, Jalan Bayan Lepas, 11920 Teluk Kumbar, Pulau Pinang

Business hours: 5.30pm - 10pm (open daily except Tuesday)