Satay Street

Chinatown & the CBD


Each night, Boon Tat St is blocked to traffic and transformed into a KL-style sea of outdoor tables, beer-peddling aunties and little satay huts dubbed Satay Street. Order a few rounds of satay (stalls 7 and 8 are the best), some gravy-sopping rice cakes, a jug of Tiger beer and feast on the cheap. You'll find it right behind the famous Lau Pa Sat hawker centre.


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