Satay Club

Mural on Jalan Pinang

We were winding our way back to our car through Kampong Gelam when I chanced upon this gem, Satay Club, by my favourite mural artist, YC. I was delighted and stopped to admire this depiction of a satay hawkers from decades past.

YC recently had a solo exhibition, where he applied his vibrant mural style to canvas.

Satay, 2020
Acrylic on Canvas on Enamel Plates
D26 x L4 cm
D18 x L3.5 cm
D16 x L3.5 cm

My first memories of this beloved Singaporean food is as a 4 year old. squatting next to Encik (Uncle) Satay Man, after a full day of family fun at Changi Beach. As he fanned his charcoal fire to encourage the marinated meat skewers to cook, our tummies would growl as we waited impatiently. Once ready, Uncle Sam and I would compete to see who could devour more skewers. In retrospect, I think he let me win.

Satay for Loving Husband & Younger Daughter’s dinner, 20 March 2021

Notes

• Satay is made up of marinated skewers of meat served with a peanut gravy, steamed rice cake, raw onions & cucumber

• Satay Club refers to an open air food centre filled with hawkers all selling satay.

• This post is a culmination of 3 outings:
  1. Run to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes church on 31 Jan 2021 and happened upon this mural on Jalan Pinang at Hotel Nuve.
  2. Visit to the Art Porters Gallery to view Something, Somewhere, Somewhen on 10 March 2021
  3. Takeaway from the Ayer Rajah Food Centre for dinner on 20 March 2021

• This is my contribution to:
  • Monday Mural hosted by Sami at ColourfulWorld
  • Friday Foods Around the World hosted by CadyLuckLeedy at ThatTravelLadyInHerShoes