Chicken Satay Downtown East Food Centre

Chicken Satay Downtown East Food Centre

Photo: Chicken Satay from Downtown East Food Centre


The Chicken Satay that I sampled at Downtown East's single storey non-airconditioned Food Centre was not as good as I expected.

There were about 8 to 10 stalls at this food centre serving similar food. So I had expected competition to raise the culinary levels, especially for a common dish like chicken satay. Besides, spouse and I noted quite a number of patrons at this corner stall. Like what most patrons would have thought, the more customers, the better the food. Big mistake!

I felt the Chicken Satay at this Downtown East Food Centre was a letdown because of several reasons. The main culprit was the satay peanut gravy. We had two bowls, one was oily and dilute, the other was more concentrated. But the concentrated peanut gravy was still rather dilute. It lacked the oomph that I had grown accustomed to. While sweet, the peanut bits were too refined and uncrunchy.

The chicken satay meat was rather small, less than what I had expected for 50 cents per stick. There were several burnt bits that I had to tease away. That reduced the amount of protein even further. The real test was in the tasting and it lacked the robustness and crunchy dynamism that I expected.

Recommendation For Chicken Satay Downtown East Food Centre
Score = 4.5 out 10