food for the lazy ofw

Whenever I have tourist friends staying with us, one of the places that we bring them to is Lau Pa Sat. We would bring our friends to our favorite spot in Lau Pa Sat (the seafood stall called Boon Tat Street) and order seafood fried rice, red tilapia and cereal prawn from them and chicken and beef satay from the roaming hawkers. Every night, the satay stall owners would close down a portion of the street and set up tables there and sell their smoky yummy satays (chicken, beef, lamb, shrimp).

Lau Pa Sat is a historic market in Singapore where a smorgasbord of dishes can be found. Not only is local food sold and served here, but Western, Korean, Chinese, and yes, even Filipino.

The latter of which is what brought me to this place on this lazy Saturday afternoon. If you're feeling homesick, Lau Pa Sat will, surprisingly, bring you some of the great tastes of home.

Lau Pa Sat is located at 18 Raffles Quay or you can take the MRT and alight at Raffles Place Station and take exit F. Click here for directions.