Grilled Skewers · Night Market Classic

Satay

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Ketupat, the rice cake served with satay, is cooked inside a hand-woven pouch of young coconut leaves, which gives it its diamond shape.

Satay is small pieces of marinated meat — usually chicken or beef — grilled on skewers over charcoal and served with thick peanut sauce, cucumber, and rice cakes (ketupat). It's a fixture of Brunei's Gadong night market.

Why it's made this way: Skewering and grilling meat over open charcoal let night-market vendors cook large batches quickly to order, which is why satay became a staple of open-air markets across the wider Malay world.