Craving for the distinct taste of satay... Thus far, I have learned - this dish has versions spanning across SouthEast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam (did I miss any place?). My 1st taste of this skewered goodness was back in the late 2000's, in my 2nd home Cebu City. Those were the heydays enjoyed by Thai cuisine when Thai establishments sprouted everywhere in town. Back then, this was my limited meat-in-sticks background: Pinoy BBQ , fanned over old-school charcoal grills, that I sooo love and grew up with, American sweet-tangy garlic/honey-mustard and hot black-pepper grills , Japanese Yakiniku , oishii ne! A lso 1 memorable foray into Brazilian meat pierced in those huge sword-like skewers , an intro from a Japs-Brazilian fellow in our Nihongo kenshusei bunch. Tender Persian kebabs , oozing the tastiest of juices. But, Korean fare has not yet reached fever-pitch that time in our region, so zero inkling nor craving for Korean grille...