Sate

The generic term Sate refers more to a fashion of cooking, barbecued on skewers, rather than a specific dish or food.

Southeast Asians, as other Orientals, have great difficulty pronouncing any two consonants together, particularly s in conjunction with t or p. (The popular soda pop in Thailand, Green Spot, generally is heard as “Galeen Supot.”) The common reference is that the name Satay is merely a corruption stemming from Asian attempts at the word “steak.” Satay is