THE ABCs of SHIOK!

Ang Ku Kueh

A sticky Chinese cake, usu. red in colour and shaped like a tortoise shell, filled with green bean paste.

Bak Kut Teh

A Chinese clear stew consisting of pork ribs cooked with herbs, garlic, soya sauce, etc., often garnished with pieces of Taupok.

Chwee Kueh

A steamed, round, flat, white Chinese cake made of rice flour, often eaten with Chye Poh.

Fishball

A Chinese food item consisting of a mixture of minced fish and flour shaped into a ball and boiled till firm, often eaten in soup, served with noodles, etc.

Laksa

A Peranakan dish consisting of thick rice noodles with beansprouts, cockles, fishballs, Taupok (dried beancurd), prawns, etc., in a spicy yellow coconut-milk soup flavoured with ingredients such as Belacan, candlenuts, chilli, galangal, garlic, lemongrass and shallots.
Milo Dinosaur

Milo Dinosaur

An iced milk-based beverage of Milo topped with Milo powder sprinkled on the surface.
Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak

A Malay dish consisting of fragrant rice cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf. Usually served with an omelette, fried fish or Otak-Otak, deep-fried Ikan Bilis and Sambal.
Popiah

Popiah

A Chinese dish consisting of a thin round flour pancake which is spread with shredded radish and carrot, lettuce, minced pork, egg omelette, crushed peanuts, garlic, sweet sauce, chilli sauce, etc., then rolled up like a spring roll.
Rojak

Rojak

A Malay salad-like dish containing cucumber, beancurd, etc., with a dressing of a sweet black sauce, prawn paste and chopped peanuts.
Satay

Satay

A Malay dish consisting of pieces of meat marinated in various spices, placed on wooden skewers (Satay Sticks) and barbequed over a charcoal fire.
Mee Soto

Mee Soto

A Malay dish consisting of shredded chicken, bean sprouts and noodles in a curry-flavoured soup.

Ketupat

Rice cooked in a packet or container made of woven coconut leaves
Kopi

Kopi

Coffee, with milk and sugar, or sweetened condensed milk.
Teh

Teh

Tea, with milk and sugar, or sweetened condensed milk.

Roti Prata

A round bread or cake of unleavened wheat flour fried in ghee or oil on a griddle, traditionally eaten with curry.

Bak Chor Mee

A Teochew dish consisting of noodles with minced pork.

Bandung

A Malay milk drink flavoured with rose syrup.

Belacan

An ingredient consisting of a paste of prawns and small fish, used in commonly Malay dishes and as a relish for curry.

Ngoh Hiang

A type of Chinese food consisting of minced pork and prawn flavoured with Five-Spice Powder, rolled inside a beancurd skin and deep-fried.

Char Siew Pau

A dimsum in the form of a white steamed bun filled with minced char siew (boneless lean pork, seasoned with various ingredients & spices and barbequed or roasted).

You Tiao

A deep-fried dough stick - popularly eaten with porridge or coffee over breakfast.

Bak Kwa

A Chinese dish consisting of slices of barbequed glazed pork.

Chicken Rice

A local dish of Hainanese origin consisting of boiled or roasted chicken served with rice flavoured with chicken stock and a bowl of chicken broth.

Ang Ku Kueh

A sticky Chinese cake, usu. red in colour and shaped like a tortoise shell, filled with green bean paste.

Bak Kut Teh

A Chinese clear stew consisting of pork ribs cooked with herbs, garlic, soya sauce, etc., often garnished with pieces of Taupok.

Chwee Kueh

A steamed, round, flat, white Chinese cake made of rice flour, often eaten with Chye Poh.

Fishball

A Chinese food item consisting of a mixture of minced fish and flour shaped into a ball and boiled till firm, often eaten in soup, served with noodles, etc.

Laksa

A Peranakan dish consisting of thick rice noodles with beansprouts, cockles, fishballs, Taupok (dried beancurd), prawns, etc., in a spicy yellow coconut-milk soup flavoured with ingredients such as Belacan, candlenuts, chilli, galangal, garlic, lemongrass and shallots.
Milo Dinosaur

Milo Dinosaur

An iced milk-based beverage of Milo topped with Milo powder sprinkled on the surface.
Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak

A Malay dish consisting of fragrant rice cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf. Usually served with an omelette, fried fish or Otak-Otak, deep-fried Ikan Bilis and Sambal.
Popiah

Popiah

A Chinese dish consisting of a thin round flour pancake which is spread with shredded radish and carrot, lettuce, minced pork, egg omelette, crushed peanuts, garlic, sweet sauce, chilli sauce, etc., then rolled up like a spring roll.
Rojak

Rojak

A Malay salad-like dish containing cucumber, beancurd, etc., with a dressing of a sweet black sauce, prawn paste and chopped peanuts.
Satay

Satay

A Malay dish consisting of pieces of meat marinated in various spices, placed on wooden skewers (Satay Sticks) and barbequed over a charcoal fire.
Mee Soto

Mee Soto

A Malay dish consisting of shredded chicken, bean sprouts and noodles in a curry-flavoured soup.

Ketupat

Rice cooked in a packet or container made of woven coconut leaves
Kopi

Kopi

Coffee, with milk and sugar, or sweetened condensed milk.
Teh

Teh

Tea, with milk and sugar, or sweetened condensed milk.

Roti Prata

A round bread or cake of unleavened wheat flour fried in ghee or oil on a griddle, traditionally eaten with curry.

Bak Chor Mee

A Teochew dish consisting of noodles with minced pork.

Bandung

A Malay milk drink flavoured with rose syrup.

Belacan

An ingredient consisting of a paste of prawns and small fish, used in commonly Malay dishes and as a relish for curry.

Ngoh Hiang

A type of Chinese food consisting of minced pork and prawn flavoured with Five-Spice Powder, rolled inside a beancurd skin and deep-fried.

Char Siew Pau

A dimsum in the form of a white steamed bun filled with minced char siew (boneless lean pork, seasoned with various ingredients & spices and barbequed or roasted).

You Tiao

A deep-fried dough stick - popularly eaten with porridge or coffee over breakfast.

Bak Kwa

A Chinese dish consisting of slices of barbequed glazed pork.

Chicken Rice

A local dish of Hainanese origin consisting of boiled or roasted chicken served with rice flavoured with chicken stock and a bowl of chicken broth.