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Local Food Names & their meanings 
Chinese Food
| bak ku teh |
pork soup seasoned with garlic & chillies |
| bak chang |
rice dumpling (fillings: usually pork, mushroom) |
| bee hoon |
rice vermicelli |
| bird's nest
soup |
made from boiled swiftlet's nests and barley sugar |
| carrot cake |
giant white radishes steamed and fried with egg, garlic and chilli |
| char kway teow |
fried noodles & cockles in a black
bean sauce |
| char siew
fan |
barbecued pork with rice
and sliced cucumber |
| char siew soh |
pastry with
barbecued pork filling |
| chicken rice |
boiled chicken served with rice steamed in chicken stock |
| chok |
rice porridge (congee) served with chicken, pork or fish |
| claypot rice |
baked rice served with Chinese sausages, salted fish, diced
chicken, and vegetables |
| congee |
thick rice porridge |
| cuttlefish
kangkong |
noodles, cuttlefish, dried
tohfu and kangkong in a peanut gravy |
| dian xin |
dim sum (assorted pastries, steamed buns, etc.) |
| goreng
pisang |
banana
fritters |
| hokkien
mee |
noodles served with pork slices, squid and prawns |
| hor fun |
flat white rice noodles served with pork slices, squid and prawns |
| ice
kachang |
ice shavings with red beans, agar, sago, atap seed served covered in a
coating of sweet syrup, and milk |
| kway
chap |
rice noodle sheets in a dark soy sauce soup with pig's innards, etc. |
| laksa |
noodles, cockles, dried tohfu, shredded mint leaves and bean sprouts in
a rich curry gravy |
| lontong |
a Malay dish of rice cake, long beans, cabbage and tohfu in curry |
| lor mee |
noodles served with slices of meat, eggs, and vinegar in brown sauce |
| mee pok |
flat noodles made with wheat & egg |
| mee siam |
a Malay dish of rice vermicelli, boiled egg, and dried tohfu in
fermented bean gravy |
| otak-otak |
fish paste with chilli, wrapped in banana leaf and grilled |
| popiah |
salad of turnip shreds, beansprouts, lettuce, boiled egg slices, grated
peanut, dark soya sauce, wrapped in a thin flour pastry. |
| satay |
beef, pork or chicken slices skewered on wooden sticks and grilled. Dip
satay in a peanut gravy |
| teh
tarik |
tea with milk, tossed from one container into another (about two feet
apart) vice versa a few times, until bubbly |
| wanton
mee |
noodles, barbecued pork slices, chye sim (vegetables) and wantons
(minced pork wrapped in a thin pastry and poached). Served in soup or
dry |
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