Chwee Kueh or steamed rice cakes. A very traditional inexpensive breakfast staple from the Teochews. It is topped with preserved radish and chilli. One local celebrity ever remarked that he will never eat this anymore as it reminded him of his poverty in his childhood.
Char Siu Bao. Steamed bun containing BBQ pork fillings with special seasoning. The size gets smaller and smaller since decades ago. People usually buy this as a fast food to go.
A popular, traditional sweet dessert called Cheng Tng, meaning clear soup. It is supposed to be nutritious and cooling and contains ingredients like Longan, Sweet Potato, White Fungus, Ginko, Barley, Red Dates. Generally served hot. If you want cold, they will add crushed ice into it.
Putu Piring, specifically this is the Haig Road Putu Piring, supposedly the best here. A snack sold by the Malays. Mainly steamed rice flour and inside filling is a kind of palm sugar known as Gula melaka. To be eaten with coconut shavings by hand. The texture is very soft until you come across the semi melted sugar which gives some crunchy feeling. I tend to eat the Chinese version known as Kueh TuTu. It has a firmer texture and has fillings of coconut or peanuts or chocolate.
Bak Chor mee or minced pork meat noodles. It is eaten dry where the soup is provided separately. You got a choice of flat or thin noodles. Spicy or non spicy. Other ingredients may include black mushrooms, meat balls, pork lards. A very popular noodle dish.
Ice Kacang. The most popular dessert for the masses. Consists of shaved ice and red beans as key ingredients. Other ingredients may include sweet corn, grass jelly, agar agar, palm seed all buried underneath the ice. Drizzled with condensed and evaporated milk and syrup. The one in the picture has an additional scoop of Durian pudding
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A grill fish and rice meal. Served by stalls called western food stalls
A HK style shrimp Chee Cheong Fun or steamed rice roll with embedded shrimps
A typical, rudimentary vegetarian food served by a temple as part of Vesak Day celebration 19 May 2019. The birthday of Buddha
Bean curd dessert with Ginkgo Nuts toppings served hot. The plain bean curd is a very traditional dessert from this region
Chwee Kueh or steamed rice cakes. A very traditional inexpensive breakfast staple from the Teochews. It is topped with preserved radish and chilli. One local celebrity ever remarked that he will never eat this anymore as it reminded him of his poverty in his childhood.
A century egg porridge. A must eat if you ever go to a dim sum restaurant.
Char Siu Bao. Steamed bun containing BBQ pork fillings with special seasoning. The size gets smaller and smaller since decades ago. People usually buy this as a fast food to go.
A cendol Mcflurry, adapted from a traditional dessert known as Cendol. A limited offering.
A popular, traditional sweet dessert called Cheng Tng, meaning clear soup. It is supposed to be nutritious and cooling and contains ingredients like Longan, Sweet Potato, White Fungus, Ginko, Barley, Red Dates. Generally served hot. If you want cold, they will add crushed ice into it.
Putu Piring, specifically this is the Haig Road Putu Piring, supposedly the best here. A snack sold by the Malays. Mainly steamed rice flour and inside filling is a kind of palm sugar known as Gula melaka. To be eaten with coconut shavings by hand. The texture is very soft until you come across the semi melted sugar which gives some crunchy feeling. I tend to eat the Chinese version known as Kueh TuTu. It has a firmer texture and has fillings of coconut or peanuts or chocolate.
A roasted duck and roasted pork belly rice. , drizzled with some kind of sweet sauce and to be eaten with chilli condiment
Bak Chor mee or minced pork meat noodles. It is eaten dry where the soup is provided separately. You got a choice of flat or thin noodles. Spicy or non spicy. Other ingredients may include black mushrooms, meat balls, pork lards. A very popular noodle dish.
A hot dessert of white fungus with almond jelly and Gingko nut
Curry chicken noodle. Also contains fried bean curd known as tau pok. This is different from another similar looking dish known as Laksa.
Black glutinous rice dessert aka pulut hitam aka Orh Chok meaning black porridge. It is served hot and drizzled with coconut milk
Ice Kacang. The most popular dessert for the masses. Consists of shaved ice and red beans as key ingredients. Other ingredients may include sweet corn, grass jelly, agar agar, palm seed all buried underneath the ice. Drizzled with condensed and evaporated milk and syrup. The one in the picture has an additional scoop of Durian pudding
A refreshing dessert of grass jelly and longans. Grass jelly is buried at the bottom
Tom Yam seafood with rice. A spicy and sour dish.
XO sauce beef fried rice and Tea Tarik, a milk tea prepared by pulling to create foam.