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Abacus Beads
Used to be a festive dish in Singapore among the Hakkas. The main ingredients are taro or yam and tapioca flour, mixing together to form a dough and make into little abacus beads to signify wealth.

Abalone Noodle
Usually cooked using the small, string-like noodle. The main ingredient is of course abalone with minced pork meat.

Air Flown Rib Eye
Grilled and boneless beef steak that is a tender and flavorful that is cut from the rib section between the short loin and the chuck.

Almond Cream
A sweet and white cream-like dessert that comes with a nice almond smell. It is usually consumed by Singaporean after meal.

Almond Paste
A sweet and white paste-like dessert that comes with a nice almond smell. It is usually consumed by Singaporean after meal.

Aloo Gobi / Aloo Gobhi
Dry yellowish Indian curry that usually comes without the liquid sauce. It is a popular combination of aloo (potato) and gob(h)i (cauliflower) with spices and occasionally contains kalonji (sometimes called "onion seeds") and curry leaves. Other ingredients that are also used in variations include garlic, ginger, onion, coriander stalks, tomato, and cumin.

Aloo Tikki
A savory, hot and spicy Potato Cutlet that is collectively known as 'chaat’. It is a Vegetarian Indian snack that is very popular in India.

Asam Fish Head
A dish of Chinese and Indian roots where the head of red snapper fish, is semi-stewed in a sweet and sour thick curry with assorted vegetables such as okra and brinjals. Singaporean usually like to eat it with either rice or bread.

Ayam Bakar Sunda
Marinated and Grilled chicken that is tender and usually served with a squeeze of lime on top. It is a Malay delicacy.

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Babi Pongteh
A non-spicy Nonya dish which makes use of pork, pig trotters and preserved soya beans to create a combination of sweet and savoury tastes.

Baked Salted Chicken
An Hakka dish made with a whole chicken wrapped in parchment paper soaked in a pot of coarse salt for simmering.

Basil Chicken with Egg and Soup
An Hakka dish with basil leaves mixed with rice and chicken served with a sunny side up egg and soup. This is considered by Singaporeans to be a very healthy food.

Basil Omelette
An Hakka dish with basil leaves mixed with beaten egg or egg mixture cooked in frying pan.

Basil Omelette with Hakka Beancurd
An Hakka dish with basil leaves mixed with beaten egg or egg mixture cooked in frying pan served with Hakka styled fried beancurd.

BBQ Chicken Wing
Barbecued Marinated chicken wing. This is one of Singaporean's favourate delicacy.

BBQ Spring Chicken
Barbecued Marinated spring chicken. A spring chicken is choosen for it's more tender meat. This is one of Singaporean's favourate delicacy.

BBQ Stingray
Barbecued stingray with a layer of sambal chill paste on top served with sprinkle of lime. This is one of Singaporean's favourate delicacy.

Beancurd with Conpoy and Golden Mushroom
Fried beancurd with straw mushroom and scallop gravy on top .

Bee Hoon Goreng
Indian fried rice vermicelli(thin noodle made from rice) with tomato and green chilli.

Beef Rendang
Spicy Indonesian beef dish in an almost dry curry coconut sauce.

Beef Steak
A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of cow usually prepared by grilling served with mash potato.

Bhatura / Bhattura
A deep-fried leavened bread this is soft and fluffy. It is an Indian delicacy often eaten with chickenpea curry.

Bhindi Masala
A popular main course vegetable prepared by frying lady's finger and a mixture of spicy Indian spices.

Biryani / Briyani
An Indian dish made with highly seasoned saffron rice with pieces of chicken, lamb or vegetables.

Bitter Gourd Seafood Bee Hoon
A mixture of prawn, fish, squid and bitter gourd boiled with thick rice vermicelli.

Black Bean Steamed Fish Head
Fish head steamed with black beans and chilli padding on top.

Black Pepper Chicken with Homemade Biscuit
Crispy chicken cooked with black pepper with special homemade biscuit.

Black Pepper Crab
Hard-shell crabs cooked in a thick gravy made with black pepper. This is one of the favourate dish in singapore.

Black Pepper Ribs
Pork ribs cooked in a thick gravy made with black pepper.

Black Sesame Muar Chee
A chinese snack made of steamed glutinous rice served with ground peanuts, sugar and black sesame seeds.

Black Sesame Paste
A sweet and black paste-like dessert that comes with a nice black sesame smell. It is usually consumed by Singaporean after meal.

Black Sesame Pottage
A sweet, thick and black cream-like dessert that comes with a nice black sesame smell. It is usually consumed by Singaporean after meal.

Boiled Gansi
A chinese delicacy where beancurd strips is boiled ans served with pork and vegetable.

Braised Baby Abalone with Mushrooms
A chinese delicacy where braised baby abalone is served with mushroom and vegetables.

Braised Beancurd
A chinese delicacy where beancurd is braised and served with gravy.

Braised Chicken
A chinese delicacy where chicken is braised and served with speical gravy.

Braised Fish Head
Fish head braised with special sauce served with vegetable and garlic.

Braised Leather Jacket with Black Bean Sauce
Leather JAcket Fish cooked with black bean sauce with vegetables.

Braised Bean
Chinese delicacy where bean is braised. This is ofen used as an appetizer before a meal for a chinese dinner.

Braised Pig's Intestines
Chinese delicacy where pig's intestines are braised.

Braised Pork
Chinese delicacy where pork with the fats not removed is braised.

Braised Pork and Salted Vegetables with Rice
Chinese delicacy where pork with the fats not removed is braised and served with preserved, salted vegetable and rice.

Braised Pork Steamed Buns
Chinese delicacy where pork with the fats not removed is braised and served with steamed bun.

Braised Sanbei Chicken with Garlic & Ginger
Braised chicken cooked with garlic and ginger in claypot.

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Century Egg Porridge (皮蛋粥)
Congee cooked with preserved egg.

Cereal Prawns (麦片虾)
Prawns deep fried with cereal.

Chai Pu Steamed Patin Fish
Path fish steamed with salty preserved vegetable.

Chicken Chop
A marinated and grilled chicken usually served with salad, tomato, cucumber and fries or potato with mushroom gravy on top.

Channa Masala
A North Indian dish in which the main ingredient is chickpeas. It is fairly dry and pleasantly spicy with a sour citrus note.

Chapati
It is a staple flat, rather thin and unleavened cooked dough from North and West India.

Char Siew & Roasted Pork
Long strips of seasoned boneless barbecued pork cooked by skewing with long forks and placed in a covered oven or over a fire.

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Dal Tadka
It is a full-flavoured lentil dish tempered with a sprinkling of green chillies, curry leaves or coriander leaves, garlic and cumin seeds from Northern India.

Deep Fried Chrysanthemum Garoupa with Special Sauce
Deep fried Garoupa fish cooked with specially made sauce.

Dosa / Dosai
A south Indian food in which a thin batter made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water. This food is high in carbohydrates and proteins.

Drunken Prawn in Claypot
Prawn soaked in chinese wine and cooked in a claypot.

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Economic Mix Curry Rice
Curry rice mix together with a variaty of dishes like vegetables and meat.

Egg Sandwich
Sandwich with egg.

Egg White w Scallop & Fish Meat in Broccoli
Broccoli cooked with egg white and scallop with an egg yolk on top.

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Falooda / Faluda
A popular beverage in the Indian subcontinent made primarily by mixing rose syrup with vermicelli and tapioca seeds along with either milk or water.

Fish and Chips
Deep-fried fish in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried chipped (slab-cut) potatoes.

Fish Dumplings Noodle
Noodle with fish dumpling.

Fishball Noodle
Small, string-like, flat or fat yellow noodle with sliced fishcake and fishball. This dish can be soup or dry with either tomato sauce or chilli.

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Garlic Steamed Fish Head
Fish Head steamed with garlic crumbs on top.

Ghee Onion Uttapam
Thick rice pancake sprinkled with chopped onions.

Ghee Pongal
Rice boiled with milk and jaggery. A popular way of cooking rice from South India.

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Hainanese Chicken Rice
White chicken rice with chicken dipped in ice after cooking to produce a jelly-like skin finishing. This is served with oyster sauce mixed with garlic, chilli sauce, dark soya sauce and pounded ginger

Hakka Beancurd
Hakka style fried beancurd with meat stuffed inside.

Hakka Tea Rice (客家擂茶)
A consortment of tea leaves (usually green tea), peanuts, mint leaves, sesame seeds, mung beans and other herbs, which are pounded or ground into a fine powder which is mixed as a drink, or as a dietary brew to be taken with rice and other vegetarian side dishes such as greens, tofu, and pickled radish.

Herbal / Ginger / Dried Chilli Frogs
Frog's leg with ginger and herbs cooked in claypot.

Herbal Steamboat
A variety of dishes, where ingredients are cooked in a simmering pot of herbal broth at the table.

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Ice Kacang and Sweet Corn
A desert that is sweet-tasting and is primarily ice served with sweet flavoured syrup and jelly covered with sweet corn topping.

Ice mango with Pomelo
A dessert that is sweet-tasting with mango and pomelo with crush ice in the middle.

Iced Red Bean Drink
A dessert that is sweet-tasting with ice and red bean.

Idil
A savory cake popular throughout South India. that is usually two to three inches in diameter and are made by steaming a batter consisting of fermented black lentils (de-husked) and rice.

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Jade Noodle
Green vegetarian thin string-like noodle served with dumpling.

Jal Freezi
Indian vegetarian cuisine with green pea, carrot and corn topping.

Jalebi
Fried sweet made from maida flour that is usually in bright yellow or orange originated from North India.

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Kadai Gosh
Indian cuisine where boneless lamb is cooked with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers in sauce.

Kai Lan Fried Beancurd Skin
Kai Lan vegetable fried with beancurd skin.

Kai Lan with Oyster Sauce
Kai Lan vegetable fried with oyster sauce.

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La Mian with Mushroom
Chinese handmade noodle in soup and mushroom.

Ladies Finger Ikan Bilis
This ia a Peranakan dish where salted Small and dry silvery-white young of herrings or sprats are fried with ladies finger.

Laksa
This ia a Peranakan dish where Malay and Chinese style of cooking are blended into a bowlful of noodles in a unique soupbase with ingredients like tofu puffs, fish sticks, fish cakes, shrimp and cockles.

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Malai Kebab
It is an Indian dish made by marinating the meat(usually chicken pieces) with ginger garlic paste and keeping overnight and then grilled.

Malai Koftha Curry
It is a type of Indian style curry.

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Naan
It is a a white flour Indian flat bread stuffed with a thin layer of minced meat curry then baked in the tandoor.

Nasi Briyani
It is an Indian rice made with spices, yellow rice and meat/vegetables.

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Onion Uthappam
It is a dosa-like dish that is made by cooking ingredients in a batter made of a urad dal and rice that has been fermented. It is made with onion-chilli mix and other common ingredient choices like coconut or mixed vegetables.

Ox Tail
It is a bony, gelatinous meat, and is usually slow-cooked, often stewed or braised mixed with white rice.

Oyster Sauce Chye Sim
IT is a chinese dish where the vegetable Chye Sim is fried with garlic and oyster sauce.

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Prawn Roll
It is a kind of chinese cuisine where prawn and pork or chicken with some vegetables are meshed and roll into a tube by rice sliced skin and deep fried until it turns brown.

Paani Poori / Panipuri / Gol Gappa / Gup chup
It is a popular street snack in the Indian sub-continent which comprises of a round, hollow "puri", fried crisp and filled with a watery mixture of tamarind, chilli and potato.

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Raw Fish Porridge
It is a kind of chinese congee where slices of raw fish are laid on top.

Radish Chicken Steamboat
Steamboat with radish and chicken as the soup base.

Roasted Duck
It is a chinese dish where duck are marinated with spices and roasted until the skin turns golden brown.

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