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Spicy Potato Samosas
A favorite Singaporean snack is the samosa, a traditional
Indian savory pastry stuffed with spicy vegetables. This recipe
comes from Singaporean Chinese cooks who make samosas with
crispy spring roll wrappers rather than the traditional handmade
flaky pastry dough.
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Gourmet Food
Cuisines that are covered in Singapore, are of the local dishes
that are ethnic or from a different mixture vary such as from
the Western, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, and even
Mongolian cuisines.
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Satay
Barbecued skewered meat, usually beef, chicken or mutton,
served with thick, peanut gravy.
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Mee
"Mee" means noodles. Mee siam is rice vermicelli fried with
chili and prawns and served in a sweet-sour gray; Hokkien
mee, thick yellow noodles and vermicelli fried with pork and
prawns in a thick, rich gray; mee pok, flat noodles made from
wheat and egg usually served with minced pork, mushrooms,
and fishballs; and mee rebus, a Malay noodle soup in a rich
and spicy sauce.
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Bak kut teh
Pork rib soup seasoned with garlic and Chinese herbs.
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Bao
"Bao" means "bun". Steamed pastry bun filled
with various ingredients, including roast pork, garlic chicken,
red bean or sweet lotus paste.
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Ice Kacang
Shaved ice over jelly, sweet red beans and other goodies;
served with evaporated milk and flavored syrup.
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Taufu
"Taufu" means bean curd. Taufu goreng is deep-fried
bean curd served with pungent peanut sauce. Tau hu chui is
soybean milk.
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Rojak
A salad of bean sprouts, pineapple, white turnip, and fried
bean cake tossed in a spicy peanut-and-shrimp paste.
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Lontong
Vegetables and rice cake usually served with a rich coconut
gravy.
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