Language translation of some cuisine from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and China.
nasi - cooked rice
goreng - fried
ayam - chicken
lemak - creamy (from coconut milk)
mie (miàn)- noodles (Indonesian/Malay: mie, Chinese: miàn)
char - stir fried (Cantonese)
kway teow (guǒ tiáo)- flat rice noodles (Hokkien: kway teow, Mandarin: guǒ tiáo)
chow (chǎo) - stir fried (Cantonese: chow, Mandarin: chǎo)
lo (lāo)- stirred (Cantonese: lo, Mandarin: lāo)
mian (miàn)- noodles (Mandarin)
la (lā)- to pull or stretch (refers to hand-pulled noodles)
Some dishes made up of above words
chow mein
hokkien mie (Hokkien referring to region)
mie goreng
nasi lemak ayam goreng
nasi goreng
mee siam (Siam referring to region)
char kway teow
la mian
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