Monday, 21 June 2010

Breakfast in... Malaysia and Singapore

In Malaysia, breakfast sometimes consists of a popular Malay food called 'nasi lemak'. Other food such as roti prata (known as roti canaiin Malaysia), kaya toast, half boiled eggs and wonton noodles are also among the favorites. In the Malaysian's East Coast, glutinous rice is eaten as breakfast. Malaysian Chinese from the town of Klang, which is famous for its 'bak kut teh', frequently eat it for breakfast. In other parts of Malaysia and Singapore, however, it is more commonly eaten at other meals.

A typical Singaporean breakfast usually consists of a variety of food options from various cultures. Most common are fried noodles with egg (or other side dishes like vegetables, ham, meatballs, cheese, fish cake or tofu), mee goreng (Malay version of fried noodles, albeit spicier), nasi lemak, curry puffs, kueh-kueh (Malay cakes) or sandwiches for those on the move. For those who can afford a more leisurely breakfast, it can be noodle soup, kway chap (flat noodles in braised soup along with sides like tofu, peanut, pork and pig organs.), a variety of Malay noodle soup dishes like mee soto and mee siam. There are other local favourites like bean curd, sweet soup like black glutinous rice porridge anr green or red bean soup. Others may prefer toast, cereals or an American breakfast from fast-food chains. It is common especially among older students and working adults to skip breakfast.



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