Nonya Food

[Ian_Lee]

Nowadays there are many fine dining "fusion" (i.e. Chinese cuisine mixed with Italian cuisine) restaurants opening in many metropolis.

But Nonya restaurant should be the harbinger of these "fusion" restaurants.

If I am not wrong, nonya food refers to those special cuisines developed by the Chinese-Malay mixed blood population.

One of my nonya favorite is Laksa. They even got both noodles and verimicelli in the same bowl of soup. (Is that authentic?)

[smithsgj]

A lot of Macao restaurants offer an interesting blend of cuisines too.

[tara]

One of my nonya favorite is Laksa. They even got both noodles and verimicelli in the same bowl of soup. (Is that authentic?)

Ian: I don't know whether its authentic, well, I just eat. But next time, you have gotta try curry laksa combined with assam laksa, its awesome. Now, that is not authentic but its good.

[OM3RTA]

If not mistaken, nonya food mostly refering to spicy food isn't it?

[tara]

If not mistaken, nonya food mostly refering to spicy food isn't it?

Well, most nonya food are spicy, however, you get really good non-spicy nonya food as well eg....stewed pork, omelettes with cincaluk etc. Thus far, I think the best nonya food I have had is in Melaka state of Malaysia. Its not surprising, considering the Nonya Babas originated from there.

[kokleong]

There are two kinds of Nyonya cuisine. The Northern from Penang and the Southern one of Malacca (+ Johore, Singapore). The Northern one uses more fresh herbs while the Southern one uses more dried spices. I will leave the reader to explore on their own -- there are a large number of recipes online the last time I checked years ago.

Non spicy stuff: the desserts and snacks!

And I'd like to mention my favourite: Nasi Ulam -- rice salad. Consisting of finely shredded various vegetables and herbs picked from the wild (ie. the backyard), salted fish and dried shrimp paste mixed with rice. Heavenly.

There's Portugese-Malay fusion here in Malaysia too. Very very fiery and delicious.