Peranakan

Peranakan cuisine, a fusion of Chinese food and flavor from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, is changing, thanks to chefs like Malcolm Lee.

In Malcolm Lee's Kitchen 2011

Rempah : Rempah is a base paste, consisting of a variety of spices, that is the backbone of Peranakan cuisine.

A Peranakan favorite Amy Ma 2010

Gravy: Every Peranakan is going to have a different gravy recipe, says Mr. Seck.

A Peranakan favorite Amy Ma 2010

If you want a real taste of Peranakan food, the one dish you must try is ayam buah keluak, says Benjamin Seck, chef and owner of Singapore's True Blue Restaurant.

A Peranakan favorite Amy Ma 2010

The chicken stew, he says, is a dish familiar to every Peranakan — the descendants of early Chinese migrants to Malaysia.

A Peranakan favorite Amy Ma 2010

Peranakan food — also known as Nyonya food after the name given to Peranakan women — draws on Chinese, Malay and other influences.

A Peranakan favorite Amy Ma 2010

Laksa is a popular spicy noodle soup from Peranakan culture also known as Baba and Nyonya, which is a merger of Chinese and Malay elements found in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia - Wikipedia ↩

teddy-risation™ 2009

Now, you can probably guess that I'm not particularly fashionable at this stage -- and I'll have to look up the notes because Peranakan-inspired, these shirts you're looking at, which is basically a mix of Malay, Indian and China, which is pretty much what this enclave Singapore is, that cultural mix.

CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2009 2009

Janet is Peranakan pronounced piranha-khan, an ethnic subset that has an important tradition in Singapore; again, this does not define Janet any more than the fact that she loves 80s music, but it does inform her life in one important way, being that Peranakan families are matriarchal.

what did we do today, brain? jlundberg 2009

There's even a nifty little analogue between the Taiwanese and their admixture of aboriginal physical and cultural traits, and the Peranakan of Singapore.

Archive 2008-05-01 Michael Turton 2008