Malaysia - The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget - page 416

FOOD AND DRINK GLOSSARY
menu menu nasi goreng fried rice with

sejuk cold diced meat

panas hot (temperature) and veg

pedas hot (spicy) nasi puteh plain boiled rice

saya vegetarain I am a vegetarian

Meat, fish and basics
syam

saya tak makan daging I don't eat meat

chicken

or fish

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babi pork

Noodles ( mee ) and noodle dishes

daging beef

bee hoon thin rice noodles garam salt

char kuey teow flat rice noodles lada hitam pepper

with prawns, gula sugar

sausage, fishcake,

ikan fish

egg, vegetables

kambing mutton

or chilli

kepiting crab

foochow noodles steamed and

sup soup

served in soy

tahu tofu (beancurd)

and oyster

telor egg

sauce

udang prawn

hokkien fried mee yellow noodles

sotong squid

fried with pork,

Desserts
ais kacang

prawn and

shaved ice with

vegetables

red beans,

kuey teow flat rice noodles

rose syrup and

laksa noodles, bean

evaporated

sprouts,

milk

fishcakes and

bubor cha cha sweetened

prawns in a spicy

coconut milk

coconut broth

with pieces of

mee round yellow

sweet potato,

wheat-flour

yam and tapioca

noodles

balls

mee goreng spicy fried

cendol coconut milk,

noodles

palm syrup

mee suah noodles served

and pea-flour

dry and crispy

noodles

wan ton mee roast pork,

poured over

noodles and

vegetable soup shaved ice

with dumplings

Drinks ( minum )

Rice ( nasi ) dishes

air minum water

claypot rice topped bir beer

with meat, jus fruit juice

cooked in an kopi coffee

earthenware kopi-o black coffee

pot over a fire kopi susu coffee with milk

daun pisang banana-leaf lassi sweet or sour

curry yoghurt

teh tea

nasi campur rice served with

teh susu tea with milk

several meat,

fish and teh tarik sweet, frothy,

vegetable dishes milky tea