List of Singaporean dishes

This is a list of Singaporean dishes.

Singaporean cuisine includes both unique dishes and others that, while sharing names with dishes in other cuisines, have evolved to mean something distinctly different in Singapore.

Noodle dishes

Name	Type	Description
Beef Kway Teow	Noodle dish	Flat rice flour (kway teow) noodles stir-fried with beef, served dry or with soup
Beef noodle soup	Noodle dish	Chinese noodle soup made of stewed or red braised beef, beef broth and vegetables.
Mee pok	Noodle dish	Noodle dish with Chinese noodle characterized by its flat and yellow appearance, varying in thickness and width.
Banmian	Noodle dish	Hand-made flat noodles served with vegetables, minced meat, sliced mushrooms, and an egg in an anchovy (ikan bilis)-based soup.
Char kway teow	Noodle dish	Flat rice flour (kuay teow) noodles stir-fried in dark soy sauce with prawns, eggs, beansprouts, fish cake, cockles, green leafy vegetables, Chinese sausage, and lard.
Crab been hoon	Noodle dish	Singapore rice vermicelli dish with whole mud crab served in a claypot and spiced milky broth.^[1]
Fish soup bee hoon	Noodle dish	Singaporean soup-based seafood dish, served hot usually with bee hoon. The dish is viewed as a healthy food in Singapore.
Hokkien mee	Noodle dish	A stir-fried dish of egg noodles and rice noodles in a fragrant stock.
Kwetiau goreng	Noodle dish	Southeast Asia stir fried flat rice noodles.
Shredded chicken noodles	Noodle dish	Noodle dish topped with shredded chicken, fish dumpling and mushroom.
Vegetarian bee hoon	Noodle dish	Singaporean noodle dish which comprises vegetarian spring rolls, fried tofu skin, and mock meats made from gluten.^[2]
Mee rebus	Noodle dish	The dish is made of yellow egg noodles, which are also used in Hokkien mee, with a spicy slightly sweet curry-like gravy.
Mee siam	Noodle dish	The dish served with spicy, sweet and sour light gravy. The gravy is made from a rempah spice paste, tamarind and taucheo (salted soy bean).
Mee soto	Noodle dish	Spicy noodle soup dish.
Katong Laksa	Noodle dish	Katong Laksa is a variant of laksa lemak inspired by the Straits Chinese who live in the Katong area, Singapore. It has a spicy soup stock the colour of a flaming sunset, flavoured with coconut milk and dried shrimp, and topped with ingredients like cockles, prawns and fishcake. The noodles are normally cut up into smaller pieces so that the entire dish can be eaten with a spoon alone, without chopsticks or a fork.^[3]
Mee goreng	Noodle dish	Thin yellow noodles fried in cooking oil with garlic, onion or shallots, fried prawn, chicken, pork, beef, or sliced bakso (meatballs), chili, Chinese cabbage, cabbages, tomatoes, egg, and other vegetables.
Satay bee hoon	Noodle dish	Satay bee hoon sauce is a chilli-based peanut sauce very similar to the one served with satay. The satay sauce is spread on top of rice vermicelli.^[4]
Curry chicken noodles	Noodle dish	Usually contains chicken meat and tau pok, and uses curry as soup base coupled with yellow noodles. ^[5]

Main dishes

Name	Type	Description
Hainanese Curry Rice	Rice dish	Hainanese Curry Rice is a dish consisting of plenty of steamed white rice smothered in a mess of curries and braised pork gravy.^[6]
Bak kut teh	Meat dish	Meat dish cooked in broth
Chai tow kway	Rice dish	Common dish or dim sum of Teochew cuisine
Drunken prawn	Seafood	Prawns cooked with Chinese rice wine
Char siu	Meat dish	Barbecued pork in Cantonese cuisine.
Duck rice	Rice dish	Singaporean Chinese meat dish, made of either braised or roasted duck and plain white rice. The braised duck is usually cooked with yam and shrimps; it can be served simply with plain white rice and a thick dark sauce; side dishes of braised hard-boiled eggs, preserved salted vegetables, or hard beancurd may be added.
Har Cheong Gai	Meat dish	Chicken wings fried in a batter with fermented shrimp paste.
Pig's brain soup	Meat dish	a soup dish comprising pig brain with special herbs.
Pig fallopian tubes	Meat dish	Pig fallopian tubes (Sang Cheong) are used as an ingredient in some Singaporean dishes.
Pig's organ soup	Meat dish	The dish is a clear and refreshing soup; the reason why sometimes referred just as chheng-thng, served with other optional side dishes as well as rice.
Sliced fish soup	Seafood dish	Sliced fish soup is a dish in Singapore.
Teochew Porridge	Rice dish	Rice porridge dish accompanied with various small plates of side dishes. Singapore Teowchew-style rice porridge is plain, simply cooked and not flavoured at all by the stock it's cooked in.^[7]
Turtle soup	Turtle dish	Turtle soup is soup or stews made from the flesh of the turtle. The dish exists in some cultures and is viewed as a luxury or delicacy.
Assam pedas	Seafood dish	Seafood and vegetables cooked in a sauce consisting of tamarind, coconut milk, chilli, and spices.
Ayam penyet	Meat dish	Fried chicken dish consisting of fried chicken that is smashed with the pestle against mortar to make it softer, served with sambal, slices of cucumbers, fried tofu and tempeh.
Dendeng paru	Meat dish	Dish of dried beef lung cooked in spices.
Gudeg Putih	Vegetable dish	White jackfruit curry
Gulai daun ubi	Vegetable dish	Sweet potato leaves stewed in coconut milk
Lemak siput	Shellfish	Shellfish cooked in a thick coconut milk-based gravy.
Nasi goreng	Rice dish	Stir-fried rice
Satay	Meat dish	Dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce.
Sayur lodeh	Vegetable dish	Vegetables in coconut milk soup
Soto	Soup	Soup mainly composed of broth, meat and vegetables.
Soto ayam	Soup	Yellow spicy chicken soup.
Soup kambing	Soup	Tamil Muslims dish of spiced mutton soup
Soup tulang	Soup	Mutton or beef leg bones stewed in a spicy.
Fish head curry	Curry	The head of a red snapper is semi-stewed in a Kerala-style curry with assorted vegetables such as okra and eggplants.
Kari lemak ayam	Curry	Chicken curry with a coconut milk base
Kari debal	Soup	Eurasian Singaporean curry dish with Portuguese and Peranakan influences. Includes chicken, cabbage, sausage, and bacon pieces stewed in a curry sauce.
Cereal prawns	Seafood dish	Prawns that have been stir fried with sweetened cereal.
Black pepper crab	Seafood dish	It is made with hard-shell crabs, and fried with black pepper.
Chilli crab	Seafood dish	Singaporean seafood dish. Mud crabs are commonly used and are stir-fried in a semi-thick, sweet and savoury tomato and chilli based sauce.
Oyster omelette	Seafood dish	The dish consists of an omelette with a filling primarily composed of small oysters.
Hainanese chicken rice	Rice dish	It is based on a well-known Hainanese dish called Wenchang chicken.

Snacks and desserts

Name	Type	Description
Kaya toast	Snack	Kaya toast is prepared with kaya (coconut jam).
Roti john	Sandwich	Omelette sandwich from Singapore.
Curry puff	Snack	It is a small pie consisting of specialised curry with chicken and potatoes in a deep-fried or baked).
Pisang goreng	Snack	Snack food made of banana or plantain being deep fried in hot cooking oil.
Keropok	Snack	Deep fried crackers made from starch and other ingredients that serve as flavouring
Otak-otak	Snack	Grilled fish cake made of ground fish meat mixed with tapioca starch and spices
Cheng tng	Dessert	A light refreshing soup with longans, barley, agar strips, lotus seeds and a sweet syrup, served either hot or cold. It is analogous to the Cantonese Ching bo leung.
Ice kachang	Dessert	Malaysian dessert which is also common in Singapore.
Cendol	Dessert	The dessert's basic ingredients are coconut milk, jelly noodles made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar.

Beverages

Name	Type	Description
Bandung (drink)	Drink	It consists of evaporated milk or condensed milk flavoured with rose cordial syrup, giving a pink colour.
Chin chow drink	Drink	Grass jelly made into a sweet beverage.
Kopi	Drink	Nanyang coffee, mixed with condensed milk and sugar.
Milo	Drink	Chocolate and malt powder typically mixed with hot water and condensed milk. Served hot or cold (Milo Peng).
Milo dinosaur	Drink	Composed of a cup of iced Milo (a chocolate malt beverage) with undissolved Milo powder added on top of it.
Teh tarik	Drink	Pulled tea, made from black tea blended with condensed milk.
Singapore Sling	Beverages	The cocktail was invented in Singapore's Raffles Hotel, and is still served at the hotel's Long Bar.