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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
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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
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The style of the cuisine is known as Nyonya, also the name of the London restaurant in Notting Hill where her parents -- Yeoh Teng Chye and Mary Chong -- formerly worked.
unknown title 2009
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There no longer call Nyonya pineapple tart de lah … They are pineapple cookies now ..
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Coconut Mousse: According to Mr. Seah, Singaporeans tend to think of coconut as heavy since many of the old-fashioned Nyonya cakes are made from densely packed coconut.
Dish: Mont Blanc Meet Mount Kinabaru Amy Ma 2011
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Tofu Nyonya, one of our must-order dishes whenever we go to Penang.
NJ Dining: Penang 2009
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Ba Xuyen offers Vietnamese sandwiches, while Nyonya has Malaysian cuisine.
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At least the version at Nyonya, which they call “ABC.”
Downtown Lunch: New Malaysia Restaurant | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2008
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Nyonya also has their “Chendal,” which is similar but has a coconut sauce on the ice, and green things along with other stuff at the bottom.
Downtown Lunch: New Malaysia Restaurant | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2008
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The city's mixed heritage is even evident on the plate: nasi kandar, for instance, is a Muslim Indian specialty of various curries with rice; lor bak is a Nyonya (cuisine that marries ingredients from Chinese and Malaysian cooking) snack of five-spice pork in deep-fried tofu skin.
A Tale of Two Cities 2010
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