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Food
  • Diners usually have individual bowls or plates of rice

 

  • Each person takes small portions of meat and vegetables from serving dishes in the middle of the table one doesn't put a full meal in a bowl at the beginning of the meal but takes small amounts from various dishes throughout the meal

 

  • It is polite accept seconds and also leave little food behind of the serving dishes ( not in one’s bowl) to show one had been well fed otherwise hosts may feel that the hosts may feel that have not made enough food or the guest is greedy

 

  • Rice is a staple food throughout the country and is commonly served with meat or vegetables

 

  • Breakfast often consists of roti prata ( an Indian flatbread ), eggs, or porridge

 

  • Lunch and dinner commonly has chinese, noodles, Satay (meat on skewers), roti prata, fried kway tiao ( black noodle often served with small saltwater clams), hokkien (noodles with seafood), curries, bah kut teh (pork rib soup)

 

  • Most cafes serve Western foods like pizza,sandwiches, and pasta

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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