We went to taste the authentic nyonya cuisine in Straits Quay Penang just now.
A real nyonya cook dishes.
BTW - WHAT IS NYONYA mean? Read below -
Chinese Peranakan
Straits-Born Chinese / Baba Nyonya
峇峇娘惹 / 土生華人
Peranakan Chinese or
Straits-born Chinese are the descendants of
Chinese immigrants who came to the
Malay archipelago including
British Malaya (now
Peninsular Malaysia and
Singapore, where they are also referred to as
Baba-Nyonya) and
Dutch East Indies (now
Indonesia; where they're also referred as
Kiau-Seng)
[4] between the 15th and 17th centuries.
[5]
Members of this community in
Malaysia address themselves as "Baba Nyonya". Nyonya is the term for the women and Baba for the men. It applies especially to the
Han populations of the
British Straits Settlements of
Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of
Java and other locations, who have adopted
Nusantara customs — partially or in full — to be somewhat assimilated into the local communities. Many were the elites of
Singapore, more loyal to the British than to China. Most have lived for generations along the
straits of Malacca. They were usually traders, the middleman of the British and the Chinese, or the Chinese and Malays, or vice versa because they were mostly English educated. Because of this, they almost always had the ability to speak two or more languages.
While the term
Peranakan is most commonly used to refer to those of
Chinese descent also known as
Straits Chinese (named after the
Straits Settlements;
土生華人 in Chinese;
Tionghoa-Selat or
Tionghoa Peranakan in Indonesian;
Phuket Baba,
Phuket Yaya or
Baba Yaya among
Thais in
Phuket,
Thailand[3]), there are also other, comparatively smaller
Peranakan communities, such as Indian Hindu Peranakans (
Chitty), Arab/Indian Muslim Peranakans (
Jawi Pekan) (
Jawi being the Javanised Arabic script,
Pekan a colloquial contraction of
Peranakan) and Eurasian Peranakans (
Kristang[6]) (Kristang = Christians of Portuguese and Asian ancestry).
[6][7] The group has parallels to the
Cambodian Hokkien, who are descendants of
Hoklo Chinese, and the
Pashu of
Myanmar, a
Burmese word for the
Peranakan or Straits Chinese who have settled in Myanmar.
[8] They maintained their culture partially despite their native language gradually disappearing a few generations after settlement.
[9]
The restaurant is located in the FIRST Floor of the Quay West 7th Shop.
Nyonya Breeze is just opposite the SUBWAY .... WESTERN vs LOCAL EASTERN .....
This is Sambal Kering Prawn which I am not really enjoy the taste. It cook with cashew nut and brinjol / eggplants. The right plate is traditional "MANJUANG FRIED with Yu YEE fish". This is a good one.
This is the OTAK-OTAK. It made by coconut milk with chilli powder/ curry leaf, fish, ....It is a little bit dry for me.
Haa...this is the green vegetable that we can warp the MANG KUANG fried.
This Hot Pork Spring Roll. Good taste...full of tubak (pork)!!
This is quite disappointed dish for me - Salted Vege with duck soup. It is too salty and the taste is not even meeting my expectation.
Vege of the day...................
NASI ULAM - This is a MUST TRY item. I like this so much!! The smell is so good......
Curry Tumis Fish...another good dish you must order. All sour taste will make you eat two bowl of rices!!!
We enjoy a good lunch here...................
Good Bye STRAITS QUAY......................................
