The ultimate streetfood - the humble fried rice

Fried rice or nasi goreng is the most popular streetfood dish in South East Asia.

Originally, a Chinese streetfood. Before the advent of refrigeration, leftover rice are fried in order to improve the taste for comsumption.

However, owing to trade and immigration, all south east asian countries have fried rice.

The Chinese are well known for the Yang Zhou fried rice (扬州炒饭).

Thai Crab meat fried rice (ข้าวผัดปู). One of the best I tried, has that wonderful umami taste coming from the crab meat. Crab meat fried rice so far is found in Thai cuisine but absent in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

Indonesian fried rice or nasi goreng. I love the petai nasi goreng, it's awesome. Sedap dan keren. Below is a typical nasi goreng found in Indonesia kaki lima or street vendor. It is usually served with kerupuk or crackers.

Best Street food in Singapore?

I am interested to find out...

Nasi Lemak at Adam Road Market, Singapore

Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak. Located at Adam road market, it's walking distance from Botanic Gardens MRT station (circle line).

The nasi lemak is famous for using basmati rice. Infused with coconut milk or Santan, the rice is extremely fragrant, good enough to eat on its own.

The fried chicken wing, fried egg and peanut/anchovies are pretty standard and so is the sambal.

However, their begedil or potato patty is outstanding.

Total rating 9.25/10 win on rice and begedil.

Be prepared for a long queue though.

Dim Sum at Ho Kee Pau (和记包) in Geylang

 Having a feast of dim sum for dinner. The shop opens until late at night. I tried the basic siu mai (燒賣) and the famous chives dumpling (鲜虾韭菜饺). Also eaten by me was the delicious egg tart (蛋撻) and the glutinous rice  (糯米雞) or lo mai kai.

Siu mai rating: 9.5/10
Lo mai kai: 8.5/10
Chives dumpling: 10/10 perfect 10 for generous portion and tastiness
Egg Tart: 9.5/10

The Chives dumpling are my favourite.
 Fried prawn dumpling: 9/10

Awesome dim sum at a convenient location. It's walking distance from Aljuneid MRT station.

Power Nasi Lemak-Singapore

The famous Nasi Lemak stall in Boon Lay market, aka Power Nasi Lemak.

Cost SGD3.50. I ordered the chicken set. Rating 9/10. Great sambal and fried chicken.

old town white coffee - street food

The popular Old Town White Coffee franchise in Malaysia serve streetfood.

 The food most synonymous with Malaysia, Nasi Lemak. Rating: 8.5/10

The menu of the white coffee

A cup of White Coffee. Rating 8.5/10 

Menu of dessert, ice kacang.

Ice Kacang with Rose Syrup. Rating 9/10

Chendul with Gula Melaka. Rating 7/10

Penang most iconic streetfood

Hmm, hard to nail down...

The oyster ommellete perhaps is the best. At this restaurant though, a seafood restaurant, the cook pretty much nailed it. Rating: 9.8/10. 

Generous topping of large osysters, shallots, spring onions and eggs.

At Teluk Kumbar Seafood restaurant.

Or is it the Char Koay Teow or Hokkien Prawn mee. At Golden City Coffeeshop in Reservoir Garden Penang. 

Char Koay Teow 9.5/10. 

Hokkien mee 9/10

A Indian Muslim Mee Rebus at Balik Pulau is perhaps one of the best Mee Rebus I tasted. They use squid gravy as the sauce, with Indian fitters, hard boiled egg, bean sprouts and tofu. 

9.5/10 (just because of the unique squid broth)

Another famous dish of Penang is the Assam Laksa. Voted top 20 street food by CNN and featured by Anthony Bourdain's show. Influenced by Thai and Malay dishes, this Penang Chinese version doesn't use curry but soup is made from fish. Somehow the fishy smell of the soup contrasts very well with herbs/vegetables like pineapple, onions, Vietnamese mint, cucumbers and torch ginger flower. 

At this particular laksa from the famous Ayer Itam market, rating 9.5/10