CRAZY RICH PERANAKAN FOOD IN SINGAPORE! Baba Nyonya Foods to Try

RICH PERANAKAN FOOD in Singapore! Try the most delicious Baba Nyonya cooking at luxury Singaporean restaurants.
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Peranakan Food is rich in flavors and beautiful in presentation! It is one of the most diverse and distinctive of all local cuisines. It's a fusion of Chinese, Malay and Indonesian food. And it's absolutely DELICIOUS! Must-try when in Singapore! Baba refers to a Peranakan male. Nyonya for Peranakan female. These foods are also referred to as Baba Nyonya Cuisine.
The two Singapore restaurants we visited:
The Peranakan Restaurant Singapore (Highly recommend, wonderful staff and food!)
Address: 442 Orchard Rd, Level 2 Claymore Connect, Singapore 238879
Violet Oon Satay Bar & Grill
Address: 3B River Valley Rd, #01-18, Clarke Quay, Singapore 179021
The music was so loud in the second restaurant I had to cut the review short, but I really recommend the Violet Oon beef rendang!
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[@AO-iv6yr]

Rough translation of the malay song: *Banyaklah campuran ada di dalam nasi ini--* There are many ingredients/components in this rice dish (the nasi ulam dish) - *sayur sama ikan, sama daun-daun yang wangi.* vegetables, fish and aromatic leaves. *Makan sedap rasa badan nak mampu jadi segar,* Eating the dish, you feel that it is delicious and that it makes you healthy, *Tapi baik mau jaga, Neo lalu pun nanti tak sedar.* But it is good to be careful (do not be too engrossed with eating), because your mother-in-law may pass you by and you may not take notice of her (manners is very important in the peranakan family and it is not a good thing to not acknowledge one's elders). A very well thought-out song!! 😄

[@bennytenpin]

LOL. Luv it! When do you eat with Jackie Chan......er, I mean Mikey, Strictly Dumpling? 🥟

[@goldenginger257]

i see what you did eheheh

[@FoodandFootprints]

That pork looks amazing! That flavor combo of Malay, Chinese and Indonesian has to be incredible

[@liongkienfai104]

@Jacky Phantom Not really. Malay is an ethnic group. Indonesia is a nationality. Anyone can be Indonesian if they go through the Indonesian immigration process. Becoming Malay may take several generations of acculturation and assimilation, unachievable in a single lifetime.

[@louisboulton]

How do you always looks so great love the description of the food as well xx ❤️😁

[@natalyam5778]

1:12 her singing made me happy 😭✨

[@venom5809]

They should cast you in the next Crazy Rich Asians, that would be so amazing.

[@CupofTJ]

THAT WOULD BE A DREAAAM

[@dattack1970]

Maybe just crazy asian.

[@JaniceFung]

WOW. the editing in this video is insane. i love it so much. the desserts look so amazeballs

[@CupofTJ]

Ty Janice 😍😍😍🙏🏻

[@JaniceFung]

@@CupofTJ omg HELLO TJ! 😳😍😍

[@mansoureh]

I love how you recreated The movie hahahaha you made me laugh

[@yiminchen1988]

peranakan food looks like a lot, confusing at times but don’t be intimidated. It is really a good blend of spices that gives the just nice amount of flavour, in short its aromatic food.

[@johnpirie2583]

Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 love the dress great colours for you and your hair looks 😘 another great video sunshine

[@SeanHendy]

Beef rendang, deserves it's own video. The list of ingredients, the cooking time, and rendering down of the sauce to an intense thick 'gravy', it's an amazing dish. It has regularly been voted as the number one dish in the world. If I could, I'd eat it every day.

[@Corkylife2021]

Great all round vlog from the fashion show to the food, you rock tj

[@MelvinSimKH]

Tripe satay is very much a street food which was then brought into the restaurant. In fact, this is about the only restaurant I know of which serves tripe satay. If you are looking for this at the hawker centre, you will need to look for a Malay satay stall. I have not seen any Chinese satay sellers selling this. In Malay, it is called babat. This may or may not be listed on the menu and you may have to ask for it. One of my favourites.

[@adamchaumont878]

Thanks for making videos. Also love the new look !

[@CupofTJ]

Thank you for watching Adam!

[@Alex-nd4ye]

Your videos make me curious of trying new foods again,thank you ❤️

[@蔡偉隆-b9s]

Wow. I really wanna try everything from this video. Yell to the sky,"I'm so hungry". Nice video again.

[@30AndAWakeUp]

So good TJ -- thank for sharing your experience.

[@riverbeee9643]

I love these little historical, cultural food lessons! Like, I've never seen a pandan plant, whhaaaa? Gimme more, gimme more! I watched all the ads for you~ 🤣

[@CupofTJ]

Aw THANK YOU MEL

[@annecorey607]

Best foods in the world is in Singapore you can eat any foods you like spicy food fresh healthy foods and lots of nice fruits fresh all the time thank you for sharing your beautiful foods enjoy your holiday there thanks

[@prissyp01]

Love this 😍

[@share_accidental]

pandan leaves are such a great plant that my family can grow even though we’re typical singaporeans living in a HDB flat! i guess living in a corner unit helps as we have more corridor space

[@MoreLocations]

1:12 Wow... very entertaining. Delicious foods and she is very nice with great talent. Love it 👍🏻😊

[@CupofTJ]

❤️❤️❤️

[@chellove51]

I really love all your videos so much! You have so much joy for food and a respect for the cultures that produce various cuisines! and the way you describe the flavors and textures is so amazing! Much love for all the hard work you put into making this channel so authentic to who you are!

[@CupofTJ]

Thank you so, so much Chelsea. I really appreciate your sweet comment ❤️

[@conradenrico9528]

u make all d food taste soo good. makes me hungrey ahahah

[@liongkienfai104]

I'm a Peranakan from Indonesia. Thanks for showcasing my family's culture! :)

[@liongkienfai104]

@Jack Jacky It's not unique to those places, but they are the loudest about it.

[@liongkienfai104]

@Jack Jacky ​ In regards to Indonesia, Peranakan Chinese can be referred to as Peranakan, Kiauseng, Babah, and other terms depending on the region. For Peranakan fashion you can search Kebaya Encim and Batik Lasem/Batik Tionghoa. Encim is how the Peranakan Chinese here call their aunties. And Lasem is a town on Java's northern coast that has had Chinese settlement since the Ming dynasty. In fact, you can book an Airbnb at the Oei's estate in Lasem. For historical, you can search admiral Cheng Hoo's voyages to Indonesia. Including Palembang, Banten/Tangerang, Surabaya, and other places. Or how Chinese pirates like Liang Daoming became king of Palembang at some point. There's also the Lanfang Republic, a Chinese company and pseudo country that was located in West Kalimantan during the 1700s-1800s. For culinary, you can search Soto Betawi/Coto Makassar, Pempek Palembang, Laksa Banjar/Laksa Bogor, Lontong Cap Go Me, Kue Ku, Kue Keranjang, and many others. For linguistic, you can refer to the dialect of Javanese spoken by Chinese in Surabaya called Bahasa Pasar Atom. The diction and pronunciation are distinct from other Javanese Surabayan speakers. For traditions, you can search Pernikahan Ciotau and Festival Cioko. For peoples and families, you can refer to the Kapitan Cina system, the Kwee Family of Ciledug, Khouw Family of Tamboen, other Baba Bangsawan families, Chriseye, or Djiaw Kie Siong. For organisations, you can refer to PERTIWI (Peranakan Tionghoa Warga Indonesia), Benteng Heritage Museum, Museum Pustaka Peranakan Tionghoa. I am an Indonesian Chinese Peranakan myself, and your know it all attitude despite not being Indonesian is quite condescending and obnoxious. Please stop.

[@liongkienfai104]

@Jack Jacky 😒

[@colaborari]

Love your video TJ!🤗🤗🤗 Hugs from London

[@CupofTJ]

TY Cristian!

[@makkalmanasi4370]

Try some Indian dishes also

[@skate2ice]

You are my favorite movie star!! Love me a cup of TJ!!!

[@CupofTJ]

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[@elsalisa146]

The food at the second restaurant looked really good to me. I liked the little radish appetizer and I really like tripe it would be interesting to try it as sate’

[@fortunarasa3583]

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[@Alucarddraconis]

Looked wonderful. Especially the tripe. Also I love your extra bits at the end of your episodes.

[@alexandrakatharinamuller5559]

If I could press the Thumb up button 100 times I would do it! Amazing

[@billosterjr.3848]

Very lovely oh and the food looked great too. Would like to try a little of everything at least once. They say A wonderful way to learn about the people and culture when traveling is trying the traditional dishes.

[@usagimoon.x.o6256]

Yay, first video of the day I clicked on 💜

[@CupofTJ]

YAY hii :D

[@blwn231]

Love all your videos! Keep up the great work!!

[@bicali_pierfishing1567]

Hello sweetie happy Sunday you are amazing💕😍

[@danhoward6693]

Great video. Can't wait to see the next one.

[@FoodandFootprints]

Ohhh all that lemongrass in the nasi goreng!

[@TayTay220]

The Pork and the tripe sate at the end - I would try those :D

[@itz_e6902]

Love your channel

[@russellpradia]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@sunnynewyork7961]

Funny start .. luv ur video's

[@criskity]

Though it's commonly used, a proper Singapore Sling has no soda water. The froth comes from pineapple juice that's shaken into the mix.

[@edtollesonjr3426]

Love you and this video keep up the great work. You are the best looking dish on this video.

[@haruzanfuucha]

Nope, not the 19th century. The Chinese that immigrated during the 19th century Qing Dynasty became the ancestors of the modern day Malay archipelago overseas Chinese such as Indonesian-Chinese, Malaysian-Chinese, Singaporean-Chinese, and Southern Thai-Chinese. The Peranakan are descended from a much earlier arrival dating back to the Ming Dynasty during the 15th and 17th centuries. Although Chinese settlement can be traced back all the way to 10th century - the Chinese from this earliest era have completely assimilated into the Malay populace. The Ming Dynasty settlers were primarily Han Chinese men from Southern Fujian province commonly known as Hokkien or Hoklo (the same group that make up the majority of Chinese in the Philippines and Taiwan today). These men married Malay women as Chinese women were very rare. They adopted Nusantara customs which they fused with their own Chinese cultures which generated a distinct fashion, architecture, cuisine, and even pidgin language known as Baba Malay.

[@just_me5211]

I loved it....and ur energy too...u r just osmmmmmmm

[@maryford6934]

I gotta say your one of my favorite KZbinrs. I just love how your so down to earth. And your always so funny. And your very beautiful. Wish I looked like you. 😊

[@CupofTJ]

Thank you Mary that is so sweet ❤️

[@maryford6934]

@@CupofTJ your welcome

[@Nyka1993]

You are a funny ! Never get bored watching you All the food look amazing ! I’m in bed crying for satay pork !!! 🍢🍹

[@minniemouse2742]

You had me at your first bite of that pork dish :)

[@Eludia]

This food looks amazing! Although I'm not sold on the tripe lol. My Mum adores tripe, here in the UK she eats it with loads of vinegar & white pepper, which is how she was brought up eating it.

[@nanatayang954]

Looking pretty with tht hair and dress TJ😊

[@MyAlienX]

Love it!

[@CupofTJ]

:)

[@irena-talita]

I love watching you videos ..love how you love food and your description of all the dishes ..your always lots of fun,your fabulous ...xx💗🤗

[@CupofTJ]

Thank you ☺️❤️

[@irena-talita]

CupofTJ Yw 💖

[@cathytran6902]

I want to try everything you tried it looks so good

[@Vankotimanusvanij]

The restaurants look amazing.

[@wl88168]

14:07 nonya kuih pie tee aka nonya top hats

[@Righteous1ist]

So much good food

[@Towkeeyoh]

Lol .. her "Rendang".. so cute..

[@kianmetarudesu9572]

Looking great. I love peranakan food. N pretty gutsy of you to go for the buah keluak nut cos it can b an acquired taste n some ppl can't stand it. I love it though. Haha

[@byteme9718]

Chinese people were settled in what is now Malaysia and Singapore well before the 19th century. Before even what are now considered Malays.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

A new video from you, Miss TJ, always makes my day or night happier and more exciting! Not to mention I get my daily dose of extreme cute from watching you in action... :)

[@CupofTJ]

Awww :') THANK YOU!

[@tonymmm2850]

Hi tj food made me hungry the pork is my favorite, plus love your dress thanks

[@nicholastriani6980]

Oh myyyyyyyyyy tj that hair wooooo girl!!😍

[@outpostorange9580]

Such good outtakes

[@Wendychin23]

Earlyyy birddd. Its 12:30 now here in the philippines hahaha

[@CupofTJ]

HIIIII

[@Wendychin23]

@@CupofTJ omggg😍😍💕 Hi. Love from philippines💕💙

[@jayemesdisey4814]

I'm working in Taiwan now your home town 🙂 hope we met someday here🙂

[@martinkullberg6718]

I would like those dishes of the first restaurant you ate, they looked mouth wattery🤤 I liked the color of the rice. Question was that desert plant supposed as decoration or to envellop the food in? You almost said " let's dig in cause I'm so hungryy " when you said your so hungry.😆

[@itsnancyy21]

Ahh I love you TJ!

[@clockstrikedtwelve]

I'm half Peranakan and loving this! Yummmm! Try Indian next! :)

[@alonzogutierrez7390]

i love you TJ Lee!!!

[@paulthorley792]

holy smokes TJ :D I would try all of those dishes. and you are looking pretty amazing, or is that amazingly pretty :)

[@glen68326]

the dress is beautiful!!!

[@AO-iv6yr]

Sorry, you got some of the info wrong. 1) It is nasi ulam, not nasi goreng. Ulam means salad. Also you said the colouring of the rice is not due to stir frying but due to the sambal added - this is also wrong. You need to actually stir-fry the rice in the sambal or as we call it in this case, rempah, before you can get this colour. The veggies however, are normally just added at the last minute, as you have explained. 2) You said that the nut had to go through processing before it could be what it was in the dish. The uncooked nut or buah keluak that you were holding is actually already in its final 'processed' form. All that was needed to be done was to cook it. Of course, you will have to cut a hole in the shell, dig out the contents, mash the contents and put it back in the nut, because it is impossible to eat it nicely without mashing the black stuff within the nut. 3) The fried cups you were eating with the prawn (you call it shrimp in America) on top are kueh pie tee, a nyonya dish and is only available at certain places in Singapore. Generally, peranakan food is home-cooked food. We're lucky nowadays to have peranakan restaurants. Some final points: 1) For all those who are new to Asian cuisine, the bones are very important in Asian cooking. Unless the dish calls for filleted meat, it is unacceptable to use fillets in Asian cuisine. The bones impart a gorgeous flavour to the dish that you can't get without the bones. Also, if the fish is deep fried or pan fried, you would get some areas of the fish that are really crispy such that the bones would be edible - same for other seafood such as unshelled prawns. 2) Pork, particularly pork belly, is the best meat for satay, though mutton is awesome too. The springy texture of the meat together with the moistness of the fat provides the perfect conduit for the dish satay. Glad that the restaurants you went to had pork for satay, something you obviously won't find in Malay (muslim) eateries. I am so happy you appreciated the food. Most people who are not familiar with such tastes might find it unpalatable.

[@CupofTJ]

Such good points!! Thank you!!

[@nicrulez12345]

wow. im of peranakan heritage too but ive learnt alot from ur comment. (my dad's side is peranakan and i dont get to eat homecooked food from that side of the family). i get my peranakan fix at violet oon at bukit timah (clarke quay's too ex). In the past Jackie's Bowl near St Pat's had gd P. food too.

[@digit6445]

You're the best dish TJ. ;)

[@StrumentoGearon]

Wow, are you still in Singapore?

[@Towkeeyoh]

Man.. these places... quite atas sia..

[@vonlipi]

I would love to try the satay

[@peterleemd1]

Thanks for taking us along on your foot adventures. You look beautiful in you dress

[@MrHixz]

my o my very befitting dress you got there, cik TJ :D

[@richardking9621]

You know that its hard to concentrate on the food when you are looking so damn cute!

[@russellpradia]

CJ...2Damn cute, very funny😍

[@FIREJACK888]

Would highly appreciate if U would always add the price U paid and Name and Address of the Restaurants, so we can compare with prices in our city Las Vegas. Thanks.

[@teerayutpramaso7846]

รัก💕TJ

[@tailunghsiang2301]

You should try the original Peranakan foods in Malacca , Malaysia , there got " real deal" Peranakan foods.

[@CupofTJ]

I need to go to Malaysia for sureeee

[@keffinsg]

From your logic, you are not real deal Chinese. Why do you identify so loyally with a country that treats you like a second class citizen?

[@tailunghsiang2301]

@@keffinsg Nope, I'm Malaysian chinese. Honestly i was never being treated as second class citizen in Malaysia. Since i live in southern part of Malaysia, which is johor bahru, i got the chance to taste foods from both countries. Without bias, Malaysia's foods taste much better. This video shows about foods, don't drag those stupid political views into the topic. 希望你不是那些脑残的无毛党，这是有关食物的影视不要把那些主观狭隘的个人政治带进来。

[@veronham61]

S'pore also had Peranakans in the early days. Although some came from Malacca ,that doesn't mean all Peranakan food originated in Malacca because Peranakans had always come out with new dishes over a long period of time. I am sure some of the Peranakan food we hv today didn't exist in the 19th century or earlier. I had eaten at a Peranakan restaurant (亲切) in Malacca,it was not as tasty as what I hv in S'pore - maybe I went to the wrong restaurant.

[@veronham61]

@@tailunghsiang2301 身为新加坡人，我也觉得他不应该这样说马国的华人。我只是想说，我在马六甲也吃过娘惹餐，(可能选错了，餐馆店名是'亲切')老实说，真的只是一般，不怎么好吃，除了cendol. 在马国，也不是每一间餐馆都好吃，同样的在新加坡也不是每一间餐馆都不好吃。 你觉得新加坡食物不好吃是因为你已经习惯了自己的食物的味道。同样的一道食物，总会有人喜欢有人不喜欢。

[@dragonfx310]

Hey I can be your Nick! But my name is actually Manny. Close enough. I can see those acting classes paying off in this video though!

[@sandrakwon173]

Shrimp cup thing. I would love to try

[@toni-kaku]

Great selection of food. I saw the kueh pie tee but didnt see you eat it. Didnt you like it?

[@toni-kaku]

Oh i just saw you have it at Violet Oons in the second part.

[@CupofTJ]

I did! But I also tried it in the second restaurant so I put that one in :)

[@toni-kaku]

@@CupofTJ yeh i should have watched the whole video before commenting sorry. Great video 👍i love eating out in Singapore

[@richardkim1981]

Omg I miss my grandma 👵

[@kevinescherle]

The new hair makes you even cuter 😘

[@CupofTJ]

OH TY~

[@merchantprincess7010]

I love your hair! what shade of blonde exactly?

[@victorlui5955]

Cool video! Send noods!!! 😆

[@billjones65]

Which travel agency do you use? They seem to offer safe trips, nice.

[@CupofTJ]

We planned this on our own but this restaurant is listed in the description :)!

[@evanah8250]

One thing i must tell u..apart from the nonya dishes! 你越来越漂亮了🤩🤩

[@Es-gs1dm]

🤤 Fooooood

[@JaniceFung]

holy crap that barramundi looks juicy as! damn

[@lisawhitear6277]

Fabulous dress 👗

[@Rahul-ef2ou]

anyone else from best ever food reviews show

[@shannonmargaretbrott7524]

I hope you find your Nic.... here we say we hope we find our Boom.... My son is named Nic and he says 👋

[@relz888]

My suggestion is you put the name of the food in text because the way you said “sambal” was sound like “samba” which is a totally different meaning. Also when you said “randan” i believe you meant “rendang”. Sometimes pronunciation, especially foreign naming, can leads to misunderstanding

[@araikreva6535]

Pandan leaves is a natural roach deterant. Tie a bunch and place it at corners of your house to rid of them. I place em in my car. Perfumes my car at the same time

[@domaniquecrane633]

I just seen like 40 comments saying first😂😂

[@CupofTJ]

They are all winners

[@halonick]

7:06 'rendang' pronounced should rhyme with "urn" + "dung"