Bak Chor Mee Made Out Of Bak Choy, According To This Clueless Chap Talk about a case of mistaken identity. A Malaysian Redditor moved to Singapore 3 months ago and missed out on one of the island’s favourite dishes, bak chor mee (minced meat noodles), all because he was lost in translation. Upon hearing the name of the dish, the Redditor assumed that it was made from bak choy, a type of leafy green. He writes, For the longest time, I could not fathom why Singaporeans were absolutely in love with what I imagined was a bland, bitter vegetable noodle that (in my mind) resembled wanton mee with no char siew or wanton or meat, just the veggie. The Redditor continues, Whenever I hear bak chor mee, my mind instantly translates it to bak choy mee, which sounds absolutely disgusting. He explains that he was confused by the name because he doesn’t know Hokkien and speaks mostly English as well as conversational Cantonese. The queue that saved the day u/fabricational finally got to try bak chor mee when he saw a long queue at a hawker centre. Not knowing what he was queuing for, the Redditor eventually settled for pointed to an item on the […]
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