East Asian food language wiki

Language translation of some cuisine from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and China.

• *nasi - cooked rice
• *goreng - fried
• *ayam - chicken
• *lemak - creamy (from coconut milk)
• *mie (miàn)- noodles (Indonesian/Malay: mie, Chinese: miàn)
• *char - stir fried (Cantonese)
• *kway teow (guǒ tiáo)- flat rice noodles (Hokkien: kway teow, Mandarin: guǒ tiáo)
• *chow (chǎo) - stir fried (Cantonese: chow, Mandarin: chǎo)
• *lo (lāo)- stirred (Cantonese: lo, Mandarin: lāo)
• *mian (miàn)- noodles (Mandarin)
• *la (lā)- to pull or stretch (refers to hand-pulled noodles)

Some dishes made up of above words

• *chow mein
• *hokkien mie (Hokkien referring to region)
• *mie goreng 
• *nasi lemak ayam goreng
• *nasi goreng
• *mee siam (Siam referring to region)
• *char kway teow
• *la mian