mee chiang kueh

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Teochew 麵煎粿面煎粿 (min7 ziang1 guê2), from (min7, “noodle”) + (ziang1, “pan fried”) + 粿 (guê2, “rice cake, pastry-like snack”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˌmiː ˌt͡sjaŋ ˈkwe/, [ˌmi˩ ˌt͡ɕjäŋ˨˧ ˈkwe˦˨]

Noun

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mee chiang kueh

  1. (Singapore, Malaysia) A thick, sweet pancake, usually with a filling of peanut, coconut or red bean.
    • 2003 10 September, R. W. Apple Jr., “ASIAN JOURNEY; Snacker's Paradise: Devouring Singapore's Endless Supper”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Before we left Tiong Bahru, whose stall holders are all ethnic Chinese, we tasted further evidence of the Asian genius for making a lot from a little, in the form of mee chiang kueh, a thick pancake filled with coconut and peanuts crushed before our eyes in an ancient heroically clanking and banging contraption.