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And then how that archipelago then intersects with south India and Yemen.. is even more interesting to me. I enjoyed learning that nasi mandi is basically the Yemeni dish.. mandi. I’ve spent the early parts of my life obsessively learning about all of those places and their foods and migration stories.

If there’s one book I can recommend, it’s ’The food of the Singapore Malays’. It’s a giant tome. You can injure yourself if you drop it. What a work of art.

thefoodofsingaporemalays.com/

The Food of Singapore Malays by Khir Johari

This is not a cook book. It is the unwritten story of a people. The book explores their food, not just as a means of sustenance, but as a cultural activity. Inheriting the Nusantara's rich flavours, Singapore Malays have a grand culinary heritage reflecting their worldviews, social values and histor

www.thefoodofsingaporemalays.com · The Food of Singapore Malays

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Lately, there’s been some important work done by some folks there to celebrate the Indigenous foods of the Malay world.

Here’s a wonderful page on the food of the orang laut (the sea people): oranglaut.sg/our-food/

And here’s a page about the food culture of the Dayaks of West Kalimantan: slowfood.com/blog-and-news/the

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The Food of Orang Laut

The phrase ‘ikut hati kau’, or ‘follow your heart’, underlies the way we cook and sometimes, how we live.

oranglaut.sg · Orang Laut

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