What do you get when you take people of Chinese origin, plant them in British/Dutch colonies in South Asia and stir in local, i.e. Indonesian and Malay, as well as Japanese and Indian influences? You get Peranakans (that literally translates to ‘descendants’), and a cuisine that has soaked up the best of the many worlds it has been exposed to.
Originally Chinese migrants, Peranakans moved to the colonies of Malaya and Indonesia in the 15th and 16th centuries and married locally while imbibing local cultures and influences. With such varied influences, it is no wonder that Peranakan cuisine is as unique as it is familiar, and Singapore, one of the world’s smallest nations, is where you can find the best of it.
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