mee chiang kueh

English

Alternative forms

• mee jiang kueh, mee jiang kuih

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.