Just like in every aspect of the Peranakan life, the art of cooking is an articulation of the multifaceted cultural diversity.

While mainly Hokkien, many local ingredients such as daun pandan (pandan leaf), ketumbar (corrainder), asam (tamarind) and belachan (shrimp paste) is instituted into the recipes of the Peranakan culinary repertoire.

Below are a sample of possible Peranakan dishes. Base on the freshest ingredients available during different times of the year, most guests end up with the ‘chef’s’ recommended menu for the evening!

Soup
Hee Peow Soup
A tasty soup laden with fish maw, fishball and cabbage

Tepong Tahu Soup
Minced pork with tahu and shrimp

Itek Tim
Salted vegetable (kiam chye) with duck

Papaya Masak Titek
Young papaya cooked with shrimps

Chap Chye
A typical peranakan mixed vegetable dish specially prepared in a tasty prawn stock

Duck
Itek Sio
A classic Nonya duck dish sweetened with corriander, sugar and black sauce

Pork
Babi Tatyu
Simmered pork with black sauce and sugar. Served with dried beancurd

Chicken
Ayam Panggang with Chilli Sambal
Barbequed chicken cooked with dried chilli and coconut

Ayam Curry
Chicken curry

Ayam Pong Tay
Chicken cooked in persevered bean paste with cinnamon bark

Ayam Buah Keluak
Braised chicken flavored with tumeric, galangal and lemongrass cooked with Indonesian black nuts

Beef
Beef Redang
Tender beef cubes prepared in rich coconut milk spiced with ginger. Lemongrass, lime leaves and a dash of curry powder.

Beef Curry

Mutton curry

Mixed Meat
Devil Curry
Sausage, chicken, bacon, roast pork cooked with carrots and potatoes.

Fish
Ikan Goreng Chilli Garam
Fish fried with chilli and salt.

Ikan Kuah Lada
Sting ray cooked with lemon grass, tamrind, galangal, pepper seed, tumeric and shrimp paste

Otak Otak
Fishcake prepared with tumeric, lime leaves, galangal, chilli, candlenuts and shrimp paste

Ikan Tempara
Fish fried with big onions and black sauce

Ikan Goreng Assam
Fish fried with tamarind and salt

Ikan Chuan Chuan
Fish fried with bean paste

Sweet & Sour Fish
Deep fried whole seabass fillets cooked to a golden brown topped with Asian sauce

Ikan Panggang Chilli Pedas
Pan fried halibut with sambal served with a homemade cinchalok

Prawn/Squid
Udang Kuah Pedas Nanas
Tiger prawns gently cooked in a tasty pineapple gravy

Udang Goreng Chilli Sambal
King prawns fried with chilli paste

Black Pepper Prawns
King prawns marinated with black pepper

Sotong Goreng Hitam
Fresh baby squid cooked in its own ink and tamarind gravy

Sambal prawns
Stir fried prawns in rich, hot and spicy chilli paste

Vegetables
Samal Bendy
Ladies fingers served with hot and tasty shrimp sauce

Kai Lan/Kang kong Lemak
A choice or kai lan or kangkong and sweet potato gently cooked in coconut milk with dried shrimp and chilli paste

Sayur Lemak
Cabbage, long beans, taukuah , tang hoon, prawns cooked with coconut and spices

Dessert
Pulut Hitam with Mata Kuching
Black glutinous rice served with dried longans

Kachang Ijor
Green bean cooked in a flavorful coconut milk

Red bean soup

Kueh Kueh
An assortment of traditional Nonya cakes

Fruit Platter
A variety of fruits

Bubur Terigu
Barley cooked with coconut milk and brown sugar