Hawker-centre dishes and food words every Singaporean knows.

• makanto eat, or food in general (from Malay) — "let's go makan!"
• kopicoffee, traditionally brewed with condensed milk and sugar
• kopi-oblack coffee with sugar, no milk ('o' = none, from Hokkien)
• kopi-ccoffee with evaporated milk and sugar ('c' = Carnation/fresh milk)
• tehtea, usually made with condensed milk (from Malay/Hokkien)
• teh tarik'pulled' milk tea, poured between cups for a frothy top
• chicken riceHainanese chicken rice — poached chicken with fragrant rice, a national dish
• char kway teowstir-fried flat rice noodles with egg, cockles and bean sprouts
• laksaspicy coconut-curry noodle soup with prawns and cockles
• roti pratacrispy fried flatbread served with curry for dipping
• bak kut tehpeppery pork-rib soup ('meat bone tea' in Hokkien)
• dabaoto take away / order to-go (from Cantonese) — "one chicken rice, dabao!"