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Char Kway Teow: Smoke, Sweet Soy, and a Wok That Means Business
If your kitchen doesn't smell like a hawker stall after you make this, you went too easy on the heat. Char kway teow needs a ripping hot wok, a...
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Shrimp
Shrimp the Moe Train way: fast, hot, and seasoned like it matters.
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Pad Thai: Tamarind, Shrimp, and a Wok on Full Blast
Pad thai lives or dies on its sauce, and that sauce is a tug of war in a bowl. Tamarind pulls it sour. Palm sugar pulls it sweet. Fish sauce pulls it...
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Curry Laksa: The Coconut Noodle Soup That Clears Your Whole Schedule
Laksa is the bowl I order when I want everything at once. Heat, coconut, noodles, shrimp, chicken, a broth you keep going back to with the spoon long...
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Nasi Goreng: The Indonesian Fried Rice That Ruins All Other Fried Rice
If you grew up around Indonesian food, you did not choose nasi goreng. Nasi goreng chose you. It is the national dish of Indonesia, which is a big...
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Mee Siam
Thin rice noodles drowned in a gravy that is sour, spicy, sweet, and funky all at once. Mee siam is the kind of dish that separates the tourists from...