I have known for a long while now that a lot of the kakis you see on this blog are Teochew. Smart, Cactuskit, Fashionfoodie, Wahcow, Damien, Jencooks and Amagada, just to name a few from the top of my head. I myself am true blue 100% Teochew as well. So I am just wondering if it is just a matter of coincidence that our group happen to have a lot of Teochews or is it a representation of the wider audience reading the blog?
It would be fun to find out with a poll next week, but I would need to shortlist the top 5 dialect groups before we can start. So let us know which dialect group you belong to!
Dad's cantonese, mum's teochew!
ReplyDeleteWell then you are officially Cantonese. Or should I give everyone two choices when they poll? One for father and one for mother? The only problem with that is that if both parents are from the same dialect group, then you get only one vote.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it is better if we just stuck with the father's dialect group, in which case you would officially be Cantonese.
I'm hainanese.
ReplyDeleteHainanese number 2! :)
ReplyDeleteah...but what happens if your mum happens to be a great cook and you grew up being spoilt by your mum's food! :)
ReplyDeletedad's hokkien & mum is hakka..
ReplyDeleteteochew!
ReplyDeletesmokeduck is also 100% teochew
ReplyDeleteteochew + hainanese :)
ReplyDeleteTrue blue Teochew. :)
ReplyDeleteI think there are indeed quite a number of Teochews around!
ReplyDeleteieat should do a poll on the hawkers too! :)
ReplyDeleteBut they are not the ones who are reading the blog, so how to poll?
ReplyDeleteLet's stick to the readers first.
aii...next time when you go around, can ask lah!
ReplyDeleteofficially hokkien (dad's side), but mum's teochew.
ReplyDeleteteochew!
ReplyDeletei'm hokkien
ReplyDeleteAy Taukwa, I thought you in Europe?
ReplyDeleteIndian, but I LOVE Hokkien mee. Does that count? :-)
ReplyDeleteLet me be the first: Hockchew
ReplyDelete-> 1CSH AEP
Apologies Anonymous, we did not include Indians. But if there are many Indian readers, we will put into the poll. I know there are thousands of Indian dialects as well, so how?
ReplyDeleteHokkien+Teochew
ReplyDeleteCANTONese. :)
ReplyDeleteWill fly this friday morning.
ReplyDelete100 % Cantonese ...
ReplyDeleteTeochew ah hia!
ReplyDeleteBunny also Teochew *grin*
100% Teochew!
ReplyDelete100% Teo Chew!
ReplyDelete100% teochew too
ReplyDelete100% Teochew too!
ReplyDeleteI'm Hakka. =)
ReplyDeleteI'm 100% HAINANESE!
ReplyDeleteWell HappyFamilee, no doubt since your family make such great Hainanese Satay!
ReplyDelete100% hainanese!
ReplyDeleteI'm Teochew but half Hainanese....
ReplyDeleteDad Hainanese, Mom Cantonese! Combination of best two food groups.... :p
ReplyDeleteDad's Hokkien, but mother tongue is Teochew!
ReplyDelete100% Hainanese!!
ReplyDeleteI am Hakka & Cantonese :)
ReplyDeletecantonese!!
ReplyDeleteMy dad's Hakka and my mum's Hokkien =)
ReplyDeleteHokkien but no roots at all.
ReplyDeleteAppears that most of the readers here so far are Teochew or Hainanese. Interesting because according to official data, Hokkiens are far more numerous. Looks like either a) Hokkiens love to lurk, b) Hokkiens don't have Internet, c) Hokkiens hate Ieat, or d) Hokkiens are too busy working to go out of their way to eat good food.
I'm of choice d.
Canton-ese!
ReplyDeletecantonese!
ReplyDeleteHmm, I'm different then. Dad's Hockchew, Mum's Hokkien (with peranakan blood mixed into mum's blood). Grew up around peranakan food.
ReplyDeletetj han, I think that different dialect groups have different characteristics. For some, appreciation of good food is one dominant characteristic. Perhaps the Hokkiens do not place as much emphasis on food as they do on work or finance as you allude to. I think it is the same between the French and the English.
ReplyDeletehey theneelie, my dialect's e opp. of urs! =)
ReplyDelete100% Teochew!! according both sides' grandparents, there was never a break in the dialect bloodline... until my cousin married a Kiwi (tat's another story)!! As for me, i'm blessed, Wifey also 100% teochew ah muay!
ReplyDeleteYou really hardcore Teochew man! How often do you eat Teochew Muay?
ReplyDeleteDad - Hainanese
ReplyDeleteMum - Heng Hwa
Hub - Cantonese
Brought up - teochew estate
Cannot speak hainanese, can speak fluent Heng hwa, teochew and cantonese.
100% Hokkien. But more fluent in Teochew as hub is a true blue Teochew ah hia
ReplyDeleteI am a 100% Hainanese, hence the love for Hainanese chicken rice :P
ReplyDeleteperanakan hokkien father, hakka mother. Mom's cooking is heavily influenced by peranakan side of dad.
ReplyDeleteWua si hokkien lang.
ReplyDeleteP Chong, that is interesting. We know that Peranakans are particularly proud of their food heritage, so I am sure there are a lot of Peranakan Foodies, but they comprise many dialects. I feel that the Peranakan culture overshadows the dialect culture in most instances. Do you think that is true?
ReplyDeletedad's hainanese, mom's cantonese...
ReplyDeleteI definitely prefer hainanese food though.
there arent many of us around... but i guess i would like to see Hakka as one of the shortlisted groups
ReplyDeleteActually for such a small population, the Hakkas are pretty big on food. I think sumosumo is Hakka. Will see how many more Hakkas are online.
ReplyDeleteI'm Teochew as well :)
ReplyDeleteDad Hakka, Mom Cantonese.
ReplyDeleteAltough i can only speak cantonese as i have little exposure to Hakka given all my hakka relatives are in Malaysia.
I would expect singaproeans to be mostly Teochew or Hokkien, given that these are the southern provinces from which the Chinese migrants came to Singapore.
ijeff - there are both cantonese and hainanese chicken rice. although the hainanese chicken rice we get in singpore is totally different from what u can get in hainan itself...
ReplyDeletecantonese CR - i think the chicken is cooked to be bordering on undercooked, as the marrow is still bloody, whereas hainanese tends to cook the chicken more thoroughly? and i think the use of minced ginger as an accompaniment stems frmo cantonese cooking..?
sorry for the OT..
the hakkas are nomads. thats why they are known as 客家 people, literally guest family or guest people.
ReplyDeleteHi there Ieat,
ReplyDeleteI am from Malaysia, and I really enjoy visiting your blog. Seriously, I think you take one of the best food photos in this part of the world!
My dad is a Cantonese from Penang (therefore a minority in a predominantly Hokkien-speaking city), and my mum is a Henghwa from Ipoh (likewise a minority in a Cantonese-speaking city). Even the term "Cantonese" is misleading, as dad is actually Seiyap or Taishanese, and his dialect is unintelligible with "standard" Cantonese. However, the only dialect I can speak well is Cantonese, as I grew up in KL.
No matter. I grew up eating Hainanese, Hokkien, Teochew and other sorts of Chinese cuisines, not to mention Peranakan, Indian, Mamak, Malay etc etc.
Seriously, I do not see how my dialect identity has anything to do with my taste in food! I am a foodie who appreciates good food, period. Although I am not Teochew, you can bring me Teochew Moi with chai poh and braised pig's ears in soy sauce anytime, Teochew Ah Hia Ieat!!
Raymond
both mom and dad r hockchew. but not sure if many hockchew ppl are v particular about food.
ReplyDeletearmrd
teohock!
ReplyDeleteCantonese
ReplyDelete(but I like to call myself Can-Teochew! Dad's cantonese, mum's teochew, same as Liverpool. I speak better Teochew than Cantonese.)
Hainanese 100% :D
ReplyDeletehakka. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm Teochew too.
ReplyDelete100% Teochew as well.
ReplyDeletemy dad hakka, mum hokkien.but i speak teo chew cos close to my grandma
ReplyDeleteI'm a 100% Teochew too... both mum n dad r teochews and I married a Teochew Ah Pek who must have rice on every meal too... kekekeke..
ReplyDeleteI'm a 100% hokkien..=D
ReplyDeletewooo Teochew nang!! ima true blue teochew too..
ReplyDeletejust wanna say hi.. from Samuel hill camp north.. ex. wallaby 2008
You missing Singapore food Jeremy? Heard the Aussies serve pretty good grub there in their army camps
ReplyDelete50% Hainanese pork chop + 50% Teochew muey!
ReplyDeleteToothfairy is Teochew too.
ReplyDeleteAm 100% Teochew!
ReplyDeleteactually Teochew very particular abt food...
ReplyDeleteand especially enjoy good food... :p
though I'm hokkien but i'm brought up under strong influence of Teochew... most ard me consider me a teochew... (a mixture of both)... :)
Am shanghainess + hakka...
ReplyDeletewonder if there are any shanghainess pple here?
love the white goeey "Nian Gao"!!!
I'm Teochew
ReplyDeletedoesn't seem to be alot of cantonese around, guess i'l'l add myself to the list of cantonese :)
ReplyDeletePeranakan Hokkien. Grew up eating peranankan and malay food. I would love to see more of good malay and Indian food in your blog which is not often. But I still love to view your blog everyday as I'm basically a food lover!! From Apple
ReplyDeleteone hundred per cent HOKKIEN LANG! HUAT AH!
ReplyDeleteDad's Teochew, Mum's Hokkien.
ReplyDeleteCantonese
ReplyDeleteDad's Hokkien, Mum's Teochew, but i grew up in a teochew environment, so i am more towards teochew's side :P
ReplyDeleteDad's Hokkien, Mum's Hakka (but i speak cantonese with mum + relatives)
ReplyDeleteHakkah (Paternal) and Teochew (Maternal). But 100% teochew in soul!
ReplyDelete100% Hakka (Meixian)
ReplyDelete100% Cantonese.
ReplyDeleteI am teochew myself. Perhaps we could give fair representation to all groups. I think we can have maybe more than 5 dialect groups in the poll? Is that possible? This will give us a better overview of the demographics.=)
ReplyDeleteFrom what i have observed here, the major dialect groups represented here so far include the Hokkiens, Teochews, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakkas, Hockchew and Heng Hwa, about 7 groups. Any other known dialect groups that we may have missed out?
father & mother are teochews. paternal grandparents are teochews from 普宁 in china. maternal grandparents are teochews, not sure of the details.
ReplyDeleteHokkien..
ReplyDeleteHockchew - mix of both.
ReplyDeleteHainanese~!~! I haven't heard of a single hainanese who is not passionate abt food too :)
ReplyDeletei'm hokkien =)
ReplyDeleteteochew woot
ReplyDeleteActually, I thought that since Cantonese are also as crazy as the Teochews (if not more) about food, I assumed that there should be a disproportionate number of Cantonese here. But I was wrong.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the Chinese saying that one should marry in Suzhou (due to an abundance of beautiful girls), die in Liuzhou (due to good-quality wood for coffin found there) and eat in GUANGZHOU (for obvious reasons)? ;)
half hokkien half hainanese
ReplyDeletecantonese (paternal), teochew (maternal)
ReplyDeletebut see myself more as cantonese.
Chia chng eh teochew nang. Paternal side from Teng Hai, maternal Teo Yeo. Grew up in Malaysia, been in Singapore for the last 15 years.
ReplyDeleteBritish Born (and Raised except last 6 years working here in KL & SG) Hong Kong 100% Hakka! My mandarin is pretty much non-existent, but fluent in Cantonese and Hakka.
ReplyDeleteleslie, i think u should discount away those anonymous without any pen names. too many of those already.
ReplyDeleteHOCKCHEW!!
ReplyDeleteHOCKCHIA.
ReplyDeleteAny hockchias here? My dialect group is very rare & I have only tasted one traditional hockchia dish.
im 100% teochew!.. mum and dad's side both teochews
ReplyDeleteDad: Hokkien, M: Heng Hwa
ReplyDeleteSo that makes me Hokkien :-)
Teochew ah nia. :)
ReplyDelete100% pure teochew! but don't look and behave like one. :)
ReplyDeleteFather shanghaines
ReplyDeleteMother Teochew
I'm Teochew too!
ReplyDelete100% Hockchia here
ReplyDeleteWhat are the traditional HockChia dishes?
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have ever tasted any
Regards
100% Hockchia =D
Parents are Teochew, therefore i'm 100% Teochew! :)
ReplyDeleteHainanese
ReplyDeleteHokkian, but in no way kiam siap!
ReplyDeleteHAKKA girl :)
ReplyDeletecheerios
100% Hakka (meixian)
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