There was an interesting series of comments one of the previous posts where one of the readers, James, made the remark that my use of the word "marvellicious" was exactly the same word that his daughter uses. Of course, marvellicious is not an official word in the Oxford Dictionary. It was merely a combination of "marvellous" and "delicious". Then he went on to tell me about other words that his daughter uses like "Shiok a doo doo" and "Bombastic".
I thought it would be fun to find out what is everyone's favourite word when you come across something really tasty. I suspect that "Shiok" might be a popular one or perhaps you have a better and more imaginative superlative you care to share?
lol @ shiok a doo doo. That's a cute one!
ReplyDeleteMy pet words are "yummilicious" and "shiok-ilicious". When describing good creamy chocolate, it'd be either "chocolatey" or "chocolicious". Yeah, not terribly creative, I know. But they work!
Mine is "wah! song!"
ReplyDeleteSi Bei Jo Jiak!
ReplyDeleteKan Pua Ho Jiak!
Wah Lan Eh!
Oiishii, neh!! when its Japanese food ... picked up from Japan hour, what else.
ReplyDeleteIf not, then its shiokadoo!
"si beh song ah!!"
ReplyDelete"this is good stuff"
"woah.." with eyes closed.. :)
You actually say "song" for food? Its more like a word for when you getting a massage or something and they manage to press on the right spot right?
ReplyDeleteI learnt this from an ex-colleague a long time ago..."shiokalingam"...thought it was cute and so Singaporean!
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I haven't heard that one for a long time! However, you do know that "lingam" actually means the male organ in Sanskrit right? So, Shiok-a-lingam has a pretty dubious connotation.
ReplyDeleteas Pua Chu Kang puts it "FWAH !!"....i like to use "Fwahlala" though
ReplyDeleteFwahlala !!
Chic Kong Kong !! (thunder and lightning)
yeh...,weird man i am...mooohahahah
Oh yah..."shiokalingam". I remember that :)
ReplyDeleteSide track a bit but still on the topic of food lingo. In my previous company, I had some colleagues who were very creative in incorporating food into their dialogue.
One phrase is “kenna the kopi” – used to describe when one has a rude awakening. Eg “When Ah Seng saw his phone bill for this month, he really kenna the kopi!”
Another phrase is “jiak kali kway”, meaning eat curry chicken – used to describe a depressing situation cos curry chicken is sometimes served at wakes. Eg “Luckily we managed to salvage that service failure, otherwise sure jiak kali kway already.”
my son loves to describe it as yummilicious and I love using it too.
ReplyDeleteWas it makansutra that came up with die die must try or has it been around forever.
ReplyDeleteI used the phrase Max Ommphh before which I got from an old Boh Tea ad where they described the Tea as having Ommmph!
Powere!
ReplyDeleteTok Kong arrrr !!
ReplyDeleteKiong ahh..
ReplyDeleteeating something really good is as good as hitting the right spot.. song ah!!
ReplyDeletedidn't u have something like a "unami" spot or something like tat? :P
"woahhhhhh."
ReplyDelete*close eyes and smile and savour the taste in the mouth. - I don't react very vocally to food; but only rave about it nonstop after that. lol
with the food still in the mouth, i just go "Mmmmmmmmmmmmm......."
ReplyDeletebackground burst into flames and screams out "tai-hao-chi le!"
ReplyDeleteMamma Mia
ReplyDeleteShiokadem
Pang Arh
"kow bee soh"
ooh lala
gosh
Mmm
Damn good
yum yum
Superb or super duper
Best men !!
umami is the savoury taste iirc...
ReplyDeleteLOL background burst into flames and screams out "tai-hao-chi le" is MIAO SHOU XIAO CHU SHI!! de cartoon whereby when the food really very kena, then they will swim in the ocean / fly among the stars, etc...
for me i'll just close my eyes and "Mmmm..." or open my eyes in wonder and "Mmmm!!!" -.o
"wah lao....sibei hiong, this (food)."
ReplyDeletethis is heavenly...
ReplyDeleteeither wah biang! chieng ar!!(in cantonese)
ReplyDeleteor 'this is it!!!!!'
some of the exclaimations sounds like activities other than eating... heh heh..
ReplyDeletefavorite expressions:
1. Yummers!
2. Shiokers!
and
3. *pinch thumb and middle finger together* mmmmmmmpphh....!!
Moh Tuck teng!!
ReplyDelete-jie
ReplyDeletealot of of foodie cartoons have 情節 like that :P
Woah, sart!
ReplyDeleteooo lala lala.
ReplyDelete"wah! shiok ah...MMMMMM!"
ReplyDelete"damn power sia!"
i use...... "SHIOKALAOSAI"!
ReplyDeleteHey Leslie,
ReplyDeleteWhy not, we organize a competition, where people could submit pictures of their facial expressions when eating good food? The pics could be judged based on a few criteria like humour, how convincing it is, etc etc
Then the top 3 gets a prize...
I feel that this is a good way to let ALL readers of this blog participate
What say you and every one else here?
you jiak pa bo sai pang is it?
ReplyDeleteMucho Excellente~!
ReplyDeletei say yummerdoodles.
ReplyDeleteNOM!
ReplyDeletei always say " wow, so tasty leh!"
ReplyDeletehmmm how about song song gao jurong?
ReplyDeleteWah, soliddd!
ReplyDeleteFor me and my brothers. it has always been.
ReplyDeleteHARDCORE MAN!
I think my eyes widen involuntarily and i breathlessly utter "omigod, this is so sedap". then before i waste time talking further, my motor neurons kick into overdrive and mouth goes to work again, munching / slurping audibly more of the oishi goodness.
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