The Health Guru

Facts, Hints, Tips, Advice and Inspiration on everything to do about health & weight loss.

Nutrition Info: Calories in Char Siew Pork Rice

“Char siu” means “fork burn/roast” named after the traditional method of cooking long seasoned strips of pork on a fork over fire. Char siew pork rice is served with slices of char siu, sliced cucumber, white rice and covered in a sweet gravy or dark soy sauce.  Generally you can choose steamed white rice or […]

Nutrition Info: Calories in Thunder Tea Rice

Thunder Tea Rice

I cannot believe it’s taken me this long to try THUNDER RICE TEA! I love it… What is it? It’s a selection of ingredients (vegetables and protein) that are finely chopped and served on top of either brown or white rice (of course I chose brown).  The ingredients are completely up to the chef but […]

Nutrition Info: Char Kway Teow

Char kway teow is a favourite south east asian dish prepared in many variations depending on if you are in Singapore, Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Sarawak) or Indonesia where it’s known as Kwetiau Goreng. For me personally, it was the first Singapore hawker food that I tried – I even remember that I purchased it at […]

Nutrition Info: Hokkien Mee

Singapore style Hokkien Mee

  Hokkien Mee is a fried noodle dish popular in Singapore and throughout Malaysia.  However – when you order in both countries you are likely to get many different meals!  So confusing!  Hokkien Mee Singapore style uses a mixture of yellow egg and white rice noodles that are stir fried in lard and served dry […]

Nutrition Information: Nasi Lemak

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Nasi Lemak is the national dish of Malaysia (that’s an unofficial statement!)  It’s available everywhere you look any time of the day – breakfast, second breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, supper – I think you get the picture!  Best of all, it’s extremely versatile and can be served with anything and everything from […]


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