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List of Singaporean inventions and discoveries

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This is a list of Singaporean inventions and discoveries.

Food, food techniques and cuisine

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Chilli crab
Kaya toast
Milo dinosaur

Food

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  • Bak chor mee, which translates to minced meat noodles, is a Singaporean noodle dish common in hawker centres. The noodles are tossed in vinegar, minced meat, pork slices, pork liver, stewed sliced mushrooms, meat balls and bits of deep-fried lard. The dish can be categorised into two variants: a dry version and a soup version. Most dry versions come with slices of stewed mushroom, minced pork, slices of lean pork and sometimes fried anchovies, atop noodles tossed in a chilli-vinegar sauce, while soup versions include a pork flavoured broth.[1]
  • Chilli crab is considered one of Singapore's national dishes, it was invented in 1956 by a Singaporean couple and was originally sold from a push cart.[2] In 1963, another famous chef adapted the dish into a sourer version which became the common version seen in Singapore.[3]
  • Hainanese chicken rice, also considered one of Singapore's national dishes. It was first invented by Hainanese immigrants in Singapore during the 1920s.[4][5][6]
  • Kaya toast is a well known Singaporean snack commonly eaten during breakfast or afternoon tea.[7]
  • Katong laksa is a Singaporean variant of the spicy noodle soup laksa inspired by people who live in the precinct of Katong located in eastern Singapore.[8]

Drink

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Science and technology

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Audio technology

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Medicinal technology

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Visual technology

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Agricultural

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Singapore is a land-scarce country, and so, it is dependent on imports. Vertical farming platforms hopes to improve Singapore's situation. [21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lam Min Lee (7 June 2017). "Singapore's bak chor mee tops world street food list". Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ "40 good years dishing up chilli crabs". The Straits Times. 23 June 1996. p. 5. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Chilli Crab". www.visitsingapore.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Dipping sauce and a little controversy: who knew chicken rice had such 'wow' factor". SBS. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ Benton, G. A. "10 Best Restaurants of 2019: #4 Service Bar". Columbus Monthly. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. ^ "A Brief History of Hainanese Chicken Rice, Singapore's National Dish". The Culture Trip. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. ^ "A toast to Singapore's traditional breakfast". National Geographic. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. ^ "A taste of Katong beyond laksa".
  9. ^ Lai, Ah Eng (2015). "The Kopitiam in Singapore: An Evolving Story about Cultural Diversity and Cultural Politics". Food, Foodways and Foodscapes: 103–132. doi:10.1142/9789814641234_0006. ISBN 978-981-4641-21-0.
  10. ^ "Order kopi like a local". www.visitsingapore.com. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  11. ^ The Straits, Times (2007). "Kopi connection". The Straits Times.
  12. ^ The Daily Telegraph, Peterborough: Sling shot AVA GARDNER'S knickers are still missing, 13 April 1991
  13. ^ OED sling, n.5
  14. ^ Campbell, Colin (12 December 1982). "Singapore Journal; Back to Somerset Maugham and Life's Seamy Side". The New York Times. Singapore. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  15. ^ Luo, Serene (21 August 2006). "RACK YOUR BRAINS". The Straits Times. [...] milo-dinosaur, milo-godzilla, ta-chiu, and I have drunk and loved them all.
  16. ^ "75 Power Players: Back at the Lab...". Next Generation (11). Imagine Media: 73. November 1995.
  17. ^ "Singapore's co-developed vaccine candidate is in 'good shape' for delivery in 2021". CNBC. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  18. ^ Tanscience, Audrey (11 November 2020). "Vaccine by Singapore scientists may be available early next year". The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Lin Hsin Hsin". Singapore Infopedia, National Library Board, Singapore. 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020.
  20. ^ Lin, Hsin Hsin. "Speaker Biographies, Museums and the Web: An International Conference". Los Angeles, California, March 16–19, 1997. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  21. ^ "Vertical Farming: Singapore's Solution to Feed the Local Urban Population". The Permaculture Research Institute. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2022.