The Science of Kopitiam Beverages .....

• Fatum

  9 May 06, 15:56

  Yet another jive pad spawn ....
  
  list down all the kopitiam exoticas you can think of ... see which of you can confound the kopitiam aunties ...
  
  "aunty ! ... teh si siew tai ka nai ! ...... "
• Ah Cek

  9 May 06, 15:57

  "kopi sua!"
• Rhonda

  9 May 06, 15:58

  The thread title is sooooo cute!
  
  Anyways, to sum it up, I've been having quite an educational lesson over in the Jive Pad on the names of some local beverages that I've never heard of!
  
  
• Rhonda

  9 May 06, 15:59

  Originally posted by Ah Cek:

  "kopi sua!"

  Eh... har??
• elindra

  9 May 06, 16:00

  Kar cue (Kick ball) - Milo
  
  Diao Her (Fishing) - Chinese Tea
  
  Tua Tao (Big Head) - Yeos Canned Tea (You know the one with the cute cartoon guy on it?)
• the Bear

  9 May 06, 16:00

  ahem...
  
  kopitiams are great little sheltered places where we can sit around and talk about life stories
  
  
  
  

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  The thread title is sooooo cute!
  
  Anyways, to sum it up, I've been having quite an educational lesson over in the Jive Pad on the names of some local beverages that I've never heard of!
  
  

• Fatum

  9 May 06, 16:00

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Eh... har??

  ............... that was quick .................
• Rhonda

  9 May 06, 16:01

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  Yet another jive pad spawn ....
  
  list down all the kopitiam exoticas you can think of ... see which of you can confound the kopitiam aunties ...
  
  "aunty ! ... teh si siew tai ka nai ! ...... "

  
  
  Shouldn't that be Teh Si Siew Dai Jia Nai? For a while, I got stumped.
  
  BTW, what is siew dai??
  
  
  
  Sowwy... I only order cold drinks at the kopitiam one.
• Ah Cek

  9 May 06, 16:01

  "yuan yang!"
• Fatum

  9 May 06, 16:02

  
  okie okie ... hold your horsies guys .... add a little description for the uninitiated leh ....
• Ah Cek

  9 May 06, 16:02

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Eh... har??

  means 2 cups of coffee
• Rhonda

  9 May 06, 16:03

  Originally posted by the Bear:
  ahem...
  
  kopitiams are great little [b]sheltered places where we can sit around and talk about life stories
  
  
  
  [/b]

  I'm bringing my scalpel the next time I meet you and av, you may sit around to watch me as I perform my first 'surgery'! Kinda like watching 'Saw' or 'Hostel' live!
• Rhonda

  9 May 06, 16:04

  Originally posted by Ah Cek:

  means 2 cups of coffee

  Har? 'sua' means 'two'?? Then how come when we order "Mee Sua", we don't get two bowls of noodles leh?
• the Bear

  9 May 06, 16:04

  siew tai = less sugar..
  
  some places, "siew tai" will still give you diabetes.. places like JB and Dover ITE
• elindra

  9 May 06, 16:05

  Jurassic
  Thick Ice cold milo topped with Horlicks powder
• Ah Cek

  9 May 06, 16:07

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Har? 'sua' means 'two'?? Then how come when we order "Mee Sua", we don't get two bowls of noodles leh?

  
  think only applicable to ordering drinks nia
• Rhonda

  9 May 06, 16:09

  Originally posted by Ah Cek:

  
  think only applicable to ordering drinks nia

  Orh... So if I order Milo Dino Sua, what will I get? Two cups of Milo Dino or one cup of Milo Dino with double the Milo powder??
  
  
• Fatum

  9 May 06, 16:09

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Har? 'sua' means 'two'?? Then how come when we order "Mee Sua", we don't get two bowls of noodles leh?

  the pronounciation is subtlely diffrent ...
  
  one means "suang" ... double ...
  
  the other means strings or ropes ....
• Ah Cek

  9 May 06, 16:23

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Orh... So if I order Milo Dino Sua, what will I get? Two cups of Milo Dino or one cup of Milo Dino with double the Milo powder??
  
  

  
  u shld be getting 2 cups of milo dino
  
  if u happen to get double scoops of milo powder, dun forget me hor
• Rhonda

  9 May 06, 16:24

  Originally posted by Ah Cek:

  
  u shld be getting 2 cups of milo dino
  
  if u happen to get double scoops of milo powder, dun forget me hor

  I sure will forget you one! I'll enjoy it so much and will be in such ecstacy, I won't be thinking of anyone!
  
  
• elindra

  9 May 06, 17:24

  What other special names are there
• sbst275

  9 May 06, 17:31

  Teh, Kopi, the 'C', 'O', Pak Kiu
  
  Missed the glass bottled drinks days
• littlestream

  9 May 06, 20:38

  This IS embarassing!!!! I have TOTALLY no clue of what's going on in here!!! None of the beverage names sounds familiar.
  
  My, oh my.........where have I been?
• the Bear

  9 May 06, 20:40

  literally, in another country
  
  i'm from the heartlands... all of these things are totally familiar to me
  
  

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  This IS embarassing!!!! I have TOTALLY no clue of what's going on in here!!! None of the beverage names sounds familiar.
  
  My, oh my.........where have I been?

• littlestream

  9 May 06, 20:43

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  literally, in another country
  
  i'm from the heartlands... all of these things are totally familiar to me
  
  

  
  
  Trying to say I sua ku izzit?