How to pronounce Tempoyak

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /təmˈpojaʔ/. In plain English letters that is tem-POH-yahk, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Tempoyak?

Tempoyak is a snack of Malaysia. Where it comes from: Pahang (Temerloh). People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are fish. It tastes sour and rich.

Where Tempoyak comes from

Tempoyak is one of 25 signature dishes of Malaysia on this map.

• Nasi lemak · Rice dish · Malay Peninsula

  Nasi lemak means "rich rice": rice cooked in coconut milk with pandan leaf, served with spicy sambal, fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, cucumber and a boiled egg, traditionally wrapped in a banana leaf.

• Penang laksa laksa Pulau Pinang · Noodles & pasta · Penang

  Laksa is a family of spicy noodle soups born from Peranakan cooking, where Chinese settlers and Malay cooks mixed their kitchens.

• Nasi kandar · Rice dish · Penang

  Nasi kandar is a popular dish of northern Malaysia that comes from Penang, introduced and made famous by Tamil Muslim traders from India, around the nineteenth century according to the Malay source.

• Tau sar pneah · Snack · Penang (Bukit Tambun)

  Tau sar pneah, also known as tau sar biscuit or Tambun biscuit, is a traditional flaky pastry of Chinese origin, from Fujian, Chaozhou and Taiwan, brought to Malaysia and Singapore by Min and Teochew immigrants.

• Ipoh white coffee kopi putih Ipoh · Drink · Perak (Ipoh)

  Ipoh white coffee is a coffee drink that originated in Ipoh, the capital of Perak.

• Laksa Kedah · Noodles & pasta · Kedah

  Laksa Kedah is a noodle soup famous in the northern state of Kedah, where it is also known as Laksa Utara, "northern laksa", or Laksa Teluk Kechai, after a place name in the state.

Food of Malaysia

Dishes like Tempoyak in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Tempoyak:

• Gwamegi 과메기 · Snack · North Gyeongsang, South Korea

  Gwamegi is half-dried Pacific herring or saury made in winter on the east coast of North Gyeongsang, around Pohang, Uljin and Yeongdeok.

• Avgotaracho αυγοτάραχο Μεσολογγίου · Snack · Messolonghi (Western Greece), Greece

  Avgotaracho is salted and dried fish roe, often called the caviar of Greece.

• Sarde in saor · Snack · Venice, Italy

  Sarde in saor are fried sardines layered with onions slowly cooked in vinegar, with pine nuts and raisins, and left to rest for a day or more.

• Hákarl · Snack · Westfjords and Snæfellsnes, Iceland

  Hákarl is fermented Greenland shark.