Hainanese is a dialect of the Min Nan group spoken in the southern Chinese province of Hainan. It is also commonly referred as Qiong Wen. Mǐn N n (Chinese: 閩南語), also spelt as Minnan or Min-nan; native name B ; literally means Southern Min or Southern Fujian and refers to the local language/dialect of southern Fujian province, China. ... Hainan (Chinese: æµ·å—; pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. ...
Above them was their brightly lit signboard, "Hainanese Western Food".
But once the Hainanese got a foot into the mess kitchens, they tended to own it, for in those days, employment was often by way of personal recommendation.
Whereas the Hokkiens, Teochews and Cantonese had their sections of the old Chinatown, the Hainanese quarter was in the "New Town", North of the Singapore River.
ONE of the last Chinese clans to arrive in Malaya, the Hainanese, a distinct dialect group, came to be known for their prowess in the kitchen.
Another version of folk history has it that the Hainanese men ended up as cooks because, traditionally, it was their womenfolk who toiled in the fields back home, while the men stayed indoors.
Dominating the kitchens of their colonial masters at the turn of the 20th century, the Hainanese were adept cooks who not only learnt to prepare Western food, but created local dishes to suit European taste buds, giving birth to dishes such as chicken chop, macaroni pie, chicken pie and chicken and lamb stew.
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