Our national dishes are a confluence of different cultures. They taste very exciting due to the mixture of different ingredients and cooking heritages.(Chinese, Indian, Malay and more recently, European)  At the same time, it was also a cuisine born out of poverty (at first)  and necessity. That's why our local cuisine tends to be very flavorful while being made out of very humble raw ingredients. (Such as grains and various vegetables and meats. )