Delicious Malaysian Nyonya nasi lemak that I had!
Food to stay away from (in Mat Salleh / Ang Mo / Gwai Lo / Western culture context):
- Chewy foods: hard rolls, bagels
- Crunchy foods: popcorn, ice, chips
- Sticky foods: caramels, gum
- Hard foods: nuts, candy
- Foods you have to bite into: corn on the cob, apples, carrots
- Chewing on hard things (e.g, pens, pencils or fingernails) can damage the braces. Damaged braces will cause treatment to take longer.
Food to stay away from (in Malaysian / Asian / Eastern culture context):
- Chewy foods: sotong, karipap, pisang goreng, keropok leko
- Crunchy foods: fried ikan bilis (anchovies), biscuit raya, french fries
- Sticky foods: pulut, bak-chang, bubble gum (chewing gum), chinese nian gao (年糕)
- Hard foods: kacang (nuts) unless the steamed one,
- Foods you have to bite into: jagung, apples, carrots
- Chewing on hard things (for example, pens, pencils or fingernails) can damage the braces. (this applies to the entire universe)
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