AFAIU: 1) western cuisine is pretty beige and uninspiring. 2) 'western' as done in Singapore coffee shops is not-great more due to the low cost than anything else.
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Tbh my 'go to' example of NZ cuisine is "fish and chips". Probably the most culturally unique is "hangi".
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I guess "popular in NZ" would count too. I never liked ANZAC biscuits. But I can't find "German/Belgium biscuits" here. Nor things like gingernuts, lamingtons.
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I knew them as "Belgium biscuits". Apparently they used to be called German biscuits until WWII.
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Sadly, it's a myth that due to timezones, NZ declared war on Nazi Germany before Britain did.
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Lamington = once sponge cake has gone dry, then cut it up + dip it in icing, dessicated coconut. It's great.
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I tried to make, but didn't realise you have to let the icing dry first.
My mum gave me the tip to 'drop the spongecake in the tin on the ground", so some of the air escapes
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