hiam
(Singapore, colloquial, of food) hot and spicy.
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(Singapore, colloquial, of food) hot and spicy.
At best, it was just so-so – nothing like what we would cook for ourselves at home. It was not “hiam” enough probably from the lack of ginger or ginger juice and there was insufficient wine.
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