Singaporeans love their food, so it’s no surprise that when a Reddit thread spotlighted a little-known “Singaporean” dish in Japan that doesn’t actually exist here, it quickly sparked confusion, jokes and plenty of “Since when got this?” reactions online.
The dish in question is otchahoi, a stir-fried noodle dish from Niigata, Japan, that is apparently considered “Singaporean cuisine” there despite most Singaporeans having never heard of it. It even has its own Wikipedia page.
A photo of the dish shared on Reddit showed flat rice noodles resembling kway teow stir-fried with bean sprouts, cabbage and egg, prompting several commenters to compare it to local hawker favourites.
“This one looks like char kway teow without dark soy sauce,” one netizen wrote.
Others speculated that otchahoi could be an older version of Singapore street food preserved overseas while local recipes evolved over time, like fried carrot cake, which was originally white.
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