oyster omelette

noun

A Hokkien and Teochew oyster dish similar to an omelette or pancake, where oysters are pan-fried or deep-fried and caked in beaten (chicken or duck) eggs mixed with tapioca starch or sweet potato starch. Other ingredients may include spring onion, garlic chives, salt, pepper, cilantro.

Similar
oyster cakefried oyster
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Meanings

nounoyster omelette (plural oyster omelettes)

plural oyster omelettes · alternative oyster omelet

  1. Hong KongMalaysiaSingaporeTaiwanA Hokkien and Teochew oyster dish similar to an omelette or pancake, where oysters are pan-fried or deep-fried and caked in beaten (chicken or duck) eggs mixed with tapioca starch or sweet potato starch. Other ingredients may include spring onion, garlic chives, salt, pepper, cilantro.

    Synonyms: oyster cake, fried oyster

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see oyster, omelette.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Hokkien and Teochew oyster dish similar to an omelette or pancake, where oysters are pan-fried or deep-fried and caked in beaten (chicken or duck) eggs mixed with tapioca starch or sweet potato starch. Other ingredients may include spring onion, garlic chives, salt, pepper, cilantro.

Similar
oyster cakefried oyster
Also see
fried oysteroyster cake
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APA

oyster omelette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oyster%20omelette

MLA

“oyster omelette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oyster%20omelette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oyster omelette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oyster%20omelette.

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