Yu Char Kway 
From Singapore Hotels & Singapore Lifestyle
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Yu Char Kway (油炸鬼 in Hokkien), or "Fried Dough Stick" is commonly known in Singapore as You Tiao (油条 in Chinese). This is not really a Local Cuisine but a common breakfast item among Singaporeans.
As the names says, the hawker would knead the dough into two sticks. The dough sticks are stick together at the longer side and then put into hot oil to fry. The end product would look like the number 11 and when you look at it from the side, it would look like the figure 8.
Yu Char Kway can be taken on its own. But because of its absorbent nature (similar to a sponge) Singaporeans will usually have it with Chinese Porridge, Kopi-O (black coffee), Dao Suan, Bak Ku Teh and many others.
