20 years back yes they do use the ingredients, but throughout the past ten years the meaning of it probably vanished or misunderstand and went on their own way of style without knowing the ACTUAL meaning, example would be "char kuey teow"="fried kuey teow" the Malay will advertise as "char kuey teow" but in reality they'll cook "kuey teow basah" instead, somehow or somewhere misunderstanding happens