Annette Tan on Why It’s Okay To Use Machines in The Kitchen
Annette Tan believes that we must simplify, adapt and innovate – such as using a blender or Thermomix – in order to keep our culinary traditions alive. …
Category: People
Ming Kiat on Why Discourse And Sharing Heritage Recipes Is Simply Not Enough
To Gan Ming Kiat, discourse, prose or photographs are insufficient to preserve food heritage – opportunities for people to taste these foods are paramount. …
Willin Low On Why He Never Intended to Elevate Singaporean Cuisine
Willin Low shares about making laksa with miso, snow crabs and leeks, and a hawker item that just isn’t the same as it was before. …
Azimin Saini Sheds Light On Malay Food Culture And Its Beauty
Azimin Saini discusses the impact globalization and urbanization has on Malay food culture and shares the meaning Hari Raya has to him. …
Christopher Tan on the Importance of Home Cooking
Kueh expert Christopher Tan shares about how homecooking can help preserve heritage food, and his hope for the COVID-19 situation. …
The Fallacy of Authenticity & The Indian who Cooks Fish Ball Noodles
Jeevan Ananthan gave up his finance job to be a hawker with his fiancé. The dish he cooks on a daily basis for a living? Fish ball noodles and bak chor mee. …
The Family That Honors Its Ancestors Through The Tradition of Angzao
Danny from W Rice Wine shares about the history of angzao and its lees, and his family’s tradition of preparing the brew. …
The Lawyer-Turned-Chef Who is Flying The Singapore Flag Overseas
Lynette Zheng of Singapulah shares about training non-Singaporean staff to cook Singaporean food and predicts the future of hawker food. …
Melvin Chew Is Making ‘Uncle Food’ Hip, One Innovative Twist At A Time
The man behind ‘arkzhang’ and dry kwaychap talks about machines replacing the hard manual work of a hawker and his golden rule when it comes to innovation. …
Justine Ong’s Achar Huan Cheo
Achar huan cheo is a good beginner’s dish that introduces the elaborate art of Peranakan cooking while requiring only a handful of ingredients. …