Mum stands over a four-litre pot of babi pongteh, coating heavy chunks of pork with fermented soybean spice paste. The howling rangehood almost drowns the scrape of her steel spatula as I idly poke ...

Growing up in Penang, Nancy Lim, 59, vividly recalls the kitchen being a wonderful place where her mother, Tan Lee Lee, 80, reigned supreme. Although Tan was initially averse to her children ...

Nyonya chicken curry is a richer, drier, thicker version of your standard Malaysian chicken curry, and is immediately recognisable by its distinct Southeast Asian flavour driven by a unique selection ...

--- To find out more about Nyonya culture and cuisine, join Adam Liaw for Destination Flavour Singapore, airing Thursdays at 9pm on SBS Food (Ch.33) and the via SBS On Demand --- The culinary history ...

Nyonya cooking is matriarchal, with each family’s jealously guarded recipes passed down orally from generation to generation. When Lee Su Pei met a charming gentleman by the name of Jerry Kong in ...

Cheung Siew Li's mum Esther Lee Peh Ing may no longer be around, but her legacy lives on in the form of a book of recipes compiled by Siew Li. The latter had spent $13,000 to publish 300 books in her ...

A cinch to make, this dish tastes even better if served a day or so after it’s cooked. Photo / Mark Roper A succulent soy sauce-braised dish popular in Hokkien and Perenakan cuisine, in this recipe ...

Junda Khoo and Terrance Khor couldn't forget the food they grew up with - so they're out to convert others to this Malay-Chinese cuisine. The menu at Sydney's Ho Jiak showcases Nyonya dishes, such as ...

In every home, there are dishes tied not just to flavour, but to memory — lovingly made by someone who may no longer be around. But when that person is gone, can their signature dish ever be brought ...

The Chinese were some of the earliest settlers in Malaysia. The first wave arrived as far back as the 10th century, but in much larger droves between the 15th and 17th centuries – many from China’s ...