It all started in 1980 when Lilian, armed with Peranakan recipes, opened her Nyonya eatery, Nonya Delicatessen, at Bukit Timah Plaza. This 46-year-old business remains strong to this day, with her son ...
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 ...