by Victoria C L | Mar 16, 2018 | Magazine
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by Victoria C L | Mar 14, 2018 | Bonus
印尼蜡染布染出儒家的人伦礼仪 By Koh Hwei Ling 许慧玲 小时候，由于父母忙于工作，我经常被寄养在外公外婆家。他们住在章芳林街，距离直落亚逸街的天福宫只需步行七八分钟。 童年的回忆有很多天福宫的美好记忆，至今记忆犹新。那时的我经常陪家人逛庙会或参与天福宫的祭祀活动。记得每当一有考试，妈妈就会带我和妹妹去天福宫向孔夫子的金身塑像鞠躬，之后祭拜孔子。 2017年的10月15日，我和父母相约去天福宫庆祝“至圣先师”孔子的...
by Victoria C L | Mar 13, 2018 | Bonus
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by Victoria C L | Mar 13, 2018 | Bonus
Enjoy Baba Dick Lee’s Peranakan Love Story below! Photo courtesy of Changi Airport...
by Victoria C L | Mar 13, 2018 | Bonus
Ikan Submat Chilli (from Matt Tan’s Daily Nyonya Dishes) Pan-fried fish stuffed with chilli Ingredients 1 kg (2.2 lb) selar (yellowtail scad) 1 tsp pepper 1 ½ tsp salt 235 ml (1 cup) groundnut oil Rempah (Spice Paste) 20 old cloves garlic 6 candlenuts 12 red...
by Victoria C L | Mar 13, 2018 | Bonus
Bangkwang Chah (from Matt Tan’s Daily Nyonya Dishes) Yam bean stewed in garlic and fermented soya bean paste 1.5 kg (3.5 lb) bangkwang (jicama or yam bean) 6 medium taukwa (firm soya bean cakes) 20 cloves old garlic 4 tbsp taucheo (fermented soya beans) 3-4...
by Victoria C L | Mar 13, 2018 | Bonus
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE By Maureen Lim (The first 10 lines are sung to the tune of “I’m a little teapot”) “I’m a little tingkat, short and stout, Carrying Bibik’s food, Peranakan ‘take-out’. There’s my older sister, four tiers high. Her trays are filled with Nyonya chap...
by Victoria C L | Mar 13, 2018 | Bonus
WAK WAJEK, THE DIAMOND LICKER By Baba Tan Geok Koon She was well-known for her kueh wajek, (glutinous rice steamed with gula melaka (palm sugar) and thick santan (coconut milk). Each piece is cut into a wajek (diamond shape), hence the name. Most of the kueh wajek...
by Victoria C L | Mar 12, 2018 | Bonus
DESPERATE TIMES By Maureen Lim The evening calm was shattered by insistent shouts and thunderous banging on the front door of the Tan bungalow. In the main hall, Bibik Siew Tin, her son, his wife and their baby stood silently staring at the door. Siew Tin sighed. It...
by Victoria C L | Jun 9, 2017 | Online Articles
This year, the 30th Baba Nyonya Convention will be held on Penang Island from 24th to 26th November 2017 with the theme: Creating Connections & Building Communities of Peranakan. The State Chinese Penang Association cordially invites all participants to come...
