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just back from starsky and hutch with my 'lil sis...
enjoyed the show... dig the humour and the nice friendship the guys share... ooo... liverpool's leading 1-0... dig the car... the iguana and the matrix-sounding guy... the one who acted like a talking dictionary... prior to tat... was at ivins for dinner with family... place that served good perankan cuisine at affordable prices... somehow everything tasted a little different from our last visit... dad wasnt too happy... wasnt too glad that commercial peranakan cuisine has deteriorated to such a state... it aint the prices that matter... blue ginger aint fantastic... and with that... are the richness and wonders of peranakan culture going down the drain with that??? frankly... as a peranakan... a lousy one at that... i couldnt even answer ben and john when they questioned my roots... i take pride in my culture... at least the food... i dont dress the way the bibiks do... nor follow the superstitions... but how can the standard of commercial peranakan cuisine be so low... dad commented that while he understands that what we eat outside can never be compared to what my granny makes... he wasnt pleased with the fact that non-peranakans are gonna eat this food... thinking that it IS peranakan cuisine when it really isnt... unlike malacca... gone were the days when they take pride in the preparation of the food... where belachan was pounded by hand... sambal timun made with TLC... where the exact ripeness (or un-ripeness) was crucial in the preparation of papaya titek... pong teh stewed with sugar cane, pounded fermented beans, bamboo shoots, etc... granny aint cooking no more... only left with my domestic help who learnt a little from her... i regret not taking up the challenge... how to cook from the grandmaster herself.... so i guess it just ends there... of all asian countries... singapore is one of those really lacking in richness of culture... it's not just mine... we're just losing it... ----Stef stopped rambling at 23:54 --Link to Post |
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