A Time-honoured Bakery Hustles To Bake Traditional Mooncakes, Mostly, By Hand
At a time of the coronavirus pandemic, traditional bakery Tai Chong Kok faces a modern challenge and perseveres to proffer baked mooncakes by hand.
Category: Stories
Things People Send to the Underworld
In Singapore, the 21st-century’s obsession with materialistic wealth and modern-day creations take form in paper effigies that are made to be burned for the deceased.
Remarkable Female Hawker Trailblazers in Singapore: Ji Ji Wanton Noodles
This article was first published on The New York Times Style Magazine (Singapore) on 7 May 2019. If women were supposedly meant to take charge of the kitchen, why are…
Remarkable Female Hawker Trailblazers in Singapore: Tong Heng Egg Tarts
This article was first published on The New York Times Style Magazine (Singapore) on 7 May 2019. If women were supposedly meant to take charge of the kitchen, why are…
Remarkable Female Hawker Trailblazers in Singapore: Soon Soon Huat Curry Puffs
This article was first published on The New York Times Style Magazine (Singapore) on 7 May 2019. If women were supposedly meant to take charge of the kitchen, why are…
Redefining Masculinity & Fashion: A Chat with Singaporean Brand, The Authority
The article was co-written with Zoee Toh and was published on Azorii, a San Diego-based fashion magazine, on January 2019 for NYFW 2019. Credits: Jasper Goh Anything that borders unconventional…
The Father-Daughter Spice Makers Modernising an Age-Old Tradition
This article was first published in The New York Times Style Magazine on 14 March 2019. All great partnerships have to start somewhere. For spice makers Anthony Leow and his…
The Second-Generation Hawker Preserving Heritage Through Claypots of Bak Kut Teh
This article was first published in The New York Times Style Magazine Singapore on 22 February 2019. Steam rises rapidly from the claypot as Lim Jun Leong removes the…
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