Food Practices Videos & Digital Resources

Our Roots and Foods: Singapore’s Centuries-Old Toisan Heritage

Join Wong Ah Fook’s great-granddaughter Mrs Vivienne Tan as she reconnects with her roots by learning how to cook localised Toisan dishes from Mdm Chin Lai Yin, honorary chairperson of Singapore’s oldest locality clan association Ning Yeung Wui Kuan.

Have you ever heard of Claypot Eel rice or the more homely dish of Steamed Pork Belly with Salted Shrimp Paste? Even within Cantonese cuisine, there is an interesting diversity of regional specialities and learn more about these 2 iconic dishes of the Toishanese (also spelt Taishanese) community with 2 Singaporean ladies of Toishanese descent.

Join Mrs Vivienne Tan (Wong Ah Fook’s great-granddaughter) as she reconnects with her roots by learning how to cook localised Toisan dishes from Mdm Chin Lai Yin, honorary chairperson of Singapore’s oldest locality clan association Ning Yeung Wui Kuan.

Download the recipe in this video and get tips on how you can go about connecting with your own roots through food at www.hoyeahfestival.com/ourrootsandfoods

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