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A father’s legacy in soy sauce
How my grandfather wooed his son-in-law—with peanut cake
How my grandma’s recipes bridged a 10,000km, 20-year gap
Of Prosperity Burgers and my long-distance friend
A father’s legacy in soy sauce
How my grandfather wooed his son-in-law—with peanut cake

How my grandfather wooed his son-in-law—with peanut cake

It’s not every day that your future father-in-law goes out of his way to make your favourite cake for you. Except, for Mildred’s father, it was.

How my grandma’s recipes bridged a 10,000km, 20-year gap

How my grandma’s recipes bridged a 10,000km, 20-year gap

A tale of generational love, immigration and belonging told through a hulking pile of hand-written recipe notes.

Of Prosperity Burgers and my long-distance friend

Of Prosperity Burgers and my long-distance friend

A story of how the McDonald’s CNY staple kept a friendship going for over 20 years.

 
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