Cooking Healthily for Birthdays: Birthday Mee Sua
Cooking Healthily for Birthdays Birthday Mee Sua My Dad's a rather traditional Hokkien sort of guy. He's always held on to what he feels is "his" unique culture, as distinct from the broader Overseas Chinese cultural space. From speaking the dialect to reading about Hokkien He's also dedicated to clean eating and home-cooked food, what with food at restaurants and eateries being really cooked for speed, taste and convenience, both for the operator and for the customer. So, what to do for the birthday of the guy who's done everything? I figured a traditional, healthy and luxurious bowl of birthday mee sua was it. Cultural Background of Mee Sua in Singapore Hokkien Culture My dad came from a very economically disadvantaged background. He did very well for himself, but still speaks fondly of the old times, and how life in Singpaore as a child in the 60s and 70s was so different from today. He'd actually lived in the Bukit Ho Swee kampung before moving to an...
