Septuagenarian Judy Wong-Theseira is teaching a Myanmar native how to make her signature CNY dishes


The cheerful Wong-Theseira is only too happy to teach Benna, a refugee from Myanmar, how to cook her signature CNY dishes. — Photos: ART CHEN/The Star

In her sun-dappled kitchen, the sprightly, elegant 76-year-old Judy Wong-Theseira is gently encouraging Man Lam Cing, 27, better known as Benna, to stir the contents of a pot slowly.

“It needs to be done carefully,” she says, and Benna nods in agreement.

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