Alesia continues to make the heritage recipes that her mother and grandmothers used to make when she was a child, as it reminds her of them. Clockwise from top: sweet potato porridge, ikan bilis and tofu with sweet soya sauce, black pomfret with sambal and gula Melaka pancakes.
It is the school holidays and the Sim household is abuzz with activity. In a corner, Ashley, 11, is carrying her five-year-old brother Jordan piggyback style, as he squeals in delight. Middle child, Jocelyn, seven, bursts into raucous giggles at this scene while dad Julian cautions from a distance, “Eh, be careful, please!”
In her kitchen, busy mum Alesia is hard at work preparing a meal for her family. Alesia is a bubbly woman who is so warm and has such a generous spirit, you can’t help but instantly like her. And boy oh boy, does she love to cook! It’s impossible not to spot the army of appliances that dot her kitchen or the rainbow coloured pots and pans stacked in well-stocked shelves. Even if you’ve somehow missed all that, it’s hard to ignore her cute little apron with her name embroidered on it (daughters Ashley and Jocelyn have matching aprons too!).
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