Ooi (left) pouring the thnee kuih mixture into the mould which has been lined with banana leaves as Lien (right) and her boyfriend Presley Leu help her at her house in Bayan Lepas. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
WHEN she was only nine Ooi Kooi Shee already picked up the skill of making nian gao (thnee kuih in Hokkien or kuih bakul) from her mother.
Her task was to knead the dough as she is the oldest among seven siblings. As time went by Ooi, now 65, slowly mastered the art of making nian gao which was becoming rare due to its laborious process.
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