Honouring keepers of kuih heritage


Tan (seated) signing copies of his book during the launch.

FOR the past 30 years, Neoh Aun Kean, 54, has been keeping his mother’s secret recipe for thnee kuih (Hokkien for glutinous rice cake or kuih bakul) close to his heart.

“I watched her making it about 50 years ago when I was a kid. When I grew up and decided to become a baker, I never lost her recipe.

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