Sharon Wee

Food explorer, author of

Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen

Ginger

Ginger

For intellectual relaxation, I am reading a book by a royal renegade. Ginger is the clue. For me, ginger is a culinary ingredient that holds vivid memories. Years ago, my mother and older sisters regularly engaged an Indonesian masseuse to our home for lazy afternoon...
Sharon’s Version of Chicken Rice

Sharon’s Version of Chicken Rice

My recipe is an amalgamation of many experiments over time. I incorporated my brother-in-law’s tip of stuffing the cavity with ginger and then using that ginger for the sauce. A Hainanese man I once conversed with, mentioned that his family rendered the chicken...