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Sticky Pork Belly is an Asian inspired recipe, the meat is super tender and juicy, and the top is the crispiest ever - perfect Sunday roast recipe !
Nyonyas wearing the Peranakan Sarong Kebaya...so elegant
Ayam Pongteh or Nyonya chicken and potato stew Pongteh literally translates to means “meat tea” and that’s how the Nyonyas and Baba...
The Peranakans, also known as the Babas and Nyonyas, was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world, especially in the Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) hence its other name, the Straits Chinese.
During the Peranakan days, it was a trend for the nyonyas to wear beaded shoes. Most of them learn to sew it themselves and they work with the tiny colourful size beads known as the manek potong. Sewing a pair of beaded shoe is time consuming. From my experience it…Read More
As you guys probably know, I'm thoroughly intrigued and in awe with the heritage and culture of the Peranakans. From furniture, to beadwork and embroidery, to jewelery and silverware, the nyonyas and babas of the not-too-distant past decorated their lives to such levels of luxury and extravagance, it is almost unthinkable, put in today's context.…
http://twitter.com/#!/janshim/status/108875956797702144 The Peranakans, also known as the Babas and Nyonyas, was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world, especially in the Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) hence its other name, the Straits Chinese. Adopting selected ways of the local Malays and later, the colonial British, the Peranakans had…
This photograph is a studio portrait of five nyonyas. This large group of photographs provides important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.
After four and a half hour bus ride from Singapore, I got to Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia. Melaka (Malacca) is famous for its cultural heritage. All major groups of the modern Malaysia are represented - the Malays, the Chinese, Indians, Europeans and Baba and Nyonyas (Peranakans - mixed race between Chinese and Malay). Now Melaka (Malacca), along with George Town in Penang, is one of Malaysia's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Melaka (Malacca) Sultanate Palace shown in the photo is now a cultural museum. The original palace was burnt down 500 years ago. This beautiful palace is one of the most impressive pieces of Malay architecture I saw in Malaysia.
