Mrs Gan's Nyonya Laksa Recipe Video

CNA Insider

CNA Insider Web Banner 20190528

Bookmark

CNA Insider:

Mrs Gan's Nyonya Laksa Recipe Video

Lam Shushan
By Lam Shushan (Updated: )

Watch how to make Nyonya Laksa, according to Mrs Gan. Some lament that ‘true’ Nyonya cooking is losing ground to bastardised modern versions - but is authenticity over-rated?

Read part 1 of the Great Peranakan Identity Debate.

About the show:

Feature stories from Singapore, Asia and beyond.
Find us on Facebook for our latest stories:

https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider

Related Episodes

Shoko's Art Of Happiness

Shoko Kanazawa is a Japanese calligraphy artist with Down Syndrome. Her large bold pieces are known to move people to tears. Why? She "puts ...
Share Your Family Recipes
Media playtime
00:53minutes

Share Your Family Recipes

CNA Insider is on the hunt for vanishing family recipes. If you have a family member who still cooks your old time favourites, we want to meet them!
Mrs Lam's Hakka Noodles Recipe Video
Media playtime
03:14minutes

Mrs Lam's Hakka Noodles Recipe Video

Watch how 88-year-old Mrs Lam makes her noodles by hand - a recipe that has fed her family for fifty years.   The first of CNA Insider's ...
A Hakka Grandma's Labour of Love
Media playtime
06:03minutes

A Hakka Grandma's Labour of Love

Mrs Lam, 88, has been cooking since she was a teen. Her food tells a story of duty and unconditional love for her family.   Read more of her ...
View all Episodes

recommendedvideos

Most Popular Shows

#DontForgetMe

Game Nation

Meet six of Singapore’s most promising eSports players as they shatter stereotypes with their passion and gumption. GAME NATION goes behind-the ...

Deciphering Japan

Deciphering Japan

Journalist Yumi Araki explores her home country as it enters an era of great social and political transformation. She explores the hot-button ...

The Family Affair S5

The Family Affair S5

This season, we drop in on four households, in four different Asian cities, in circumstances that are poles apart, yet very much the same - all ...

The Mark of Empire

The Mark Of Empire

Singaporean curator and scholar Peter Lee explores the history of four Southeast Asian empires that made their mark on the world. Travelling from ...