I am on my way to Perth with my hand luggage packed with Bengwan Solo cakes. My nieces and nephews, whether born in Singapore or elsewhere have all passed on their passion for Singapore food to their children. So every family trip means carrying Sago lapis and dol dol and parathas, the kids’ favourites.

While I am visiting , the kids clamour for ‘puttu’ mashed with bananas for breakfast and appum and curries. Food, good food, brings people together; it brings families together and maintains, tenuous though they may be, the connections to their traditional cultures.

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