September 2026
The Twelve Spices of Buah Keluak: A Kitchen Archaeology
Raymond traces the origins of the Club's most requested dish — a dark, brooding curry that takes three days to prepare and decades to understand.
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Written by Baba Raymond, Janet Khoo, and the Saturday Movement volunteers. Stories that deserve to be told properly.
September 2026
Raymond traces the origins of the Club's most requested dish — a dark, brooding curry that takes three days to prepare and decades to understand.
August 2026
The linked brooch set that fastened every Nyonya kebaya holds within its facets an entire philosophy of Straits Chinese femininity and power.
July 2026
A conversation with one of the Saturday Movement's longest-standing beneficiaries — now a volunteer who shows up every week to serve others.
June 2026
The dish that separates a committed Nyonya cook from a casual one. Each herb shredded by hand, each variety sourced specifically.
May 2026
We get asked about the address. Here is the full answer. It is not a short one, and we are not apologising for it.
April 2026
How Brass Lion Distillery and The Peranakan Club found each other, and what happens when craft gin meets buah keluak bitters.
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