{"id":2845,"date":"2022-04-21T12:20:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2022-04-22T08:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T08:03:24","slug":"proud-to-be-foochows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/proud-to-be-foochows\/","title":{"rendered":"Proud to be Foochows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is more than good taste<\/div>\n
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By Foong Pek Yee<\/div>\n
foongpekyee@gmail.com<\/div>\n
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A bowl of red wine chicken mee sua\u00a0 is not just another dish.<\/div>\n
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This authentic Foochow noodle dish brings to mind the community wherever and whenever it is served.<\/div>\n
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The Foochows from Ayer Tawar and Sitiawan in Perak arrived from China in 1903.<\/div>\n
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A close-knit and resilient community, they are proud of their culture, and would make it a point to introduce their food to their friends or guests.<\/div>\n
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Their love for their culture is evident in places like Ayer Tawar and Sitiawan\u00a0 where they first set foot in then Malaya.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Authentic Foochow taste: Red wine chicken mee sua\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Wholesome:\u00a0 This dish with a mix of vegetables, meat and seafood is popular as a one-pot meal.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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In Ayer Tawar, about 65 km from Ipoh,\u00a0 Restoran Sin Han Seong serves good Foochow food since the 1930s.<\/div>\n
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Old and strong: Sin Han Seong Restaurant has many loyal customers\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The restaurant owner Ling Hing Kuai is his family’s third generation.<\/div>\n
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At 70, he went about his work in zest,\u00a0 and that speaks volumes of the restaurant.<\/div>\n
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Located along Ayer Tawar’s main road, the ambience in the restaurant is reminiscent of the good old days.<\/div>\n
(Note: When we google, the name of the restaurant is Sun Hon Siong. It is the same place).<\/div>\n
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Many Foochows including those who have settled down outside Ayer Tawar, will patronise the restaurant when they visit their hometown, and among them is Tan Sri Dr Ting Chew Peh.<\/div>\n
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A Foochow, Dr Ting, a former Housing and Local Government Minister and current Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) council chairman was from Merbau New Village in Manjung.<\/div>\n
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Other new villages in Manjung which are predominantly Foochow are Ayer Tawar, Jering, Rajah Hitam, Changkat Kruing, Simpang Dua, Simpang Tiga, Simpang Lima, Kampung Koh and\u00a0 Kampung Cina.<\/div>\n
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And the Ayer Tawar town centre along the main road is the meeting point for villagers to run their daily errands.<\/div>\n
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Meeting point: The main road in Ayer Tawar<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Siew Hua Biscuit Factory in Ayer Tawar which is over 70 years old continues to be famous for its traditional Foochow biscuits like the “gong pian”.<\/div>\n
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Hall of fame :\u00a0 Ayer Tawar Heritage House chairman Ling Sze Hing says the\u00a0 plaque has\u00a0 the names of all donors who contributed to the setting up of the\u00a0 Manjung Kutien Association. The plaque is displayed in the Ayer Tawar Heritage House in Ayer Tawar.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The landmark in Ayer Tawar is the Manjung Kutien Association majestic building along the main road.<\/div>\n
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The association was set up in 1956 in an attap house,\u00a0 and its present building was opened in 1994.<\/div>\n
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Ling says the association’s more than 2,000 strong membership are all Kutien, one of the 10 sub dialects of Foochows.<\/div>\n
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Janice Ting Hsia Sung says the association holds major festive celebrations like Chinese New Year and\u00a0 Parents Day.<\/div>\n
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At 42, and a mother of five, she says the association’s activities are tailored for all age groups; and its focus are on good values like filial piety, cooperation, harmony, kindness and education.<\/div>\n
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She and her husband, also a Foochow,\u00a0 decided to settle down in Ayer Tawar- their hometown-\u00a0 after a short work stint in Kuala Lumpur.<\/div>\n
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Both of them are active in the Manjung Kutien Association.<\/div>\n
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Janice’s\u00a0 father Ting Kong Liong, 76, who is a former president of the association continues to be active<\/div>\n
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Youngest among four siblings, Janice recalls following her father to the association’s events when she was a kid.<\/div>\n
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