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Even if I had a Filipina mother, I grew up eating Chinese dishes as my mother received cooking instructions from the lotus-footed aunts of my father. Then, having married into a pure Chinese family, I had a deeper exposure to an authentic Chinese kitchen through my mother-in-law, Lu Diu Eng, who was a great cook. She would putter around the kitchen, preparing the important dishes of a family meal, while endlessly talking to me in pure Chinese. (That was how I honed my Chinese!) I would ask why that thing must go into the concoction, and she would explain its specific “role” in the dish.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500520 [AuthorName] => Marlinda Angbetic Tan [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 525844 [Title] => A Taste Of Imperial Dishes [Summary] =>

One of the richest aspects derived from the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization is its cuisine.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133921 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1284784 [AuthorName] => Dr. Nestor Alonso ll [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365367 [Title] => To be or not to be: Hamlet in China [Summary] => Touted as the film China will submit for consideration as Best Foreign Film in next year’s Academy Awards, The Banquet (Ye Yan) continues in the tradition of recent Chinese films that exhibit dizzying visual pageantry. It’s highly-stylized filmmaking as only the Chinese seem to be capable of producing nowadays. Think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and House of the Flying Daggers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805321 [AuthorName] => Philip Cu-Unjieng [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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