In a Straits-Born Kitchen (Geok Boi Lee) chilies and a vegetarian layered potato

and a vegetarian layered potato terrine

From coast to coast

and the triumphant rebirth of three-star cuisine

And with a whole chapter on how to make vegetable 'king'

In a Straits-Born Kitchen (Geok Boi Lee) chilies and a vegetarian layered potatoU. K. IMPORT While researching the Straits born community for this cookbook, Lee Geok Boi realized that the culinary delights typically classified as Peranakan were more than just Straits Chinese. They are also Eurasian, Chetti Melakan, Indonesian Chinese, Malay and Indonesian. The trove of salads, curries, soups, stews, kueh kueh, cakes and biscuits are all found in the different branches of the Straits born communities who were drawn to this island