24: How foreign domestic workers (FDWs) keep Singaporean food heritage vibrant and alive | Leong Man Wei (The Everyday Singaporean)

Leong Man Wei: “My mom is the one who taught my helper to cook our traditional Cantonese dishes. She is the one who is recreating these dishes for many years, while I as a child have not learnt it properly… For helpers who have been here for a long time and they have worked for multiple families, they bring the knowledge and food heritage across the different families. With the FDWs that I’ve met who have worked for Indian national families, they learn how to make chapati and paratha from scratch, the next time they could be bringing it to another family – that could be possibly a way to introducing Indian food to a Chinese family for example.” Leong, a student, shares about her journey of starting the community SayurStory which seeks to promote cultural exchange between Singaporeans and FDWs, plus: *The role of FDWs in preserving and shaping food culture in Singapore* *Why cuisines of FDWs have not become mainstream in Singapore* *Why is it important to bring FDWs into the conversation of sustainability* *SayurStory x #PassthePasar* *How Singaporeans can help FDWs assimilate*