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By Rachel Lim
In his youth, Chef Anderson Gan, 33, of The Dragon Chamber enjoyed playing cards games during Chinese new year with cousins, but once he started working in the kitchen, the desire to learn more and become better at his craft kept him from Sabah, his hometown. “Mom nags at me, saying, ‘Why do you come back only once a year?’, and even when I do, when she sees the scabs on my hands (it’s not always possible to avoid injuries in the kitchen), she’d say, ‘Do these look like hands? What’s so bad about taking an office job, sitting in an air-conditioned room?’” He laughs. “But this is what I want to do.” In his opinion, it didn’t matter what his mom cooked, every dish tasted good. “Mom would usually make a vegetarian dish on the first day of the new year. There is also Hakka-style pork belly, and poached kampong chicken.”
