Grandma's kitchen

Oil, 60 x 50 cm, 2003

I was inspired by the work of a Taiwanese artist and painted my grandma's kitchen. My grandma lived in the kampung house. They did not have gas stove and meals were cooked over wood fire. The most extravagant dish then was meat cut into strips and fried with soy sauce and diabetic-unfriendly dose of sugar. But it was very tasty. We ate it with cold white rice and hot milo , like any kampung kids would do.