Mum stands over a four-litre pot of babi pongteh, coating heavy chunks of pork with fermented soybean spice paste. The howling rangehood almost drowns the scrape of her steel spatula as I idly poke ...

Melaka National Registration Department (NRD) director Mohd Dzulkarnain Baharuddin (left) presents the amended MyKad document reflecting Baba Nyonya lineage details to Malaysian Baba Nyonya Peranakan ...

For centuries, the Baba Nyonya or Straits Chinese community has embodied a rich fusion of Malay and Chinese influences, reflected in everything from language and food to art and fashion. But as modern ...

MELAKA, Oct 14 — The Baba Nyonya community in Melaka are reportedly now able to amend their race on birth certificates to reflect their identity as “Baba Nyonya”, with other states expected to follow ...

Elated: Corina showing her new birth certificate. PETALING JAYA: On Dec 18, Lee Swee Eng’s ethnic classification changed from Chinese to Baba Nyonya, a transition that left him elated. Lee, 70, was ...

JPN director Badrul Hisham Alias said applications to change their MyKad status are received from time to time from the Baba Nonya community. (Bernama pic) About 50 Malaysians have applied to the ...

Straits Kitchen, a Southeast Portland food cart known for its takes on the Chinese-influenced dishes of western Malaysia, closed this month after nearly four years in Sellwood, according to a message ...

Majestic Malacca is a beautiful hotel with a great story and strong cultural link to Melaka, not to mention it’s the town’s most comfortable stay. This beautifully reimagined heritage hotel in Japan's ...