{"product_id":"early-mornings-at-the-laksa-cafe","title":"Early Mornings At The Laksa Cafe","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA mouthwatering and uplifting debut about legacy, tradition,\nand striking out on your own, set in family-run restaurants between Malaysia\nand Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEvery morning before sunrise, Lim Ah Hock opens the shutters\nof his small kitchen on Carpenter Street, lights an incense stick and prepares\nthe best laksa soup in all of Kuching. According to Lim family legend, the\nlaksa’s secret ingredient - their ancestral broth - was gifted to them by a\ndeity, who promised the family prosperity as long as the broth is passed down\nthrough the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut Ah Hock is aging, and the broth’s quality is fading. His\nonly son, Wei Ming, has no interest in the family business, having spent eight\nyears in Hong Kong trying to prove himself as a chef. Now, he’s struggling with\ngambling debts, embroiled in a love triangle, and the restaurant he’s been left\nto run has lost its Global Restaurants Guild star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eInvited home to Malaysia for his father’s 60th birthday, Wei\nMing sees a chance to escape his troubles. But when old conflicts resurface and\na local businessman threatens to destroy the family legacy, father and son are\nforced to ask themselves what truly matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJanet Tay is a Tin House Winter Workshop alum, and her short\nstories and journalistic pieces on literature, food and parenting have appeared\nin various collections and magazines. The first act of her full-length play\nReunion was longlisted for The Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award for New\nDrama Writing. She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her husband and son. Early\nMornings at the Laksa Cafe is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44756076396751,"sku":"9781787305304","price":34.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_d6c641e0-1f03-4d3d-b435-a5f2ffc38849.jpg?v=1767078048","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/early-mornings-at-the-laksa-cafe","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}