With heritage food at risk of disappearing from Singapore, it is important to retain our local food culture and to preserve our cultural and national identity. Local food and its culture are a part of our national identity and provide shared memories and experiences across generations. Fine dining and gourmet sector of our culinary landscape has been developing at a fast rate in Singapore and as a result, people would rather not eat at hawker centres. If we do not teach our kids about our heritage food, it becomes an issue as our Singaporean identity and culture will continue to be diluted with influences from other countries.
By letting the younger generation experience it through a cooking game where they can attempt to cook traditional heritage food, they will have the opportunity to explore the wide variety of food that Singapore has to offer.This would help bring awareness and keep our heritage from dying out starting by bringing awareness to the younger generation
It is becoming increasingly difficult to find some of the uniquely local treats that strongly define Singapore’s food heritage. With how children heightened liking for sweet-tasting food, it would be a small step towards bringing awareness to teach them about our local desserts.
The childhood memories associated with nostalgic desserts was what defined many Singaporeans growing up years, good old memories attached to every little snack or foods that eventually outgrew us and got left behind and if we do not teach our kids about our heritage food, it becomes an issue as our Singaporean identity and culture will continue to be diluted with influences from other countries and those sweet treats that we grew up and came to love might not even exist in the future
By letting the younger generation experience it through these mascots, children can be introduced to Asian culture and heritage. They can learn to familiarise and appreciate traditional food like kuehs before it disappears from Singapore completely. This would help bring awareness and keep our heritage from dying out starting by bringing awareness to the younger generation.
