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Wong Ah Yoke's food picks: Soup pencai

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If you have tried heating up your takeaway pencai for Chinese New Year on the stove, you might have found that the bottom-most layer has a tendency to get burnt.

Some restaurants put a metal disc or a piece of woven rattan beneath the food to prevent this and it helps.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 01, 2019, with the headline Wong Ah Yoke's food picks: Soup pencai . Subscribe