SINGAPORE - If there is one lesson I learnt from eating the bee hoon at Gu Zao Wei You Tiao Economic Bee Hoon and Nasi Lemak, it is not to judge a dish by its number of ingredients.
True cookery gongfu is in how a chef, limited by cost and practical considerations, transforms humble ingredients into a dish that is itself a world of flavours.
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