美美堂食
食物之所以令人思念,未必因为美味,而是因为岁月与情感的沉淀。人生的每段时光,总会有味道相伴;多年后偶尔回忆,那熟悉的滋味会悄然浮现。《美美堂食》就是以岁月和记忆腌制的美食记录。重点不在于烹煮,而是在于三代女性之间如何以食物构筑了一生完美的回忆。宁静的文字温暖地说着家乡的食物,复习你我的青春。
The Taste of What Remains
Food lingers in our hearts not simply because it was delicious, but because it carries the weight of time and feeling. Every season of our lives leaves behind a taste of its own, and years later, when memory returns, those forgotten flavors creep up. 美美堂食, The Taste of What Remains, is a collection steeped in such remembrance. More than just about cooking, it is a tender portrait of three generations of women who weave love, loss, and belonging through food. In its quiet, lustrous prose, the flavours of home become a way of returning to the selves we once were.
黑土设计所 / Heitu Design, 2025
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
蔡欣洵
蔡欣洵原籍马来西亚,现为新加坡公民。出版个人散文集《有时,我们远行》和《美美堂食》,诗集《诗托邦》。曾获2021年第四届方修文学奖诗歌组优秀奖。目前是理工学院讲师。
Chuah Soon Soon
Chuah Soon Soon has published personal essay collections A Long Walk and The Taste of What Remains, as well as a poetry collection Poetry Utopia. She won the 4th Fang Xiu Literary Awards (Poetry category) in 2021. Soon Soon is currently a lecturer at a polytechnic.

