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Chua Jim Neo (Chinese: 蔡認娘; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Jīn-niû; 1905 – 8 August 1980) was a Singaporean chef and cookbook writer best known for Mrs. Lee's Cookbook, which preserves the recipes of Peranakan cuisine.
The book, reprinted many times, is considered one of the most authoritative on Peranakan cuisine in Singapore. Born in 1907, Jim Neo was the eldest child of Neo Ah Soon and wealthy Hokkien businessman Chua Kim Teng from Pontianak in Dutch Borneo.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Born in 1907, Chua Jim Neo is the eldest daughter of Chua Kim Teng and Leong Ah Soon. At age 15, she married Lee Chin Koon, a storekeeper, in an arranged marriage. She had five children, a daughter and four boys, the eldest of whom was Lee Kuan Yew, who became prime minister of Singapore in 1959.
One exceptional woman who understood the importance of food in Peranakan culture was Mdm Chua Jim Neo, also known as Mrs. Lee Chin Koon. Mrs Lee was a talented, capable, progressive and intelligent woman who lived from 1908 to 1980, she passed at age 72.
27 de sept. de 2023 · Born on Sept 16, 1923, to a wealthy Straits Chinese family, he was the eldest of five children of Shell Oil Company depot manager Lee Chin Koon and Madam Chua Jim Neo. In 1935, he...
29 de jun. de 2014 · In 1937, a Peranakan housewife, Madam Chua Jim Neo, got him to start taking her four sons and daughter to school by rickshaw. Mr Lee Kuan Yew was her eldest.
26 de may. de 2022 · It was self-published in 1974 by Chua Jim Neo (also known as Mrs Lee Chin Koon after she married), the mother of Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
