Striking and bold, the vibrant colours and swirling patterns on the cover of this year’s Tatler Dining Guide perfectly encapsulate the nostalgic charm of Peranakan porcelain plates. Designed by Liquan Liew and Estella Ng, the creative visionaries behind artistic collective Ripple Root, the cover art is inspired by two important threads in their creative practice—their cherished memories of food, and their Peranakan heritage.
Identifying themselves as “part-Peranakan wine enthusiasts”, Liew and Ng fondly reminisce aboutthe day away” at Estella’s parents’ home, before going to Pasir Panjang Food Centre to local delicacies and then spending the evening “talking and chilling with wine”. The latest cover depicts two phoenixes engaged in dialogue, while surrounded by the duo’s favourite local dishes—barbecue wings, , and sambal stingray.
