- apron – yellow plastic
- bar – silver paper holder
- bar – wooden magnetic
- basin – blue plastic
- basin – pink plastic
- basket – blue tray
- basket – light blue tall
- basket – neon orange
- basket – pink
- basket – red tray
- blender
- board – wood cutting with metal handle
- book – AOHITWAMBTRU menu
- bottle – mint top plastic
- bottle – plastic spray
- bottle – red plastic
- bottle – yellow plastic
- bowl – ceramic serving
- bowl – green plastic
- bowl – mint plastic personal
- bowl – pink plastic personal
- bowl – small metal
- bowl – yellow plastic stackable
- brush – wooden bristles
- bucket – blue plastic
- bucket – gold plated metal
- cable – ethernet 50ft
- canister – butane 4 pack
- canister – fire extinguisher
- canister – sesame oil
- canned – baby corn
- canned – coconut milk
- canned – coffee
- canned – condensed milk
- canned – powdered custard
- canned – sardine tins
- canned – whole mandarin in light syrup
- cap – docker
- cloth – blue face mask
- cloth – cheese
- cloth – yellow towel
- container – 100% pure lye
- container – compost bin
- container – metal beaker
- container – milk crate
- container – red plastic thermos
- container – red plastic tub with sesame seeds
- cord – green with clearcoat
- cup – teal plastic funnel
- cup – teal stackable
- cups – red plastic measuring (1 cup to 1/2 tsp)
- DVD – empty case
- DVD – player
- electronics – blue blue planet digital watch
- electronics – electric fly swatter
- electronics – scientific scale
- fan – cyan portable with clip
- food – dried shiitake
- food – fennel seeds
- food – honeysuckle flowers
- food – mochiko
- food – MSG
- food – sichuan peppers
- food – soybeans
- gloves – red plastic (long)
- knife – korean handforged
- knife – meat cleaver
- label – fire extinguisher
- ladle – blue plastic
- LED – digital counter
- LED – menu sign
- LED – OPEN sign
- LED – store sign
- light bulb – CFL blue
- light bulb – CFL pink
- light bulb – CFL warm white
- lucky cat
- mat – green plastic anti-slip
- monitor – CRT TV
- mortar & pestle – red plastic and wood
- paper – blue, green, grey, pink, red, yolk dark, yolk light
- pen – pink (warm sunshine)
- pen – red (warm sunshine)
- plant – red orange fake aquarium
- plate – plastic floral
- pot – big (metal)
- pot – ceramic resealable with wooden spoon
- pot – metal (small)
- pot – metal deep and heavy bottom with handles
- pot – onggi (small)
- pot – vegetable fermentation
- shelf – wooden 5 tier
- shelf – wooden portable bookcase
- sign – plastic transparency
- slippers – grey plastic
- sticks – wooden with bead and braid
- stool – red plastic
- strainer – 1 cup tea
- strainer – metal half sphere
- strainer – red plastic handle (hot pot)
- strainer – wooden handle (noodle)
- table – wooden (long)
- table – wooden (small)
- tray – 15 eggs
- tray – tofu press
- USB – practical luxury 1GB
- utensil – metal ladle
- utensil – metal tong (small)
- utensil – mint soup spoon
- utensil – red plastic chopsticks
- utensil – rolling pin (noodle)
- utensil – spatula
- utensil – wooden chopsticks (cooking)
- utensil – yellow tip and handle tong
- water dispenser – electrical
- water dispenser – plastic jug
- whetstone – 2 layer
- zip tie – green
- zip tie – neon pink
an ordinary hole in the wall along macloed before the railway underpass
“an ordinary hole-in-the-wall along macleod before the railway underpass” (AOHITWAMBTRU) was a temporary food stall specializing in house-made tofu, rice cakes, noodles and preserved foods. The food stall menu is inspired by the act of using hands to form food into vessels. Here, identity and authenticity are characterized through labour and technique, rather than flavour. Cooking and eating translates that which has no words or cannot be said, becoming a method of communication in the absence of literal voices – ones which can’t be heard from the lack of knowledge/understanding, lack of ability of the one trying to speak/hear, and the contexts which do not allow for voices to be heard. Cooking and eating become the source of pleasure, livelihood, anchors of identity, that weathers distances, time, generations and East Asian diasporas. During this exhibition, I undertook the labour of making food and sharing as an offer of experience that doesn’t require too many words, only in the visitor’s indulgence in comforting food.