FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. SUPERMARKET - AFTERNOON
PETER checks some jars in racks.
PETER (V.O.): Where do they place the honey?
Checking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What are these new items?
Peter checks the labels of two jars.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What is Kaya 咖吔?
Checking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Is it the same as 咖央?
Peter captures a photo of the new merchandise.
Act 2
FLASHBACK
EXT. STANLEY STREET, CENTRAL - DAY (1958)
A long row of sidewalk snack booths. Peter (4) and his DAD (26) sit at a table.
DAD: One 咖央多!
PETER (V.O.): What's 咖央多? We used to have 奶油多.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Toast (多 ) is already nice. We don't have a toaster oven at home.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Toast with butter is nicer. We don't have a fridge to keep butter at home.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Our home is at 3 Graham Street 1/F, Central, overlooking these snack booths.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My family members wanted me to memorize our home address. If I got lost, the Police can take me home.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I know 奶油多 is toast with butter and sweetened condensed milk. It's my favourite.
A WAITER puts one 咖央多 on the table. Peter examines the spread.
PETER: 咖央 looks like fruit jam...
Peter begins to sample his share of the toast.
PETER: Oh Dad, it's very delicious!
Dad smiles.
SEQUENCE OF PETER'S QUEST FOR 咖央多
A. SIDEWALK SNACK BOOTH, HUNG SHUI KIU (1964 - 1968). We hear Peter asking for 咖央多 and someone replying: What's that?
B. CASTLE PEAK HOTEL. CASTLE PEAK ROAD, 17 miles (1969 - 1974). Working as a waiter, Peter checks the menu on toasts. We see no 咖央多.
C. CHA CHAAN TENG, HONG KONG (1975 - 2014). Peter checks the menu and doesn't see any 咖央多 listed.
D. SIDEWALK SNACK BOOTH, STANLEY STREET (2015). Having checked the menu, Peter speaks to himself: I couldn't have mistaken. My memory is vivid.
END SEQUENCE
EXT. MARKET, KUALA LUMPUR - DAY (2017)
Guided by a FRIEND, Peter checks the merchandise on display.
PETER: Have you ever heard of 咖央? It's a kind of jam.
FRIEND: We have coconut jam - Kaya or 咖吔.
His friend shows him some green jam in a jar.
PETER: No, the colour isn't green. Anyway, I'll try it.
Peter buys one bottle.
INT. MALL STORE, KUALA LUMPUR - DAY (2019)
Peter grabs half-a-dozen jars of green coconut jam.
PETER (V.O.): They taste similar to the one I had when I was a kid. But the 咖央 I had wasn't green.
RETURN TO PRESENT
Act 3
INT. KITCHEN - LATER
Opening a jar of coconut egg kaya, Peter examines it.
PETER (V.O.): The colour is right. But it looks thick and less liquid than the ones I bought in KL and what I first tried when I was a kid.
Peter samples it.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The texture is rich. It tastes alright...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But no flavour can beat the one I had when my Dad was around.
Peter looks lost.
FADE OUT
THE END
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