Grandpa will order Max's favourites such as char kway teow and chicken rice, while grandma will whip up dishes like curry chicken.
Olympic bronze medallist and kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder with his grandmother Tan Ah Moy, 80, and grandfather Teng Lay An, 83, at Changi Airport Terminal 3, on Aug 13.
Shortly after returning home to a warm reception, the two-time kitefoiling world champion said the first thing he would do is “shower but I want to see my family, eat some food that my popo cooks and anything on the table I’ll probably devour”. After months of intense preparation for the Olympics which involved training camps in Croatia and culminating in a historic bronze medal at the Marseille Marina, no one can begrudge the teenager from tucking into his favourite delicacies back home.
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