It's Time to Cycle to Commute!
7 min read
Penangites are taking to cycling like ducks to water. Granted, some have been doing it their entire lives while others are just beginning to get on the bandwago...
Feeling at Home in Public
4 min read
An elderly man enjoying a quiet moment to himself.The public was invited to put their creative stamps on the yellow chairs at Hin Bus Depot duri...
Healing and Housing Needy Children
5 min read
The children were shown how to make scrumptious egg mayo sandwiches and potato salad by G Hotel’s executive sous-chef, Chef Ketut Gede Dodi....
Air Itam Takes its Famous Street Food Seriously
6 min read
Disco-ing Up SupperThe cow's milk is purchased all the way from Butterworth.Unassumingly parked just opposite Air Itam market, Disco’s Café...
Chronicling Nyonya Cuisine
5 min read
AdvertisementInspired by the multicultural influences that have for centuries shaped Peranakan cuisine, Dr Ong Jin Teong decided to undertake an in-dept...
The Uncle of All Burgers
3 min read
Wong Keat Hin.One can find all the flavours of the world at Tanjung Bungah. From Bulgarian to Mexican cuisine, the variety reflects the multiculturalism t...
Between Rose and Thorn
4 min read
She is known as Roja to her customers. She is 36 years old, and a maven in Penang’s escort industry. “I’ve been in business for 17 years now,...
One More Nyonya Kuih for the Road?
7 min read
A Mother-Son VentureKei Vin (standing, left) and Lee Ngau (seated) with their team.With its colourful variety of nyonya kuih, Li Er Cafe has been tantal...
A Migrant Worker’s Journey of Despair – and Hope
6 min read
I watched him strike my friend’s head with a steel rod. But I couldn’t do anything to help. I was paralysed with fear, and even if I did somethi...
Suukee Nang: What it Means to be Hainanese
7 min read
Apart from the Penang Hainan Association that was established in the 1870s, there are no notable landmarks marking the Hainanese community’s early settlement in Penang. Most Hainanese immigrants hailed from Wanning, a county-level city in the south-east of Hainan Province.
Meet the Mee Goreng Family!
4 min read
Mee Goreng.Certain skills are innate, others developed over the years, and sometimes it’s a perfect combination of both – this might not be tr...
Who’s Afraid of Bad Wolves?
7 min read
Miss M performing comedy at SILYMI Presents BOLD.A community development platform seeks to draw out the artist in Penangites, and to function as a conduit...