Taking Penang's Street Food Global
12 min read
IN 2016, a chicken rice stall in Singapore was awarded a Michelin star. This, and a stall selling pork noodles,…
A Personal Journey to Imbibe Offal, One Organ at a Time
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If I were to locate the exact point in time when I became serious about food, it would have to be upon reading Anthony Bourdain’s essay in The New Yorker, “Don’t Eat Before Reading This” and his later book, Kitchen Confidential.
Joachim Bergström: On Using Universal Values to Drive Diplomacy
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IN THE SHORT period of time that I have known the Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia, Joachim Bergström, and his team…
Penang’s Operatic Past: A Legacy of Passion and Dedication
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IT HAS BEEN two decades since the last big-scale Italian opera was staged in Penang and it is almost unthinkable now to imagine that this quiet little island wo...
Do Nothing and It Shall Be Done: Placemaking in Balik Pulau
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THE DRIVE TO Nada Natural Farming café itself is a treat. Past the Balik Pulau old town, you make a turn that takes you winding through traditional Malay villag...
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Ernest Zacharevic’s Decade of Art, Rubbish and Transformation
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10 YEARS AGO, Ernest Zacharevic debuted his first solo art exhibition, “Art is Rubbish is Art”, at Hin Bus Depot (HBD), setting into motion a chain of events th...
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The Post-Covid Crisis: Rising Food Prices
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Cooking used to be a fun passion project, but with rising food costs, it’s now a careful act of budgeting. This piece explores how inflation is reshaping how Malaysians eat, shop and survive.
Penang Monthly Has Fun With AI Art
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WHAT BETTER WAY is there to talk about generating art with AI than to just show you? Penang Monthly uses Gencraft, a platform that creates images and videos bas...
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Are You Reading This?
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IT IS JULY 14, as I am writing this. This means that former US President, Barack Obama, should be making public his annual readi...
What One Sees on Middle Bank and Pulau Gazumbo
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Photos by Liam Wong.ON 20 APRIL, Penang Institute staff, guided by Prof Zulfigar Yasin and Hanis Razalli, visited the soon-to-be Middle Bank Marine Sanctuary an...
How the Young View Work
10 min read
MILLENNIALS AND GEN Zs are the largest age cohorts in the workforce; according to Statista, they now make up approximately 75% of Malaysia’s labour force.[1]Giv...
Why Do Digital Nomads Prefer Penang?
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YEARS BEFORE Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) launched DE Rantau, a programme aimed at establishing Malaysia as a digital nomad hub, Penang was alrea...