December 2024

EARLIER THIS YEAR, MBPP Councillor Tan Soo Siang and Penang EXCO Jason H’ng echoed the 2016 call by Lim Guan Eng to ban foreigners from cooking 13 local dishes in Penang—Nasi Lemak, Assam Laksa, Pasembur, Mee Sotong, Char Koay Teow,

PENANG PEOPLE ARE very proud of their food. As I sat in one of the board rooms awaiting the Lord…

GROWING UP IN Penang as a lover of nasi (rice) in all forms, I recall queasiness at sampling what I…

“WHAT ARE THOSE sweet bean curd sticks called again?” “Te-ga-kee. You can get it from the market. Please also get…

WHENEVER I THINK of the diversity of Chinese cuisine, which is most distinct between the different dialect groups, a particular…

FOR A PENANG foodie who is always in need of the occasional kick in between dry meetings on long weekdays,…

The question is, how do I describe all the fine details on how to make choon piah to beginners? It all started more than a decade ago when I offered to cook for some of my old St. Xavier’s Institution classmates in KL.

THE ATMOSPHERE WAS buzzing with anticipation as the Penang Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) featured acclaimed musicians from Germany and the UK…

DECEMBER 26, 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the deadliest of tsunamis, triggered by a 9.3 magnitude undersea megaquake…