Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 114)

How Different the Kelantan of My Youth Was

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Our lives revolve around locating ourselves within the unfamiliar, and coming to terms with all the differences that we chance upon in our surroundings. There a...

by Izzuddin Ramli

Resisting the Post-Print Era

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The Tai Tong restaurant on Lebuh Cintra is an unusual place for a literary discussion, but it is where a friend insists on introducing me to a website that host...

by William Tham

A Balanced Society? The Planning Must Start Now

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 This article first appeared in our September 2015 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most...

by Stuart Macdonald

China Cuisines Expand Penang’s Food Scene

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They are distinct somehow from our local Chinese restaurants. Perhaps it’s because most of them have signage purely in Chinese, loud and usually in red....

by Enzo Sim

Feeding the Multitudes – at Sea and in the Air

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Large-scale food production involves complex processes ranging from menu-crafting and addressing a series of dietary needs, to ensuring safety and maintaining h...

by Regina Hoo

Stay Super Fit – with Nasi Ulam!

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With over 20 years’ experience cooking genuine Peranakan dishes, Debbie Teoh has garnered herself a formidable name as a celebrity chef. But she has one m...

by Peter Soh

Hospital Food? Oh, Yes Please!

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Hospital food, however healthy it may be, still does not enjoy high repute. When mentioned, visions of lukewarm, bland food usually paired with a side of fruits...

by Enzo Sim

Halal: More than Food – and Much More Holistic

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The global halal product market is burgeoning. It is expected to grow from having been worth US$45.3bil in 2016 to over US$58.3bil in 2022.1 Islamic finance dom...

by Nidhal Mujahid

Nidhal Mujahid

Time to Make Music a Central Part of Malaysian Education

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ONE OF THE most important lessons my father taught me was appreciating music. He thought it important that my brother and I could manage both music and academic...

by Dr. Rahida Aini

NCP 1971 vs. DAKEN 2021: Ethnoculturalism or Cultural Diversity?

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AFTER 50 YEARS since implementing of the National Cultural Policy (NCP) 1971, the newly dubbed Dasar Kebudayaan Negara (DAKEN) 2021, translated as “Cultural Pol...

by Adil Johan

Jimmy Boyle: The Man and His Music

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Probably one of the most brilliant and imaginative musicians in the Federation today….. As a Malayan Musician, Jimmy is in a class by himself. His technique is...

by Paul Augustin

Negaraku: The Sonic Totem of the Nusantara (Part 1)

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MOST INTERESTINGLY, historical scholarship surrounding the making of the national anthem was brought about by a chain of interconnected events that led to a pro...

by Shazlin Hamzah