PENANG PEOPLE ARE very proud of their food. As I sat in one of the board rooms awaiting the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Jane Lomax-Smith, and her team to get on the Zoom call, I knew that the staff of the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) and the beaming Mayor, Rajendran Anthony, were ready to sell how delicious Penang (and Malaysian) food actually is to our sister city of 50 years.
Penang Food Flourishing in Our Twin City Adelaide
by
Rachel Yeoh
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Who Gets to Cook Penang's Iconic Dishes
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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,
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On the Cusp of Penang Haute Cuisine
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GROWING UP IN Penang as a lover of nasi (rice) in all forms, I recall queasiness at sampling what I…
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