Feeding Penang

By Julia Tan, Noorhasyilah Rosli, Regina Hoo

December 2018 COVER STORY
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From international players to small cottage enterprises, our food manufacturing industry is thriving and getting more diverse.Penang – food haven par excellence. And it goes without saying that its people are a proud lot, fiercely defensive and boastful of their hybrid cuisines.And we don’t even mean the street food. Indeed, behind the popular dishes lies a food manufacturing industry that is taken for granted, and that is unknown. It does not only feed Penang’s many hungry mouths and its endless...

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Julia Tan

went to primary and secondary school at Convent Pulau Tikus before continuing sixth form at St. Xavier’s Institution; any other school was out of the question. She misses the fried rice at the school canteen, and laments the passing of the wan tan mee lady.

Noorhasyilah Rosli

is living her life freely and spends a large portion of her time eating. She'll do the same in the next life.

Regina Hoo

is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.


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