Appreciating and Defending Penang’s Glorious Local Food Supply Chain
By Tan Yu Kai
December 2022 FEATURE
MARKET SUNDAYS WITH Grandma were always an exhilarating experience. I am always a four-year-old when I gingerly shuffle across the slippery pitted concrete. The floor was marbled red. Chickens wailed in panic, while my nose was hit by the smell of caramelising coconut and sugar cooking. There was life pulsing through the air.“You’ve increased your prices again!” Grandma protested aloud at the vendor from whom she has purchased spices for over half a century.As we trotted toward the live catfish...
Tan Yu Kai
is a Penangite biologist-cum-artist passionate about human relationalities with the natural world. He is a triple major in Biology, Earth & Environmental Sciences and Anthropology, and was a Research Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
