Seeing the World in a Plate of Mee Goreng
By Eugene Quah
October 2022 FEATURE
MEE GORENG MAMAK is the perfect metaphor for cosmopolitan Penang, the undeniable love child of unfettered multiculturalism. Penang, as an entrepôt, had always been the meeting place where cultures not only met but mingled, marinated and merged, creating unique and surprising culinary delights. The journey of the ingredients of this dish to Penang tells a tale spanning continents and centuries; it is a story of discovery and conquest, and of chance encounters and unintended consequences.[1]As you walk along the north...
Eugene Quah
is an independent researcher and writer who is working on a book tentatively called “Illustrated Guide to the North Coast of Penang”. He rediscovered the joys of writing after moving back to Penang from abroad.
