I Know Why Penang Food Is So Amazing...
By Dato’ Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
December 2024 EDITORIAL
BORN WITHOUT ANY spoon of any metal in my mouth, food was a matter of having enough to dispel any passing pang of hunger. Often, it was the drink—plain water or coffee—and not the food that helped. It did not matter how. In any case, lucky were we who were—and are— born and raised in Penang. That food could lack flavour and taste was not an idea we needed to consider very often, be it home-cooked, street-bought or canteen-served. The...
Dato’ Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His recent books include The Eurasian Core and its Edges: Dialogues with Wang Gungwu on the History of the World (ISEAS 2016). Homepage: wikibeng.com
