Even Tastier Times Ahead
By Sean Yoong
January 2016 FEATURE
Passionate restaurateurs from KL and further afield challenge Penang’s cuisine conservatives.For Diane Ong, the exhaustion she endured from rapidly opening two restaurants and an art gallery in Selangor turned into exhilaration when she was offered the opportunity to start a third eatery – this time, in Penang.Awesome Canteen team.In its original location in Petaling Jaya, Ong’s cafe, Awesome Canteen, was an instant hit when launched in November 2013, serving gourmet salads, sandwiches and burgers. Early in 2015, landscape architect Ng...
Sean Yoong
is a former political journalist who has found his mid-life calling in food; he now writes about restaurants in the Klang Valley for a variety of websites and magazines.
