The Legacy of Taste

By Julia Tan

December 2017 FEATURE
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Some dishes don’t change on the streets of Penang.There are some things in life that never change. Taste is one: a dish from childhood – the certain way a char siu is marinated and barbecued to the perfection that a six-year-old will remember forever – so perfect it shapes a child’s palate that no Michelin-star restaurant will ever reproduce such mouthwatering distinction.There is a place on Lebuh Chulia – just before the turning into Rope Walk – that has been...

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Julia Tan

is a former editor of Penang Monthly. She remembers her time with the magazine with great fondness.

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