On the southern shores of Penang Island, seafood isn’t just fresh — it’s perfected through generations of culinary science.

Back in late 2023, I wrote about JJ Budget Restaurant, a kopitiam straddling the fringes of Taman Mayang and Kampung Cempaka.

I also texted my relatives who live in the neighbourhood, and found out that not only is the food quite good, but Island Cafe also belongs to them. Silly old me, I should’ve known, judging from the ...

Heads up, lemak laksa lovers, there’s no need to go all the way up north now to scratch your itch for Granny Q Pulau Tikus Penang. Now that bowl ...

1.Soak noodles in cold water to cover 30 minutes, then drain. Cook noodles in a large pot of boiling salted water 4 minutes. Drain noodles in a colander, then rinse thoroughly and drain well. Stir ...

Malaysia is the stovetop of Asia — a swirl of cultures and foods as rich as almost any in the world — with famous street-food hawker stalls taking influences from China, India, Indonesia or Thailand.

One night after dining at an Indian restaurant in George Town, the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I walked out into the sultry, tropical heat that lingers ...