Saturday, October 25, 2014

penang hawkers' food


Penang's hawkers' food
Not every original cooks are the best
Passing through generations
Some have taken the easy way out

The new generations
Some aren't interested to take up the trade
The long hours manning the stalls
They don't have the patience

The foreign cooks
They have to be trained
Teach them how to cook
Do not hide the food

Every cook is trained
It is depended on the master trainers
And the new cooks shouldn't sit on it
They should improvise their skills

The best apom balik is Ah Guan
Along Burma Road in front of a Chinese school
I still can't find another guy to beat his apom balik
Though they are many selling it

The best rojak is in Bedok South in Singapore
The Chinese hokkein guy originally from Penang
It is so much different as I tasted it
Penang rojak flunked the test

Now the state government banned foreign cooks
Manning the hawkers' stalls in Penang
Is this the way to protect the originality of food?
It lies in training and willing to pursue an art


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