Bringing back passion in Penang food

A variety of Penang hawker food at a local food court.

What is Penang’s ban on foreign hawker food cooks about? Is it an affront to the foreigners who can cook just as well as anyone else or is it a bane for hawkers who want to make an easy buck while sacrificing quality?

I GREW up in a part of Penang where there were plenty of F words – floods, football and, of course, food.