Penang are proud to have Datuk Lee Chong Wei as World No.1 badminton man's single player, Datuk Nicol David as World No.1 squash woman's player, Jimmy Choo as world renowned shoe designer and many more towering Penangites who make Penang famous..
Now, we have Penang aunties and uncles who cook wonderful and delicious street food making Penang on the world map again. Without them, we will not have a chance to eat delicacy food such as assam laksa, har me, char kuey tiao, lobak, pasembur, hokkien me, bak kut teh, nasi kandar and so on. Thank you so much. Ah yi and Ah chek!
Let's we protect and promote our street food heritage!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — Spicy, sour, fruity and fragrant, Penang assam laksa was voted seventh out of 50 most delicious food in the world in a global poll that leaned heavily towards Asian flavours. Malaysia’s sole entry beat out Indonesia’s beef rending (No 11) and Singapore’s twin national dishes, chicken rice (45) and chilli crab (35), but fell behind Thailand’s massaman curry, which took top spot.
The recent CNN Go feature did not say how it came up with the list, apart from saying its writers had “scoured the planet” for what they thought were the top 50 “foods worth travelling the world to gorge on”. “Poached, flaked mackerel, tamarind, chili, mint, lemongrass, onion, pineapple . . . one of Malaysia’s most popular dishes is an addictive spicy-sour fish broth with noodles (especially great when fused with ginger), that’ll have your nose running before the spoon even hits your lips” was how the online lifestyle feature described Penang assam laksa.
But Malaysia’s northern neighbour appeared highly popular with the CNN Go writers, as it saw four different dishes finding its way into the list. Apart from the massaman bestseller, Thailand also scored top marks for tom yum goong (No 8), nam tok moo, a meaty dish of grilled pork and toasted rice (No 19), and its signature green papaya salad, som tam (No 46).Other Southeast Asian offerings include Vietnam’s pho (No 28) and goi cuon, a rice-paper roll of shrimp, herbs, rice vermicelli and other ingredients, much like Malaysia’s poh-pia. The top 50 also feature a number of “national foods” such as sushi from Japan and Britain’s fish and chips.
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