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2. Penang, MalaysiaBy JOHN KRICH | May 17, 2012 | +
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"Char kway teow," a Hokkien dish popular in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore, is made of flat noodles mixed with chili sauce, prawns, tofu, cockles, egg and sprouts
The whole world beats a path to the food courts of Singapore to try everything from chili crab to “carrot cakes” made from turnips. But when Singaporeans take their holiday, they head in droves to sample the same treats in neighboring Malaysia’s Penang. This languid, breezy island has long been an offshore sanctuary for food traditions. Even with top street vendors dying off, the great dishes of the region somehow taste better in Penang — from the roti flatbread in a vibrant Little India to the rice plates of chili-soaked fish heads, stingray in banana leaf and of course, char kway teow, the Hokkien noodles drenched in dark soy and dotted with cockles. Penang’s laksa, a thick, pineapple-choked fish-noodle stew, is decidedly the best anywhere — informed by the tangy tamarind of nearby Thailand.
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