Meet the 67yo uncle behind a ‘30sen lok lok’ hawker stall in Penang

Hawker Lee has been selling his skewered goodies outside a school for 33 years. Photo: Kenny Loh

Amid the onslaught of rising prices, people in Butterworth, Penang, seek comfort at a lok lok – or skewered food – stall that will not bust their wallets.

This stall is known simply as the “30 sen lok lok” because the hawker has kept to this price since he set up shop in 1983. Pupils from Kwong Hwa Primary School on Jalan Raja Uda would all know hawker Lee Koon Huat because he has been selling his skewered goodies outside their school for 33 years.