Chef Lim Fang Tat shares his recipe for happiness


Still wokking: 'I've always been passionate about cooking,' says Pangkor Laut Resort's head chef Lim Fang Tat, 80.

The 80-year-old head chef of Uncle Lim's Kitchen in Perak is all fired up to serve.

At 80, Lim Fang Tat is the oldest employee at the Pangkor Laut Resort in Perak. The head chef, popularly known as Uncle Lim, is the inspiration for the resort’s Uncle Lim’s Kitchen, a restaurant specialising in Nyonya and Hockchew dishes.

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