Foreign cooks and the future of Malaysian cuisine


(From left) Farid, Aida and Lee exchanging ideas during the podcast.

DO FOREIGN workers have a place behind the woks of Malaysia’s beloved hawker stalls?

This episode of Life & The City tackles the hot-button topic of Selangor government’s proposed ban on foreign cooks in eateries serving local food, a move already being practised in Penang.

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