Meng Kin’s oldest son Yit Ong, 60, manning the family’s ‘lor mee’ stall at Hai Beng Caf at Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling. It Kheang showing a bowl of the famous ‘lor mee’ in front of their stall at Jalan Jones, in Pulau Tikus.
TWO hawker stalls in Penang cannot help but “get in the mood” around this time of the year. Their signs say “HAINAN LOR MEE SINCE 1957”.
The business began just a few months before Malaysia’s founding father made his historic declaration of Independence and retired hawker Cheah Meng Kin, 90, treasures fond memories from 1957 which he has passed down to his children.
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