Retired: Chooi Hong busy making char kway teow in this file pic.
GEORGE TOWN: A char koay teow “crisis” has struck Penang after a sifu quietly hung up his wok and spatula for good.
Many locals and tourists are suffering from withdrawal symptoms because the one stall where people flocked to and were willing to wait for up to an hour to lap up its plates of stir-fried wonder – Siam Road Char Koay Teow – has doused its charcoal stove.
