File photo of the famous Siam Road char koay teow in Penang run by Tan Chooi Hong, 76.
Penang: The Human Resources Ministry’s call to have all restaurants in the country to only recruit Malaysians as cooks is not new for Penang as the state government had imposed a ban on foreigners from cooking local hawker fare from Jan 1, 2016.
Penang first proposed the ban in 2014, aimed to preserve the authenticity of hawker food.
