Malay stall a hit at Nine Emperor festival

Meatless novelties: Siti Noraqila (blue headscarf) with Mohamad Noor  preparing their vegetarian satay and ikan bakar at their stall at Guan Yin Ting Dou Mu Gong Temple in Butterworth, Penang.

BUTTERWORTH: Devotees patronising the food stalls outside the Guan Yin Ting Dou Mu Gong temple in Medan Melur Selatan off Jalan Raja Uda here were excited to see a Malay couple selling vegetarian food in conjunction with the Nine Emperor Gods festival.

Siti Noraqila Zulkifli, 28, and her husband Mohamad Noor Ahmad, 36, from Karangan, Kedah, have been selling vegetarian food since the first day of the festival on Tuesday.