Family business: Uan (left) with his father, Uan Cheng Chooi, selling pancakes at their Apom Chooi stall by the road side on Burmah Road.
GEORGE TOWN: While the research paints a grim future for the state’s hawker food scene, a few young people have actually stepped up to preserve the ko cha bi (traditional taste) of Penang.
Among them is 35-year-old Hokkien mee seller Lau Yong Lin, who said that preserving the old taste of Penang was akin to keeping the “George Town identity” alive.
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