In her neck of the woods: Teh, cooking in Taman Free School in Penang, believes that wood fire makes her food taste better. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Wood has fuelled stoves for millennia before modern day options took over, but one hawker here still sticks with wood because she is certain it makes food taste better.
Teh Cheng Hoon, 70, has been selling what is commonly called “economy noodles” since she was 27.
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