Charcoal power brings out the best in food and drinks


Secret ingredient: Choo (left) and wife Tan brewing coffee and tea together with his uncle H’ng Eong Cheong (second from right) at their stall in Taman Free School market in George Town. — Zhafaran Nasib/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: No matter how efficient gas stoves are, coffee stall hawker Choo Hun Meng believes in the power of charcoal.

Or more precisely, he swears by the physics phenomenon called latent heat.

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