Leafy meals: Goh (left) and her workers preparing vegetables to be cooked before the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Madras Lane in George Town, Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Devotees who are observing a strict nine-day vegetarian diet in conjunction with the Nine Emperor Gods festival will have to pay more for the food this year.
Vegetarian rice seller Maggie Goh, 50, who has been trading along Lorong Madras here for the past 11 years, said she has to increase her prices by RM1 due to the rising cost of ingredients.
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