82 and still stirring the pot

No rest for the best: Ah Cyen preparing a bowl of ‘kai see hor fun’ at his stall in Ipoh. — RONNIE CHIN/The Star

IPOH: “I don’t want to sit around at home. As long as I can work, I’ll keep going,” said 82-year-old Neow Ah Cyen.

He still wakes up before sunrise to prepare one of Ipoh’s popular dishes, known as “kai see hor fun”, a flat rice noodles dish.