Chinese, mamak or both?


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 22 Jan 2006

The mushrooming of 24-hour mamak restaurants around the Klang Valley has given rise to the perception that while stamping their mark in the food arena they have also taken the business from traditional Chinese coffeeshops. But have they? Sunday Star investigates. 

ARE mamak shops, which offer everything from roti canai to Chinese style noodles, taking over from traditional Chinese coffeeshops? 

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