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Saving great hawker food: How Malaysians are trying to do this
As elderly proprietors hang up their woks, we must find ways to keep the magic alive.
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Ramly Kopitiam occupies a corner shop just next to the old Batu Pahat market.
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Andrew Sia
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I was sad to hear that Woh Kee, a famous traditional coffee roaster in Ipoh, closed down in June, after 80 years of business over three generations. And so the world’s former tin mining capital has lost yet another part of its scrumptious inheritance.
Our hearts sink whenever venerable food businesses close down. The collective memories of our palates sigh over a fond slice of life that we’ll never savour again.
