Talkback Tuesday: The great Penang hawker debate

22-Jul-14 18:00

Talkback Tuesday: The great Penang hawker debate

Pause
Embed

Who doesn't know the wonders of Penang food! Both Malaysians and tourists alike make the pilgrimage up north many times to get their amazing-food fix and leave the island, happy. So, it was with mixed reviews when the state government announced that it was planning to ban foreign cooks at hawker stalls. Some supported the move, saying local cuisine authenticity must be maintained. Some argue that there's no difference - we have Malaysian chefs cooking Italian or French food anyway.

On Talkback Tuesday today, we asked: Is it really that big of a deal for foreign chefs to cook our local cuisine? Our lines were open.

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:

Tags: penang, hawkers, ban, char koay teow, travel, tourism, lim guan eng, food, eating, talkback, tuesday

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

A Bit of Culture (REPEAT)

Travel Broadens The Mind - Or Does It?; Kam Raslan | Julian Yap | Vernon Adrian Emuang

12:00 PM

I Love KL

Fireworks - The Spark Behind the Spectacle; Jeffry Bahary, Fireworks Programmer

1:00 PM

Open For Business (REPEAT)

14 Years of Wanderlust Around the World; Jenn Low, Founder and CEO, Wanderlust + Co

2:00 PM

Popcorn Culture (REPEAT)

Popcorn Culture - Stuff We Missed: One Piece

3:00 PM

GGWP (REPEAT)

Nurturing Future Malaysian Game Developers - The Ins And Outs; Sophie Azlan, Lecturer, School of Computing and Creative Media, UOW Malaysia

4:00 PM

Pick Of The Pops #539

6:00 PM

The Pulse (REPEAT)

Pulse Picks: Porches, Lucy Rose, Yannis & The Yaw, Jamie xx

PROGRAMMES