Wherever they go, at some point Malaysians tend to reminisce of home: the culture, the camaraderie, and the food. The farther the distance and the longer the absence, the more rose-tinted those memories become.
That food has become our refuge from the harshness of life is perhaps no exaggeration. There's a certain romance in our enjoyment and recollections of it: from our daily meals, childhood favourites, or that one unforgettable taste of a hawker-stall wonder that, with time, becomes as venerated as the Holy Grail.
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Early Mornings at the Laksa Café
Janet Tay
Vintage UK
352 pages
Fiction
ISBN: 9781787305304
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Quarterly Quill
