
The Malaysians have a rare skill for which they should be honored: They make blue. This is not about B.B. King, may he rest in…

You may be wondering, “What is there to debate about Malaysian coffee?” In a country as diverse as Malaysia, there are actually quite a number…

Here is one of the unexpected insights of world travel: peppers now make me sneeze. Formerly they did not, but now they do. It’s not…

Dare I say this? British colonials had an almost Germanic consistency: take over, build a military-industrial complex, then administer it from the cool comfort of…

Do you delight in toothpicked cheese cubes? Or prosciutto pinned to melon? The olives harpooned in your martini? If so, then may I recommend lok-lok? In this…

To dine on the island of Penang, we must cross Malaysia from east to west. As the house crow flies, that’s 150 miles. As the…

Kota Bharu, the capital of Malaysia’s Kelantan province, is a quiet city. There seem to be wider, more plentiful streets than the people need. Few…
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