Nasi kandar is ours, say Penangites

GEORGE TOWN: Nasi kandar and pasembur are definitely not Singapore’s — the Penang Indian-Muslim community is laying claim to it.

However, they also expressed disappointment that these two types of food were not included in the list of 100 types of heritage food and drinks in the National Heritage website (www.warisan.gov.my).

Restoran Kapitan chairman Abdul Wahab Mohamad Hanifah said nasi kandar is “definitely a Malaysian original” and should be promoted as such because their ancestors from India first dreamed it up in Penang in the 1900s.- + selanjutnya

Nasi kandar is ours, say Penangites