Pleasures of Penang

An island of rich Chinese heritage, Penang has an array of temples, ruins, food, art and beautiful beaches that make a trip here more than worthwhile I will be honest, we hadn’t planned to visit Penang because we had been told “it’s really busy” and “it’s full our tourists,” but we were flying from Malaysia to Bangkok and thought “why not.” I am … Read more

A Unique Blend

How a surge in the Chinese population influenced Singaporean-Malay cuisine What do San Francisco and Dongguan have in common? Both are major worldwide boomtowns, but chances are you’ve never heard of the second one, whose population is already 10 times that of San Francisco. There are dozens of Chinese cities with populations of over one million people and more crop up … Read more