Night in a living museum

One would be forgiven for thinking that Stefan Gehrig, a Swiss transplant to Penang who owns the Coffee Atelier boutique hotel along Stewart Lane, is an aficionado of the beverage.

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A trip down memory lane

The Trash and Treasure Market at Jalan Bunga Raya alongside the historic Melaka River is a hive of activity on the weekends, a playground for bargain hunters and treasure seekers alike.

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Currying favour

Ipoh may be most famous for its poached chicken and dim sum, but the town has more culinary treasures worth finding.

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In praise of tribal crafts

Craftwork is an applied form of local artistry that plays an important role in shaping and identifying a country’s cultural identity as well as documenting part of its history and heritage.

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Industrial romance

  Ask those familiar with USJ 19’s commercial spaces and they will probably tell you about the sleepy neighbourhood mall and the numerous vehicle workshops and related businesses that dominate the rows of shops there.

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Timeless treasures

Where else but in Malaysia is “Have you eaten?” an appropriate alternative to “Good morning”, when salutations are exchanged at the start of the day? Yes, “Dah makan?” is not just a greeting but, in truth, a clue to the collective psyche of the Malaysian people.

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Where the unwanted gets a second life

Under the loving devotion of Happy Tan, the abandoned is given a home, the unwanted acquires dignity, the ugly is transformed to admired beauty and the useless becomes priceless.

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