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By Ken Hom
Published 1996
In Malaysia there are many Chinese. Understandably, therefore, Malaysian cuisine has many Chinese characteristics. This dish is Malaysian, but ‘Hokkien’ refers to that region of southern China from whence many Chinese migrated centuries ago, bringing with them, of course, their regional style of cooking. By all accounts, the Malaysian influence greatly improved the Hokkien approach to food.
In China, Hokkien is not regarded as a gourmet’s paradise. However, this dish is certainly a