“Did you know that scissors have got a heart?” Uncle Chow Hon Meng points at the pivot screw connecting the two blades. This heart, which does not beat, plays a key role in cutting performance, as it controls the blade tension, neither too tight or too loose, in order to function properly. Sharp blades create a smooth, clean cut, whereas dull blades are inefficient, resulting...
Apam Balik in Petaling Street
Uncle Hon Tin Long is a daily fixture among the hawkers of Petaling Street. He pushes a trishaw cart onto Jalan Hang Lekir, and sells freshly made apam balik and nyonya apam balik under a colorful umbrella. Uncle Hon is always jovial, and can chat with passersby. Now over 70 years old, he has been in Petaling Street for almost six decades, running his own...
Kien Choon Restaurant
To bypass the congestion on Rawang’s main street, local residents would use the back lane of Jalan Maxwell. As one drives past, most of the rear doors and windows are tightly shut. Towards the end of the lane, there is a unit embellished with plants, a hand-carved wooden stand by the roadside and a banner on top of the entrance inscribed with “Kien Choon Restaurant”....