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cooking which is very popular in Asian Countries like Malaysia,
Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand or Philippine. Specially
Penang hawker food is poised to gain a wider appeal through the Asian
Food Centers found throughout the capitals of the world.
The origins of hawker food stem from the natural outcome of mass immigration and urbanization. Food hawking is the easiest way of having one's own business and it requires the least capital. It is mostly a family business where the father or mother does the cooking and the children do the serving. Hawker Food is like fast-food which one can dine, and it is the cheapest way to eat. Hawkers can be found wherever they pitch their stalls. Some park themselves outside coffee shops while others rent a space in coffee shops or hawker centre where their customers can eat fairly comfortably and where they can order refreshments to complement the hawkers' fares. When the cooking of one hawker surpasses that of his competitors, he will be well-known in no time at all. People will flock to his stall. Hawkers do not advertise. Their reputation is spread simply by word of mouth. They are not known by their names, but peculiarly by the dish they excel in and the street they occupy. This is because the patrons somehow do not observe sign boards and the geographical location has been, for generations, the best way to identify the stalls. In Asian, where people are know for their simplicity in life, hawker food is eaten by both the rich and the poor alike. A millionaire will not deem it degrading to sit nest to a pauper at a hawker stall or in a coffee shop. His main concern, like everyone else in Penang, is to enjoy the delicious fares of the hawkers - environment is secondary. Private homes do prepare hawker food now and then for their own consumption. One reason is that the hawkers tend to stinge on certain expensive ingredients whereas private homes can use them liberally. Another is the fear of food poisoning but this is the exception rather than the rule. On the whole, hawker food is quite hygienically prepared and health inspectors check on them very often. If they do not conform to the sanitary for food handlers, they can be fined or have their licenses taken away. Tourists in Asian are frank to admit that they are attracted to hawker food but are afraid to try them because of the lack of hygiene. To circumvent this, hotels now include a number of the popular items of hawker food in their menus.
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