Penang Heritage Food is an award winning historical cookbook written by Singaporean Silver Entrepreneur Dr Ong Jin Teong – Over 4,000 copies has been sold to date.
Dr Ong has published two award winning books, Penang Heritage Food – Yesterday’s Recipes for Today’s Cook, and Nyonya Heritage Kitchen – Origins, Utensils and Recipes. Penang Heritage Food has been re-printed several times, with the first edition was sold out within a year. This cookbook provides the recipes for the classic and forgotten dishes of Penang, and also reveals the rich influences that create the unique culinary heritage.
Dr Ong was born in Penang into a Nonya family and he was exposed to cooking at home at an early age by his mother. He later went on to London to study Electrical Engineering in 1963, where he extended his range of cooking. He is a retired professor from the Nanyang Technological University’s College of Engineering.
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