PETALING JAYA: Celebrity chef Redzuawan Ismail, known as Chef Wan, says the quality of Malay street food is dropping, and called for an institute to be set up to document and teach next-generation chefs how to cook Malay street food.
He lamented the increasing lack of experienced chefs skilled in heritage food, as well as the dropping quality of such food sold by street vendors, which he said will affect the tourism industry if not given attention.
“The younger generation is not interested in learning and mastering heritage dishes. People are also questioning why our food sold on the streets and in hotels is not as tasty as before,” Harian Metro reported him as saying at the launch of a cafe in Kepala Batas, Penang.