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Little Penang

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Little Penang

Diners enjoy authentic Malaysian cuisine at Little Penang restaurant in Wellington in 2013. The capital has a number of Malaysian restaurants but Little Penang is specially known for its Penang-style street food using traditional ingredients. It is particularly popular with homesick Malaysians: one Malaysian customer, married to a Kiwi, began weeping halfway through her birthday meal and explained, ‘This is the food my grandmother used to make!’ 

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Reference: 08 September 2013

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Carl Walrond, Malaysians and Singaporeans – Malaysian culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46719/little-penang (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 19 October 2015, updated 1 August 2024.