An 18-month gastronomic discovery of Penang’s great eats served with a spot of nostalgia and love for romantic island living, has morphed into a coffee-table book ‘Tok Tok Mee: A Portrait of Penang Street Food’  which will be unveiled this weekend.

Penang-born TV producer and food writer Gerald Tan unveils childhood stories and historical anecdotes about dishes which have made their mark around the world. Tan, together with Sydney-based award-winning cinematographer and photographer Benjamin Emery, have dished up charcoal-kissed char koay teow and sar hor fun to the briny broths of Hokkien mee and asam laksa in 192 pages of the hard cover book.

Watch this space for more details from Trishaw Press, the book’s publisher. The Penang-based boutique publishing house promotes local content via collaborations with authors and artists working on heritage matters on the island

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Update:

Tok Tok Mee is now available for purchase online!

(Images courtesy of Trishaw Press)