But Will Lard's Newfound Dietary Legitimacy Temper Its Allure? Hakka mee bathed in 'white sauce' KLue September 2007 vol 107 Text: Robyn Eckhardt Photos: David Hagerman The other day a friend passed along the coordinates of a hawker stall offering 'heavenly' char koay teow. As I wrote down the address she moved in close, lowered her voice, and added, with the tight little smile of a kid about to raid the cookie jar, 'He uses lard.' Lard occupies a special place in the the culinary imagination of Malaysians undeterred by religious belief or doctor's orders from partaking of the pig. To true believers, stir-fried Hokkien mee lacking lard and cracklings is like a day ... read more

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