Come to think about it, I am not sure why anybody would want to visit Malaysia.  The weather is uncomfortably hot and humid, and the taxi drivers in KL will rip you off. Unless you are a businessman-entrepreneur, because in Malaysia opportunities abound. And you can stay in air-conditioned cars and buildings all the time.  And thumb your nose at the tourists walking in the sun and drenched in sweat.

Well, except maybe to visit historic Malacca or go to Penang to enjoy the food. Malacca is full of history. Penang is where eating is a passion, where even the lowliest citizen considers himself a gastronome, and where people do not greet each other with “how are you today”, but with “have you eaten well today”. Well, it does sound enticing.

Because if there is a city in the Far East where one and everyone is besotted with food, it must be Penang. Just ask anybody from the Far East whether he/she has been to Penang, and  if they have been there, their eyes bulge out and the conversation immediately reverts to food.