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Article: HOT SPOT Penang offers a taste of Malaysia's adventurous flavors
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 18, 1996
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HOT: 1. having a high temperature. 2. producing a burning
sensation in the mouth, throat, etc. . . . 6. currently very popular
. . . 9. (Slang) excellent, good . . .
Defining the word "hot" takes up almost 40 lines in Webster's New
World Dictionary. A shorter, more vivid illustration can be found by
wandering into the new Penang on Washington Street at the edge of
Chinatown. On a Wednesday at lunchtime, the Malaysian restaurant,
which opened two weeks ago, is full. Asian businessmen and women
crowd long tables; Malaysian students snuggle side by side on a
banquette; an Indian couple share roti canai (Indian pancake);