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Chef Martin Yan in Penang

Martin YanPROFILE
Martin Yan (born in 1948)
is a Chinese-born Hong Kong-American food writer.
He has been hosting his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show “Yan Can Cook” since 1982.
“ Malaysia is DIFFERENT from other countries I’ve been because it has diversity due to its multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious society.” – Martin Yan
Iconic American Chinese Chef Martin Yan of “Yan Can Cook” TV series fame, was in Penang for the filming of the new TV programme ‘Taste of Malaysia’.
Yan has not been to Malaysia for over 18 years until middle of this year and he finds that the country has much to offer in terms of variety of food, culture and traditions. “Malaysia is different from other countries I’ve been because it has diversity due to its multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious society,” he said.
After Malaysia, Yan will continue his work as an international food ambassador by visiting more countries to showcase their food while at the same time sharing his passion for food and Chinese cooking.
The Penang episodes feature the Chef visiting Golden Sands Resort seafood supplier cum ‘Rooted In Nature’ partner, GST Group Fish Farm, with resort communications director Suleiman Tunku Abdul Rahman and executive chef Adrian Lim demonstrating and preparing Penang’s famous Nyonya dish – Curry Kapitan Fish. He dropped by the Tropical Spice Garden, prepared Malay cuisine with the chef at the cooking school, and met up with well-known Penang food owners.
Back down in the city, he experienced several varieties of Indian curries, and other local favourites including Penang asam laksa, tau sar pheah, Nyonya kuih and dumplings. At the morning market, the chef explored varieties of Penang street food such as apom, chee cheong fun, lobak and char koay teow stalls.
There was a video shot of the Chef on how to make Indian apom, Martin Yan style… The crew was also seen setting up the logistics in the coffee shop on Penang Road. Next stop you can see the Chef was at Ghee Hiang, with Ch’ng Huck Theng, director of Ghee Hiang.


The 26-episode programme available in English & Mandarin will be aired in September on NTV7, Asia Food Channel and 8TV. So stay tuned!
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