The inaugural Penang Street Food Festival in Bangkok on Saturday that offered a wide range of Penang fare was a huge hit.

The festival had 12 booths selling the island’s best traditional and authentic dishes such as char kuey teow, nasi kandar, Penang white curry noodle, asam laksa, nasi lemak, mee udang, pasembur, chee cheong fun, rojak buah, and sotong kangkung at a hotel here.

Besides these, much-loved Malaysian dishes like roti canai, the popular teh tarik drink as well as traditional desserts like the...