Food is such a huge part of Malaysian identity that chef and author Julie Lin says, “I would say food is the culture – it’s such a starting point when it comes to everything.”
Growing up in Glasgow, with a Scottish dad and Malaysian (Malay-Chinese) mum – who moved to the UK in the 1970s as a nurse – Lin says her mum “couldn’t speak the language so would communicate through food – she’d always use food as a means to express friendship with people.”
