Savouring the good ole days

FOR baby boomers, a visit to Penang is like finding the home we left years ago. While modernisation and gentrification has altered the townscape quite a lot, certain pockets of Penang still transport the visitor back powerfully to the Singapore of the '60s and '70s. Sights, smells, sounds, and especially tastes, still evoke what can only be described by the cliché, "the good ole days".

The younger visitor, meanwhile, will find a town on the upswing, thanks to its new status as a Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World …