Fortunately four to five meals per day of char kwey tiaw (fried noodles in soy sauce with egg and various additions), asam laksa (Penang's famous, indescribably good curry noodle soup), rojak (fruit and veggie salad in a sweet dark shrimp paste) and much, much more, goes down a lot easier than heavier Western foods.

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There's garlic-flavored oil, garlic juice, garlic paste (sold like toothpaste, in a tube) and garlic-based jam in a variety of fruit flavors.

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