There is a vegetarian movement among the Chinese speaking folks in different communities. From friends I heard that there were two shops in Melaka that offered free vegetarian meals at lunch. Each patron has to serve himself or herself, at the end of the meal wash his plate and cutlery. For those who do not need charity, there is a donation box for whoever who wants to pay.
My mother was very taken with the vegetarian pows from Melaka. The fillings were made from vegetable source, wheat flour was kneaded with water into dough. The dough was wrapped around the fillings, then the finished product was steamed.
Another shop in Kampar, Perak was famous with vegetable pows too. A missionary would buy 20 frozen ones to take back to Kelantan. One has to book by phone a day ahead to reserve such delicacies.
Just the other day I bought and consumed a curry vegetarian pow, it costs $1.60. It tasted fair.
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