IT was the talk of the town. More than one town, in fact.
And it resembles the tail of a rat. Hence, its name lo shi fun in Cantonese, which translates literally to “rat noodles”.
Three decades ago, several towns in Perak were gripped by anxiety over a series of food poisoning that involved the noodles.
It eventually claimed the lives of 13 children and an elderly woman in October 1988.
A post-mortem indicated that their livers were damaged.
“Most of us dared not eat lo shi fun for a while, ” recalled former teacher Winnie Low, who is based in Ipoh.
There was no social media circulating fake news back then but rumours were aplenty about the case.
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