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  • Alamak! Gordon Ramsey Gives His Comment On “Fish & Chips”

    Alamak! Gordon Ramsey Gives His Comment On “Fish & Chips”

    Much has been said about the “Fish & Chips” at a restaurant located at the top of Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC).

    The common one being renamed to Ikan Billis & Chips instead.

    There was quite a big difference between expectation and reality for this “Fish & Chips” dish priced at $17.50, which has resulted in an uproar of both hilarious and sarcastic reactions.

    For the fun of it, someone took to Twitter to ask the opinion of Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsey and this is what he said:

     

    To be fair, someone did respond to Ramsay’s criticism by saying that the food description for “Fish & Chips” dish clearly stated whitebait.

    So much kecoh over this “Fish & Chips” siol!

     

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  • Takeaway Different, Dine There Different. Ayam Penyet Ria @ Bedok Point Mall

    Takeaway Different, Dine There Different. Ayam Penyet Ria @ Bedok Point Mall

    Hi All, i know this is a forum to share good food & places. I just wanted to make you aware of my experience today at Ayam Ria bedok Mall. We packed food for my dad (made me feel worse) as we heard of Ayam Penyet Ria which is apparently famous in our neighbouring country down south.

    Charged $8.10, surprised but played it down as it is in a mall. Skali Dad opened n saw this. Rice barely quarter full. Ayam pon normal2 je. I was really shocked n felt cheated. Next time sesape nk try pls mkn kat sana as I saw those eating there portion dia normal.

    This happened at bedok Mall. I’m not too sure about other outlets but I just wanted to ensure people are made aware. Thanks. 🙁 feeling cheated at Ayam Penyet Ria @ Bedok Point Mall.

     

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    Source: Aliff Bin Ramzan Ali‎

  • Thailand Chasing Halal Gold With Tourism And Food

    Thailand Chasing Halal Gold With Tourism And Food

    The ceremony is one of dozens of marriages held over the last few months at the Al Meroz – the city’s first entirely halal hotel.

    Thailand has long been a draw for the world’s sun-seekers and hedonists, drawn to its parties, red-light districts, cheap booze and tropical beaches.

    But it has also seen a huge influx of visitors from Muslim countries, part of a quiet but deliberate strategy by the Southeast Asian nation to diversify its visitor profile.

    “Considering there are 1.5 billion Muslims around the world, I think this is a very good market,” explains Sanya Saenboon, the general manager of the hotel, one of a growing number of businesses serving a boom in Islamic tourists.

    The hotel opened its doors last year, setting itself apart with its attention to all things Islamic.

    For a start there is no alcohol on sale, while the top floor swimming pool and gym has specific times for when men and women can use the facilities.

    Everything in the building has been ticked off against a stringent checklist for practising Muslims, from bed linen washed in a particular way, to ensuring toiletries are free of alcohol or animal fat – making everyday goods “permissible” for the faithful.

    Sanya, who is Muslim, says such checks give visitors “peace of mind” so clients never have to ask themselves “can I eat this?”

    Sanya Saenboon, general manager of the Al Meroz hotel. (Photo: AFP/Robert Schmidt)

    “AHEAD OF THE CURVE”

    Despite a decade of political turbulence, Thailand has seen an explosion in tourist arrivals, from 13.8 million annual visitors in 2006 to a record 32.5 million last year.

    Western arrivals have largely remained a constant. The biggest increase in arrivals comes from China, skyrocketing from just 949,000 arrivals 10 years ago to 8.7 million visitors in 2016.

    But Muslim countries are also sending their citizens.

    An AFP analysis of government figures shows visitors from key majority Muslim nations in the Middle East and Asia have risen from 2.63 million in 2006 to 6.03 million last year.

    “Thailand was ahead of the curve,” says Fazal Baharden, founder of the Singapore-based Crescent Rating, which rates which countries are most welcoming to Muslim travellers.

    Thailand routinely places in the top two for non-Muslim majority nations alongside Singapore in Crescent Ratings’ annual survey of halal destinations.

    “They’ve really recognised the Muslim consumer market is worth tapping into,” he explains, adding medical tourism, shopping and high quality hotels are the primary draws.

    Baharden says the Islamic travel market is one of the world’s fastest-growing, thanks to the growth of cheap flights and booming Muslim middle classes.

    He estimates the number of Muslim travellers has surged from around 25 million a year in 2000 to 117 million in 2015.

    But it is not just at home that Thailand has gone halal.

    FOOD GETS HALAL MAKEOVER

    From chicken and seafood to rice and canned fruit, the country has long been one of the world’s great food exporters.

    Now a growing numbers of food companies are switching to halal to widen their customer base.

    Against a backdrop of humming machines churning out butter, Lalana Thiranusornkij, a Buddhist, explains how her family turned their three factories – under the KCG Corp banner – halal to access markets in Indonesia, Malaysia and in the Gulf.

    But going halal sometimes required some clever workarounds, such as how to avoid animal-based gelatin to make jelly.

    “In the past we used gelatin from pork but … we changed our gelatin from the pork source to be from a seaweed source,” she said.

    Thailand’s junta has set the goal of turning the country into one of the world’s top five halal exporting nations by 2020.

    Some outsiders might be surprised to see an overwhelmingly Buddhist nation embrace halal.

    But Dr Winai Dahlan, founder of the Halal Science Centre at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University, says Thailand was well-placed to make the change.

    Five per cent of its population is Muslim and – outside of the insurgency plagued southern border region – is well-integrated within the Buddhist majority.

    It was local Thai Muslims who first began asking for the country’s halal testing centre, a business that scours products for any banned substances and has since boomed.

    A Thai lab technician tests halal products at the Halal Science Centre at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. (Photo: AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

    “Fifteen years ago there was only 500 food plants that had halal certification. Now it’s 6,000,” Winai told AFP as female lab technicians in headscarves tested food products for traces of pork DNA.

    Over the same period the number of halal certified products made in Thailand has gone from 10,000 to 160,000, he added.

    It’s paid off. The government estimates the halal food industry is already worth $6 billion a year.

    As Thailand has quickly learned, there’s gold at the end of the halal rainbow.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • More Than 2 Years But Still No Muslim Stall At Nan Hua Pri School Canteen

    More Than 2 Years But Still No Muslim Stall At Nan Hua Pri School Canteen

    *Renting of Muslim Stall at Nan Hua Primary School*

    (this post/advertisement/invitation will expire after 15 Feb)

    Dear all. It’s been more than 2 years since the Muslim staff and pupils have any Muslim stall. My school has been trying to publicise and advertise for interested stallholders, but to no avail. I hope to have some luck posting in this FB group.

    • Stall Rental: $15/mth
    • Payment to cleaner: $8/school day
    • Own registration for water and gas with PUB
    • Electricity usage will be billed by school based on meter reading
    • Operating hours: 9.00am to about 2.00pm on school days
    • Peak hours:
    Recess time: 9.30am to 11.00am
    Lunch time: 1.30pm to 2.00pm
    Address: 30 Jalan Lempeng S128806 (opposite Clementi Fire Station)

    Please call Mr Phua (Admin Manager) at 67788050 if you are interested and/or want to view the stall.

    Thank you.

    P/S: There is a generous individual who is willing to help the eventual successful applicant for the malay stall with a $500 interest-free loan. This is to help with the licensing fee, rental and initial costs. The individual will contact the successful applicant directly. His niat is to enable the muslim students and teachers to have easier access to halal food.

    God bless the above-mentioned generous loan 😇

    Regards,
    Md Faizal
    PE Teacher
    Nan Hua Primary School

     

    Source: Mohamad Faizal in Halal Cafe & Restaurants in Singapore

  • Kini Lebih Banyak Kafe “Hipster” Halal Di Tampines

    Kini Lebih Banyak Kafe “Hipster” Halal Di Tampines

    Berita baik bagi penduduk Tampines! Anda tidak lagi perlu pergi ‘jauh’ ke Arab Street untuk menjamu selera atau relaks sambil menghirup kopi di kafe-kafe ‘hipster’ ala Eropah yang sedang rancak tumbuh di sana.

    Tampines kini nampaknya kian menjadi besi sembrani, dan mendakapi budaya kafe ‘trendy’ seperti itu, yang popular terutamanya di kalangan anak muda dan pelancong sejak beberapa tahun lalu.

    Tinjauan BERITAMediacorp mendapati, kini terdapat sekurang-kurangnya empat kafe halal sedemikian di Tampines, daerah timur Singapura yang ramai penduduk Melayu/Islam.

    “I AM…” DIBUKA MINGGU KE-3 FEBRUARI

    Selain kafe Alt-Yard yang dibuka pada 2015, Brothers in Fine Food serta Commonground yang menawarkan menu ‘brunch’ (dan sedang dalam proses mendapatkan sijil halal), kafe ‘I am…’ – iaitu sebuah kafe ‘hipster’ terkenal ala Belanda di Haji Lane – akan membuka cawangan keduanya di Our Tampines Hub tidak lama lagi.

    Kafe ‘I am…’ di Our Tampines Hub yang bakal dibuka. (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    Pengarah kafe ‘I am…’, Encik Muhamad Jamuri Busori, memberitahu BERITAMediacorp bahawa cawangan kedua kafe itu akan dibuka pada minggu ketiga bulan ini.

    Kafe-kafe sedemikian kini ternyata semakin popular, bukan sahaja di kalangan pelanggan yang inginkan suasana kafe yang unik yang seolah-olah membawa mereka ke kafe-kafe di negara Barat, tetapi juga dek hiasan dalaman dan menunya yang cukup ‘hip’. Ia ibarat halwa mata untuk para pengguna Instagram yang gemar memetik gambar makanan dan ‘berselfie’ di kafe.

    Pendeknya, ia disebut sebagai begitu ‘Instagrammable’!

    Kafe Brothers in Fine Food. (Gambar: Instagram/@brothersinfinefood)

    Kafe I am… di Haji Lane. (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    Menjelaskan lebih lanjut, Encik Muhamad Jamuri berkata pihaknya memilih untuk membuka cawangan kedua di Tampines bagi memaksimumkan peluang-peluang yang ada di sana, memandangkan lebih banyak pusat beli-belah kini dibuka di kawasan itu.

    Beliau menambah, pihaknya juga menerima maklum balas daripada para pelanggan yang ingin kafe ‘I am…’ membuka lebih banyak cawangan di kawasan lain di Singapura.

    KEISTIMEWAAN TAMPINES SEBAGAI LOKASI?

    Selain dua cawangan ‘I am…’ itu, pihaknya kini mempunyai kafe ‘& Why…’ dan kafe ‘all in…’ di kawasan Arab Street.

    Kafe ‘I am…’ ditubuhkan pada Ogos 2013 bersama dua rakannya, Jaffar Sariban and Salle Ahmad. Malah ia turut disenaraikan di kalangan 17 restoran dan kafe halal terbaik di Singapura dalam majalah Time Out dalam edisinya pada bulan lalu.

    (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    “Kami lihat semakin banyak pusat beli-belah kini dibuka di Tampines, jadi ada peluang yang baik di sana untuk mengembangkan perniagaan kami,” kata Encik Muhamad Jamuri ketika dihubungi BERITAMediacorp.

    “Kami juga mahu menyasarkan pelanggan di kawasan timur Singapura, terutamanya keluarga, memandangkan ramai penduduk Muslim di sana. Tahun ini ialah tahun keempat kami beroperasi, jadi kami mahu kembangkan lagi jenama kami, sebab ada yang tidak tahu pun tentang kafe ‘I am…’ di Haji Lane.

    “Kafe kami juga akan terletak di Home Team NS, jadi di situ juga ada banyak peluang kerana ramainya anggota Home Team NS,” ujarnya lagi.

    Selain itu, Encik Muhamad Jamuri juga akur bahawa kafe-kafe halal yang ‘trendy’ dan ‘hipster’ kian bertambah di kawasan Tampines, dan trend itu adalah sebahagian sebab pihaknya memilih kawasan itu untuk cawangan kedua ‘I am…’.

    PERBEZAAN “I AM…” HAJI LANE DENGAN TAMPINES?

    Beliau berkata ia akan mempunyai konsep yang sama dengan cawangan pertama di Haji Lane, iaitu menu, hiasan dalaman dan suasana keseluruhan yang seolah-olah membawa anda ke Amsterdam, bandar yang terkenal dengan kincir angin dan bangunan-bangunan lama yang indah berlatarbelakangkan terusan air.

    Namun sementara kafe ‘I am’ di Haji Lane lebih menyasarkan pelancong dan golongan muda dengan lokasi ‘hipster’nya serta tempat duduk alfresco sesuai untuk para pengunjung relaks sambil memerhatikan orang yang lalu-lalang, cawangan keduanya di Our Tampines Hub lebih menyasarkan keluarga.

    (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    Bahkan, Encik Muhamad Jamuri menjanjikan rekaan dalaman kafe di Tampines itu akan lebih menarik dan lebih menerapkan keunikan bandar Amsterdam.

    ”Kafe di Our Tampines Hub akan mempunyai ‘industrial feel’ (suasana industri) dan seolah-olah membawa pelanggan ke lorong-lorong di Amsterdam, lengkap dengan papan-papan tanda jalan raya Amsterdam, lukisan-lukisan muralnya, basikal-basikalnya, pinggan mangkuk yang digunakan serta suratkhabar-suratkhabar Belanda di lantai kafe.

    “Ini berbeza daripada kafe di Haji Lane, yang berkonsep terbuka dan mempunyai tempat-tempat duduk di luar dan kawasan Haji Lane itu sendiri mempunyai ‘vibe’ seperti di Amsterdam,” kata Encik Muhamad Jamuri.

    MAKANAN BARU DI “I AM…” TAMPINES?

    Pemilik “I am…” seterusnya mendedahkan kepada BERITAMediacorp bahawa kafe kedua itu juga akan memperkenalkan beberapa hidangan makanan baru yang lebih mesra keluarga dalam menunya.

    Satu lagi perbezaan yang ketara ialah sementara kafe ‘I am…’ di Haji Lane hanya dilengkapi kipas kerana berkonsep terbuka, kafe di Tampines akan berhawa dingin.

    “Hawa dinginnya cukup sejuk, jadi ia akan benar-benar membawa pelanggan ke Amsterdam memandangkan di sana sedang musim bunga,” ujarnya lagi sambil berseloroh.

    (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    CAWANGAN KE-5 BILA PULA?

    Ditanya BERITAMediacorp sama ada pihak ‘I am…’ sudah ada rancangan untuk membuka kafe kelima pula di negara ini, Encik Muhamad Jumari berkata: “Tiada rancangan buat masa ini, tetapi kalau ada rezeki, insya Allah.”

    Encik Muhamad Jumari mendapat ilham bagi kafe ‘I am…’ setelah menemani isterinya ke Amsterdam untuk urusan perniagaan dan terpegun dengan keindahan bandar itu.

    Ia menawarkan menu makanan Barat, termasuk ‘Fries & Mayo’ ala Belanda, ‘The Platters’, ‘Fish & Chips’ dan burger daging panggang, ‘Charcoal-grilled Juicy Beef Burgers’.

    Berikut ini senarai 3 lagi kafe halal di Tampines

    1) Alt-Yard di Kelab Masyarakat Tampines West

    Dibuka pada 2015, ia merupakan usahasama Fluff Bakery dengan sebuah pemilik kafe tempatan, Penny University.

    Ia terkenal dengan churros (termasuk churros perisa ondeh-ondeh) serta kek-kek cawan Fluff Bakery.

    (Gambar: Instagram/Alt-Yard)

    2) Brothers in Fine Food di Kelab Masyarakat Tampines West

    Dibuka pada November 2016, ia turut diusahakan oleh pemilik kafe Penny University.

    Ia menghidangkan menu sarapan, brunch dan makan malam serta pelbagai kek dan pencuci mulut, antaranya termasuk ‘Butcher’s Daughter’ iaitu filet daging, telur, kentang dan salad, ‘Peanut Butter Jelly Toast’, stik daging dan Greek Yoghurt Panna Cotta.

    3) Commonground di Our Tampines Hub

    Dibuka pada November 2016, ia menawarkan menu menyeluruh untuk brunch, makan tengah hari, makan malam dan juga untuk teh petang termasuk salad, sandwic, piza, pasta, stik ribeye, daging rusuk kambing panggang, ayam rotisserie, dan pelbagai pencuci mulut.

    Menurut laman Facebooknya, ia sedang dalam proses mendapatkan sijil halal tidak lama lagi namun semua produk dan bahan makanannya daripada sumber yang disahkan halal.

    (Gambar: Facebook/Commonground)

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