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  • Nasi Lemak Lovers, Now You Can Have Your Nasi Lemak And Have Your Cake Too

    Nasi Lemak Lovers, Now You Can Have Your Nasi Lemak And Have Your Cake Too

    We all knew how crazy Malaysians were about nasi lemak when they made nasi lemak ice cream.

    But now, someone has taken the race to ‘nasi lemak-ise’ different things to the next level, with the creation of nasi lemak cakes!

    The combination, which sounds like a simultaneously bizarre and appetising prospect, was created by Tiana Kitchen, a home-based caterer based in the Kuala Lumpur area.

    According to their Facebook page, the cake is made from aromatic rice infused with coconut milk and pandan leaves, topped with a layer of sambal as well as generous sprinklings of ‘ikan bilis’ (anchovies) and peanuts, and served with eggs and a ring of cucumber slices.

    Like any other cake, customers can even choose their own toppings, which includes sambal sotong (cuttlefish), sambal prawn and sambal petai (bitter bean).

    According to comment, the basic nasi lemak cake is being sold for RM58 (S$18.40), while a cake with any of the three toppings is RM78 (S$24.75).

    It appears that the cake has been pretty well-received so far. The caterer has posted screenshots of testimonials from satisfied clients, with one calling the cake “awesome”.

    It appears as though people are getting bored with standard chocolate cakes or cheesecakes, and are letting their creative juices flow by coming up with new, innovative flavours.

    A restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia has reported come up with something even weirder than nasi lemak cake: Indomie cake!

    The cake is made out of actual Indomie (fried instant noodles), and is topped with sambal, corned beef and cheese, according to Coconuts Indonesia.

     

    Source: www.asiaone.com

  • Malaysian Authorities Seize Pig-Hair Paint Brushes Following Complaints From Muslims

    Malaysian Authorities Seize Pig-Hair Paint Brushes Following Complaints From Muslims

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities have seized thousands of paint brushes suspected of containing pig bristles after consumers in this Muslim-majority nation demanded a crackdown, officials said Wednesday.

    Pigs and dogs are considered unclean by many Muslims, who make up some 60 percent of Malaysia’s 30 million people. It is illegal in the country to sell products made from any part of a pig or a dog, unless the goods are labeled and kept separately.

    Zarif Anwar, an enforcement official with the domestic trade and consumer ministry, said that since Tuesday, officials nationwide have been inspecting shops selling paint brushes for art and commercial use.

    He said the brushes seized were not labeled and found to have a different texture from other brushes and frayed ends, signs that they could be made from pig bristles. In some cases, the brushes had a “halal” certification that had expired, he said. The halal tag is issued by an Islamic government body to certify products safe to be used by Muslims.

    The seized brushes will be sent to a lab to be examined, Zarif said.

    “We want to protect consumers and we want traders to be aware of the religious sensitivity involved. This is a big offense,” Zarif told The Associated Press.

    He warned that traders who flout the rule face up to three years in jail, a fine of 100,000 ringgit ($22,522) or both.

    Conservative attitudes have been on the rise in Malaysia. A wide range of products have been certified halal, from mineral water to a newly launched internet browser, to appeal to Muslims.

    The Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia called for stricter enforcement not just for paint brushes, but for other products as well. An official from the group, Nadzim Johan, said the association also received complaints that culinary brushes used in eateries may also contain pig bristles.

    “The key issue here is about labeling,” he said. “We want Muslim consumers to be forewarned. It’s not fair to deceive them.”

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

  • PRC Netizens Irked By Dr Mahathir’s Remarks On Forest City Project, Wants To Boycott Malaysia

    PRC Netizens Irked By Dr Mahathir’s Remarks On Forest City Project, Wants To Boycott Malaysia

    BEIJING — Chinese netizens have criticised former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad over his comments that China’s investment in the Forest City property project in Johor Baru is a threat to Malaysian sovereignty.

    “Being an old friend for over a decade, Dr Mahathir had turned on China. It’s a big deal,” influential state-run tabloid Global Times quoted netizen yuchundaxianglianzhuli as saying.

    “Shall we boycott Malaysia for this?” netizen jiemohu wrote on Sina Weibo.

    Writing in his blog, Dr Mahathir had attacked the Forest City project as a “foreign enclave”.

    “Much of the most valuable land will now be owned and occupied by foreigners,” noted the 91-year-old, who was current Malaysian premier Najib Razak’s former mentor and now one of his biggest critics.

    “In effect, (land occupied by the Forest City initiative) will become foreign land,” Dr Mahathir added.

    He also claimed that more than 700,000 Chinese nationals will be brought into Forest City, alleging that the Chinese citizens would be given identity cards to enable them to vote in the coming general election.

    The Chinese embassy in Malaysia has criticised Dr Mahathir’s remarks.

    In a statement released on its official website, the embassy said: “Somebody applauded Sino-Malaysian relations in office but fanned the flame of anti-Chinese sentiment after.

    “We can expose the lie behind claims that Chinese investment is stealing job opportunities from Malaysia.”

    Sultan Ibrahim of Johor has also reprimanded Dr Mahathir over his Forest City claims.

    “He is giving the impression that Johor is surrendering land to the Chinese and that we are giving up our sovereignty, comparing even how we gave up Singapore to the British, the sultan told The Star.

    Sultan Ibrahim also accused Dr Mahathir of fearmongering by playing racial politics that he said had no place in Johor.

    Forest City is a US$100 billion (S$143 billion) property development by Chinese firm Country Garden.

    The firm has partnered Esplanade Danga 88, an associate company of Kumpulan Prasarana Rakyat Johor, which is the southern state’s investment arm. The largest shareholder of Esplanade Danga 88 is Sultan Ibrahim.

    The 1,386ha Forest City encompasses the development of facilities for business, tourism, hotel, residence, services and others, built on four man-made islands in Iskandar Malaysia.

    Construction began in February last year and about 8,000 apartments have been sold, the company said.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Cartoonist Lat In Hospital With Heart Problem

    Cartoonist Lat In Hospital With Heart Problem

    Cartoonist Mohammad Nor Khalid, popularly known as Lat, has been admitted to the Pantai Hospital here for what is believed to be a heart problem, Bernama reported.

    His younger brother, film director Mamat Khalid, said Lat, 65, was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital this morning.

    “His condition is stable,” he said when contacted by Bernama.

    Mamat said Lat was admitted to hospital last week for a heart problem but was discharged on Tuesday.

    The 65-year-old Lat, whose real name is Mohammad Nor Khalid, has published more than 20 volumes of cartoons in his illustrious career.

    He has also won various awards for his work, including the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2002.

    Lat’s best-known work is “The Kampung Boy” (1979), which was published in several countries across the world.

    In 1994, the Perak sultan bestowed the “Datuk” title on Lat, in recognition of the cartoonist’s work in helping to promote social harmony and understanding through his cartoons.

    He has published more than 20 volumes of cartoons since he was 13 years old.

    His works mostly illustrate Malaysia’s social and political scenes, portraying them in a humorous light without bias.

    Lat spent his youth in the countryside before moving to the city at the age of 11.

    When he was in school, he looked at ways to support his family financially and started contributing cartoon strips to newspapers and magazines. His first published comic book was “Tiga Sekawan” (“Three Friends Catch a Thief”).

    He became a reporter in the New Straits Times and also began contributing cartoons.

    His works, reflecting his view of Malaysian life and the world were featured in New Straits Times and Berita Minggu. They were also later used in advertisements.

     

    Source: freemalaysiatoday

  • ‘My Name Is Noordin But I Am Not Muslim’

    ‘My Name Is Noordin But I Am Not Muslim’

    GEORGE TOWN: No thanks to an old error in his identity card, 34-year-old Johann Lim Noordin has been forced to put off plans to marry his girlfriend and buy property.

    And those are just two of the problems he faces, all because his name sounds Muslim although he is not.

    Lim was born to Buddhist parents in Penang and has never changed his religion. But on his MyKad, he is Johann Lim Noordin bin Billy Noordin and his religion is given as “Islam”.

    The errors were made when he applied for his MyKad at the age of 12 and he has had to live with them since.

    His problem first came under the media spotlight three years ago, but Lim said even that failed to help him resolve his problem.

    “I am not getting any younger,” he said in an interview with FMT. “Why should I have to go through so many obstacles to get my IC fixed? It should have been done easily.

    “No religious department in the country has any record of my being a Muslim. I have signed a statutory declaration proclaiming I am not Muslim. Why am I now told to go to the shariah court when I am not a Muslim?

    “My constitutional rights have been violated. No one dares to do anything to help. All they do is keep telling me to go to the shariah court.”

     

    Lim said his father was never a Muslim.

    He said an oral complaint was immediately made at the NRD when he received his MyKad in 1994.

    “When I first received my IC when I was 12, the family wanted it changed immediately,” he said. “But the department required both parents to give consent and my father at the time was living and working overseas. So we thought we would get to it when he came back.”

    Lim’s father, Billy Noordin, 64, works with drug enforcement agencies in the United States and Saudi Arabia. He is of Chinese and Indian descent.

    His mother, Lim Jee Yew, 65, is Chinese and a housewife in Penang.

    When he was 21, Lim went to the NRD to upgrade to the new MyKad. He also asked the NRD to remove his Muslim status.

    “The officer told me I could not use the name on my birth certificate. He told me to get a different name. At the time, I thought it ridiculous of the NRD to ask me to change my name; so I decided to ignore it.”

     

    More recently, he misplaced his wallet and had to get a replacement MyKad. However, the NRD told him he would have to cancel his 2011 application to amend his name in order to get a replacement.

    In desperate need of his MyKad, Lim agreed to the cancellation with a heavy heart. “So here I am, having to start all over again,” he said.

     

    Source: www.freemalaysiatoday.com