Please don’t condemn me okay. I’m just sharing. Might be the rental is expensive or whatever other reasons.
I am working at Parkway Parade and as we all know that the only halal Nasi padang stall is at the market food court (hawker centre). Me and my colleagues have been controlling our patience on how the Makcik and the prices of the food.
The food is not fantastic, it’s something like ‘no choice, nothing to eat’ kinda thing.
Today I bought 3 packets of rice.
1) Rice+ikan belado(a small piece)+ bende goreng : $4.50
2) Rice+Ayam lemak Cili padi+ KanKong goreng:$4.50
2) Rice+ikan belado(a small piece)+ kankong goreng+bagedil : $5!
I asked her if the bagedil is $0.50? She said yes! Why why why? I am not trying to bring people’s business down but she is asking for it. We are familiar faces to her but we still get treated so badly. It’s like she is always in a bad mood!
We ever had Nasi Padang with a sour-y tasted sambal belacan! Which we had to throw the whole pack cause the sambal belacan was everywhere!
If she is nice to people maybe we can still close one eye. But no.
Had a rude awakening this morning around 11.15am at Nasi Padang Stall in Seletar Mall Food Court.
This Miss Foreign Talent Food Server apparently wanted to get me sambal for my Lontong from a Non-Halal stall as apparently their stall running out of sambal. According to her it’s just sambal no need halal. What!? !!!????!!!!
Hello! Excuse me, Miss!
You are serving me Halal food and you better make sure your sambal also come from Halal kitchen! Not any non Halal stall! Get it!!
I refused the food, and ask for my money back, which I got it back eventually!
I straight to the Food Manager to complain and got him to teach that Miss Foreign Talent Server how sensitive it is in handling Halal Food.
It seems that our Foreign Talents here in Sg need to be taught some lessons about what Halal Food means!
When in Indonesia, you should absolutely try everyone’s favorite Indonesian cuisine – Padang food. Padang food comes from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra. The cuisine there is the traditional food of the Minangkabau ethnicity. Commonly known for its spicy and rich foods, which are often cooked using coconut milk, one of Padang’s most popular exports is beef rendang. Rendang is so popular in fact that in a 2011 CNN online poll – in which 35,000 people voted – it was voted best Asian street food. But Padang food isn’t only popular with tourists, and regardless of where you travel around the archipelago, you’ll always be able to find a Padang restaurant.
Padang food can be considered the Indonesian equivalent of fast food, as you’ll notice when you enter a Padang restaurant that every dish has been pre-prepared and is ready to be plated. But unlike in fast food joints where the food is frozen or prepacked, Padang food is made fresh every morning and is made from mostly organic ingredients. Despite this, too much Padang food is renowned for being bad for your health.
How can something so good be bad?
Padang food is said to raise cholesterol levels, cause cardiovascular problems and along the road induce digestive problems. One of the reasons for Padang food’s bad reputation is the heavy use of coconut milk.
As coconut milk is one of the main ingredients of Padang food, it is often the ingredient people think makes Padang food unhealthy.
Whether coconut milk is good or bad for you is still in debate, but coronary heart disease statistics actually don’t show the mortality rate to be any higher in West Sumatra than other provinces. In fact out of the provinces in Indonesia, West Sumatra’s number of deaths related to heart complications is still fairly low. In fact, West Sumatra is far below the list of top five provinces dealing with cardiovascular problems.
Padang food’s unhealthy side
Although coconuts are a nutritious source of fiber and essential vitamins and provides a number of health benefits, when transformed into coconut milk, they become high in saturated fat, which can lead to high cholesterol or weight gain. Coconut milk is also high in calories. A single cup of coconut milk can contain up to 445 calories.
Padang is also usually high in salt, which is known to contribute to heart disease. And while Padang is also renowned for its spiciness, and although chilies do have health benefits, too much can cause digestion problems. Any spicy food, especially foods containing chili peppers, may cause reflux, indigestion, and heartburn. Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine and the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico conducted a study on chili consumption, and results showed that hot chili pepper consumers had an increased risk of stomach cancer.
The good stuff
There are also some hidden health benefits that this delicious food offers us. For example, the boiled cassava or papaya leaves often served with a plate of Padang food are high in fiber, the use of the many herbs and spices in the food have beneficial properties for preventing cancer, delaying diabetes and can aid in beating depression.
Eating Padang food is probably healthier than chowing down on a Big Mac, but moderation is key, due to the excessive fats and salts. As like many things in life, too much of a good thing is never good for us.
LEWAT MENGHANTAR TEMPAHAN MAKANAN: Restoran Hajah Maimunah tidak menepati masa penghantaran makanan ke beberapa rumah pelanggan di bahagian timur Singapura kelmarin hingga mengakibatkan segelintir pelanggan tidak berpuas hati. – Foto BH
MEREKA menanti juadah untuk berbuka puasa. Namun, tempahan yang dinanti tidak kunjung tiba.
Akibatnya, ramai pelanggan yang melanggani pakej Ramadan Hjh Maimunah Restaurant & Catering Pte Ltd terpaksa mencari pilihan lain untuk mengisi perut yang sudah berkeroncong.
Penyelaras penghantaran pakej Ramadan Hajah Maimunah, Encik Ismail Didih, ketika dihubungi Berita Harian hari ini berkata, penghantaran makanan yang tiba selewat lapan malam bagi pelanggan di bahagian timur Singapura berlaku “akibat cuaca buruk semalam” dan “kurang kecekapan penghantar makanan akan laluan yang perlu diambil ke rumah-rumah pelanggan”.
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HASRAT di hati mahu berbuka puasa dengan lauk-pauk tradisional Melayu daripada sebuah restoran popular setempat.
Namun, Encik Z Ismail sekeluarga terkilan dan terpaksa berpuas hati dengan hidangan daripada restoran makanan segera.
Itulah nasib yang menimpa Encik Z sekeluarga setelah tempahan juadah berbuka puasa yang dibuat dengan Restoran Hajah Maimunah tidak kunjung tiba semalam.
Encik Z, yang berusia lewat 30-an tahun dan enggan nama penuhnya disiarkan, telah menjadi pelanggan setia khidmat penghantaran juadah berbuka restoran popular itu sejak beberapa tahun lalu. Beliau merupakan antara beberapa pelanggan terjejas yang memberikan maklum balas kepada BH.
“Saya kesal sekali,” ujar beliau ketika dihubungi Berita Harian (BH) semalam.
“Kami sekeluarga sudah menjadi pelanggan tetap Hajah Maimunah (pada bulan Ramadan) sejak beberapa tahun lalu. Sepatutnya dengan pengalaman bertahun-tahun, mereka seharusnya ada pelan kecemasan jika ada perkara yang tidak diingini berlaku dan menjejas penghantaran,” tambahnya.
Sementara itu, penyelaras penghantaran pakej Ramadan Hajah Maimunah, Encik Ismail Didih, memberitahu BH bahawa juadah yang ditempah bagi promosi Ramadan dihantar lewat ke sejumlah rumah pelanggan ekoran hujan lebat yang mengendalakan penghantaran.
Beliau menambah bahawa kakitangan penghantar makanan yang kurang berpengalaman di jalan raya juga memburukkan lagi keadaan. Menurut Encik Ismail, juadah berbuka pelanggan sudah pun sedia dibungkus pada 3 petang dan mula dihantar sekitar 4 petang.
“Kami akui kesilapan kami. Pada tahun-tahun lepas, walau tidak seteruk kali ini, kami memang mengalami sedikit masalah pada hari pertama penghantaran. Tapi keadaannya akan bertambah baik selepas itu,” ujarnya yang mendakwa hanya sekitar 20 pelanggan daripada hampir 300 yang terjejas.
Encik Ismail menambah sebilangan pelanggan yang terjejas tempoh hari sudah pun dihubungi.
“Kami akan menghubungi yang lain untuk meminta maaf,” ujarnya sambil menambah bahawa pelanggan yang terjejas boleh menerima pampasan dari segi bayaran balik penuh atau baucar makan Restoran Hajah Maimunah.
