mamakk!!!

via NST:

PUTRAJAYA: The ceiling price for general purpose flour has been raised by 15 sen per kilogramme in the peninsula and by 10 sen per kg in Sabah and Sarawak. With the increase, which took effect on Monday, the price of flour is now RM1.35 per kg in the peninsula and RM1.45 in Sabah and Sarawak.

The price hike comes after repeated requests by flour millers, who have been complaining about the rising costs of wheat and shipping over the past decade.

“We don’t want food outlets and others to take advantage of this announcement by raising the price of roti canai or noodles.

“A price hike of one or two sen is okay but it must be in proportion to the price increase for each kilogramme. Surely you don’t use one kilogramme of flour to make one roti canai,” Shafie said.

No!!! Knowing businessmen in Malaysia, I think an increase of 10-20 sen is here to come… (;_;)

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via Dallas Food:

Let’s compare that with the products of some commonly known chocolatiers. Godiva chocolates range from about $30 to $65 per pound. Joseph Schmidt chocolates range from around $30 to $55 per pound. Fran’s chocolates cost around $55 to $70 per pound. Michael Recchiuti’s chocolates run from $58 to $85 per pound. And La Maison du Chocolat ranges from about $65 to $85 per pound.

Noka’s pricing soars over that of most gourmet chocolatiers by a factor of five, ten, even twenty times or more.

To make some “apples to oranges” comparisons, Noka chocolates cost more than:
Foie gras — $50 per pound
Domestic sturgeon caviar — $275 per pound
American Wagyu and Japanese Kobe beef — $100 to $300 per pound
Sterling silver — $170 per pound
Marijuana in El Paso — $350 per pound
A fat stack of dollar bills — $454 per pound

Sometimes the price lies…I’ll just stick to my Godivas…lol

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Carlsberg (Malaysia) - I truly believe that the Carlsberg brewed in Malaysia is superior to the European version. I always relish going to Malaysia just because I know I can drink as much draft Carlsberg as possible. It just tastes so crisp. Thailand really lost a great beer when Chang fell out with Carlsberg and pushed them out of the market through legal action but thankfully it is still available in Malaysia and from what I understand they are starting to increase their activities all over Asia once again.

Could it be the water? The Carlsberg Export version in Europe tastes pretty much like the ones in Malaysia though, if I remember correctly.

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via NST:

KUALA LUMPUR: It takes some bitterness to fight the nemesis of those who have a sweet tooth. And as it turns out, using bittergourd to fight diabetes is not an old wives’ tale after all.

With the ever-growing numbers of diabetics, many pharmaceutical companies are looking for alternative cures, and they have discovered that bittergourd works to control blood sugar levels.

It has been used as an Ayurvedic treatment for diabetes for centuries.

CCM Duopharma Berhad, a Chemical Company of Malaysia (CCM) subsidiary, has developed bittergourd capsules which can be used as a preventive measure to help keep diabetes at bay.

This could indirectly help to lower the number of patients with the disease.

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A Malay lady chaperon asked me…”Mana tu halal food?”

Before I could answer, a Malay student guide chipped in…Oh, we just go to Ootoyo (a restaurant serving mainly ‘homemade’ Japanese dishes)

Satisfied that all was in place, Mr. M and I joined another group that was already eating in a nearby restaurant serving ‘natural foods’…Now, there’s ham slices in the spinach dish… the succulent looking fried chicken is a no-no… the boiled pork is completely out… and god knows what is in the fried rice…As I took my seat at the table next to the group of Malaysians, I can’t help noticing that they were deep into relishing the asari (clams)…

I later pointed to Mr. M…Asari no saka mushi desu… (Clams steamed in sake…)

Oh no… he muttered… Sensei, please don’t tell them ya…

After our meal, I learnt that the group that went to Ootoyo restaurant dined on stuff like kaki furai (deep fried oysters) and saba no shioyaki (baked salted mackerel)…

Mr. M again… some shops use lard to deep fry the oysters… and the cooks use the same oil to deep fry the pork fritters or chicken…The mackerel is ’safer’ in that, there could only be some soy sauce with a little bit of sake in there…

Still, we are talking about pots and crockery stained with ‘unholy’ meat…

Sometimes I feel sorry for these folks…

Why go to such an extent?

While in Japan, eat at your own risk!!!

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