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We Celebrate Global Hand Washing Day

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Hand Washing was a taboo though abundance of water supply



Lifebuoy soap


What are the possible reasons washing our hands ? most of us wash hands after a meal (especially Chinese and other ethnic living in Malaysia). The act of washing hands is just too much hassle but if the hands are really dirty, adults are conscious would wash their hands. But, we are not actually talking about before or after meal. To talk about washing hand frequently !

 Malaysian are not well educated in the subject of washing hands simply because we are not struck by the disease transmitted by hand. Name one of the deadly disease inflicted through hand shaking, any of your closest friend or relative ?. It was not diabetes or high blood pressure. For example of diseases are heavy colds, running nose, sneeze.

Diarrhea give us a perspective is a common and not really life-threatening. However, it was not actually correlated to washing hands. Do you think by washing hands before and after a food laid with many flies's egg would reduce your diarrhea disease ? I believe none.

Will you skip a meal because hands were not washed. I am not spreading religious teachings here but seriously take a look at Muslim friends. I think they have a water bowl on the table particularly to address this issue. Besides, that was not for drinking purpose. It's fine if you nearly or been drinking it all the time before reading this article.

By the way, most of the restaurants in Malaysia are well equipped a sink for washing hands. It was probably complying one of the health ministry requirements. Moreover, most of it come with a soap nearby the sink. By fact, Malaysian are blessed with high standard of filtered running water too.



Unitedmy author washing day on global hand washing day 2015

Reading the star newspaper on October 15, 2015. Convinced to wash hands after nothing has done to my hand. Just wash it for disease not seen by naked eye. Not so sure what are the market share owned by The Star newspaper but, Malaysian are definitely celebrating it with you. 

To be honest, there were a trend of over-supplying hand soap in the market. Look at the hand soap products on the shelves of every health and cosmetic shops. I guess it high demand from the consumer.  

Playing the game called honest or dare game, I would choose honest and say that I am not washing my hands before a meal because I did not think my hands were dirty. My conscious is hands are dirty when after meal. Wait a minutes, that was so wrong, how could we have a dirty hands after a meal. Our meal are some sort of "unclean" ?

The act of washing hands should not be underrated. Encouraging and do remember wash your hand from time to time. Accidents happen when you least expected !  

Successful Taiwanese Dessert in Malaysia

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Blackball Taiwanese dessert


Not just their giant milk tea franchise Chatime popular among Malaysian, the dessert shop based in Taiwan are making a fine business over here.

There are some common presence of milk tea ingredients such as red bean, milk tea pearl. But, the yellow and white thing inside the bowl are the main protagonist and antagonist.

Both are described as soft, tender and deliciously sweet. The combination of the Blackball milk pour inside in order to make it perfect. Finding the meaning of the Chinese characters over the top of the plate in Google Translate, it come out as "Tender Immortality"


BlackBall Taiwanese dessert house


Blackball dessert chain are frequented by youngster.

Taylor Swift's Favorite Ice Cream

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Caramel "Shake", something has to do with Taylor Swift's song "Shake it Off"


Taylor Swift limited edition Caramel Shake

It is not first time Cornetto is working with renowned singer Taylor Swift for a merchandise campaign. It going to be different this time the huge concert will be held at Singapore.

Taylor Swift and Cornetto Ice cream collaborated in 2014 for Concert called Red Tour. More details at Taylor Swift Red Tour and Cornetto



A video campaign at Youtube. It definitely make everyone want to grab a bite on the mouth-watering Cornetto ice cream.



Although there were no Cornetto appearance in the hit song "Shake it Off" but it does remind us.




It is a limited edition ice cream so grab it now while stocks are still at the shelves. 





It probably not a bad idea to try it out the ice cream and too, win some prizes. There was a codes to be  used in a contest. The rule is simple, the more codes obtained, the prize is yours. Probably Taylor Swift fans would buy 20 of them in order to get enough points for prize redemption.

You may visit the contest website at this link Taylor Swift Contest 2015

Besides, if I were at Taylor Swift Contest, I like her to sing "Love Story". So who are going to her concert at Singapore this coming November 2015 ?

International Coffee Day with Wonda

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It good to learn today's international coffee day


The Star front page international coffee day with wonda

Guess where I have learn about the international coffee day, the first page of the star newspaper published on September 29, 2015 does a great job informing me this jaw-breaking information.

Always wonder what kind of surprising news every time I try to buy a newspaper. I guess that overwhelm feeling of wanted to know what is going on around.

If I have not bought today newspaper, I would not have learnt today's International Coffee Day. Awesome discovery just make anyone day better.

Admitting that there are not all newspaper pages I like to read but, it is enough if there are one page that worthy to read and this is it.

I spent about 20 minutes getting to know all these perks and decided to work it out. It smell adventure !

I have known Wonda coffee and tasted it. I did not boast it, You can check it out, blogged somewhere here is the link Wonda wonderful Coffee. At that time, I was really curious the taste of Arabika Coffee.

You and I would not believe it that Wonda Coffee advertisements on the star newspaper took three whole pages. The thing is that The star newspaper is smart enough to hide the third pages containing all the perk information. The first and second pages are all about wishing "International Coffee Day" and nothing else. It did not actually indicating there are huge freebies. Only the people who flip to the 13 pages get to know it.

Yeah !, the 3rd hidden pages of Wonda Coffee advertisement shown at 13 page. One has to read about all these promotions from RHB, Celcom.

I would consider it as a freebies if most of the 7-Eleven stores in Malaysia offering Wonda Coffee as low as RM1.00. I do not want to expose most of the perks because I am not that cheerful to share. But I try to compel it together, there are free TGV cinemas movie ticket, Tesco Buy 1 Free 1, Myteksi free wonda coffee treat (request via myteksi app), Mesra RM50,000 worth of fuel to be won, Domino's Pizza RM10 with any purchase of two cans of wonda coffee, RM1 buying from 7-Eleven.

It was not my priority to share all the perks, I just wanted to share the joy of International Coffee Day



7 Eleven Wonda Coffee promotion RM1

The promotion is going smoothly, That was a relieve indeed as if that would spoil my day if the promotion was not going so well.

Wonda Coffee

That me sip some premium coffee !

Kim Gary Restaurants Stone Grill vs Cheese Baked

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Menu is comprising of Japanese, Hong Kong and Western cuisine.


Kim Gary Restaurant Interior Design


Kim Gary Restaurant does not really has a signature dish. Guessing the best and most popular dish to eat, I try to find out food related to its name of the shop "Hong Kong". I had chose the mouth-watering cheese baked fried rice with pork. . After that, It is an ever-lasting experience.

Tomato Soup

The kind and helpful service associates would ask you "soup type and drinks". It was a surprising moments trying to understand and pronounce the desired order because the menu written in traditional Chinese characters rather than the simplified character. It was an awkward encounter. There was another soup something like corn soup and some other beverage. I like the Milk Tea and Tomato Soup shown in above image.


Kim Gary Restaurants Menu Cheese baked pork fried rice

There was a menu counter for customers viewing before entering dining table. At first thought, Kim Gary was pretty much a Korean name painted a wrong impression. Believe they do have some Korean dishes.  

Take a look at the menu, since some restaurants preferred to put a bigger image in order to insert a "big portion" impression to walk-in customer.


Cheese baked pork fried rice

Full of Drools into the spoon and and fork so that nobody could take my portion because it polluted by my smelly saliva. It has an incredible size of satisfaction. The cheese is just right there fully covered the surface with tomato and vegetable.

Cheese baked fried rice Kim Gary
 
Where are the porks ? the answer is hiding beneath the mountain of cheese. Two big pieces of pork that was more than enough. The taste of tomato and baked cheese are the best combination ever.




Stone Grilled Pork RIce


Another day tried the Stone Grilled Japanese style Curry rice. I must say if Cheese baked vs Stone Grilled. I totally vote Cheese baked rice.

There are many Kim Gary restaurants opened throughout Malaysia.  One of the successful Asian franchise restaurants.

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10 Reasons Why Customers like Mamak Restaurants

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Nasi Kandar & Teh Ice are popular choices 


Mamak restaurants seberang jaya jalan todak 4


Mamak is a local dialect for Indian Muslim of Malaysian nationality. Hanging Islamic portraits nearby the cashier counter and serving local delicacy. It easily identified as a mamak restaurants, just check around as if there are Roti Canai and Mee Goreng Mamak.

1. 24 Hours 7 Days



I would bet there were no provisions charging Mamak restaurants for illegal operating hours. Some authorities tried to stop them not to operating 24 hours but it proved their effort in vain. Some huge mamak restaurant with enough manpower would open 24 hours and 7 days.

2. Football Match Gathering


Whenever there were historic Soccer matches such as Manchester City vs Chelsea, the crowds of fans are aiming every nearby Mamak restaurants for a cheering favorite team. Shouts of insulting do happen. It funny to see how few Manchester fans goes full rage when their team get booed at other table full of Chelsea fan,

3. No Rooftop Dining


No Rooftop Dining at Mamak Restaurants


Turning Parking lots into no-rooftop-dining is a very brilliant idea. The cold breeze and dimmed light is a peace of mind dining places especially 12AM - 2AM. Meanwhile, the customers ignored the sign of "no smoking" as they were dining outside the perimeter where the "no smoking" sign can be seen.


4. Receipts for your reference 





As if for example you were having a bad stomachache after dining at any restaurants at all, there always a receipt to prove to your doctor or employers or even your family. Besides, not all the Mamak restaurants could afford to give everyone a copy of receipt. It costly !

Moreover, Mamak restaurants is exempted of GST ? Why there were no GST no on the receipt?

5. High Definition Televisions 

  
Mamak Restaurants with HD television


If you were to visit Mamak restaurants, if you are first time do not be surprised there are more than 2 televisions installed hanging at the corner. Sports and movies are few subscription selected to cater customers. 



6. Uniforms




Most of the employees are wearing same uniform and pretty much adhere to restaurant hygiene regulations set by local authorities.


7 Delightful Service


Probably shocking their ability to memorize lengthy food orders. Most of the staff are talented they were never mess up any food orders. Apparently, not all of them. Most of the mamak restaurants I have been to the sanity conditions are pretty comfortable.


8. Maggi Lovers




There is no possibly other reason than this anyone would order instant noodle in mamak restaurant. They simply are a true Maggi lover or they are too lazy to cook it at home. The easiest most convenience cuisine for person with a lazy disease. I just hate to see anyone order Maggi at mamak restaurants. They should just cook it at home. 


9. Price Friendly


Price matter the most and an influential factor where to eat. Daily dining in Mamak restaurant would not cost one to file bankrupt. 



10. Tasty Curry with flatbread


Roti Tisu
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You are looking at Roti Tisu. Topped with some sugar and served with two different curry. I could not imagine the Roti I have been eating all my life is getting expensive. Roti Canai was once RM0.80. Well, flour price is rising one of the essential ingredient making Roti Canai.




  

A Growing Bakery Cafe Chain "Bread History"

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A successful pastry business with more than 10 outlets 


With great demand, come a great business opportunity. When the last time we were making pastries at home ? Certainly most of us staying in Malaysia could never really bake. We do not have the essential skill and tools. Meanwhile, the ever-growing demand for delicious pastry is huge. Tell me you as a Malaysian like Roti Canai and Roti Planta. It is the same, it made from flour.



Do not get to close to the picture. Should call it as a chocolate doughnut. The real name is Chocolate Ring. I still feel the chocolate in my mouth.

One thing I have noticed is that the pastry business is lucrative. the price of pastry is increase from time to time as flour is expensive stuff in the market right now.

Website : http://www.breadhistory.com.my

Milk Tea Franchise Giant Chatime Bubble Tea

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Rapidly expanding throughout Malaysia states closer rivalry to Starbucks



Coffee or Tea, pick only one for your precious daytime. the hardest question ever for a single brain to answer. The best solution is as if you are under the influence of cold, running nose or feeling sick the best will be of course "tea". It has miraculous healing entity as oppose to coffee.

Developing interest for tea is not simple. Mixing sweetener perhaps attracting more people enjoying tea is one of the greatest invention in the food and beverage industry. The same to Starbucks you prefer not to drink it without the help of sweetener. That is a yes for young generation.

Lots of milk and chocolate in a cup of green tea. Based on the color, there is reason to believe chocolate seem to be dominate the quantity of green tea. "Chatime" is a popular beverage brand headquarter at Taiwan. The bubble tea shops is a symbolic and landmark for Asian Chinese community.



Chatime staff uniform

Chatime Malaysia prefer adopting kiosk-booth concept instead of renting a business shoplot. The theme color for Chatime is purple. A quick look the picture above, it was texts written that Chatime is largest pearl milk tea business recorded in Malaysia book of records


Chatime in Malaysia since 2003


Chatime is expanding globally as a sign of gaining momentum to be the largest pearl milk tea chain in the world likened to the status of Coffee giant "Starbucks". If KFC and McDonalds, then it will be Chatime and Starbucks.

Chatime is operated by La Kaffa International and they too is a public-listed company.