Being Malaysian: Where What When To Eat?
Malaysians love to eat – all the time. Customary breakfast, lunch, tea break and dinner meals don’t do justice to us and our hungry tummy anymore.
Food is glorious.
Therefore, we have ad-hoc meals whenever we want – pre-lunch, post-lunch snacks, supper, post-supper, and sometimes – midnight food bash!
Munching on food and satisfying ourselves is probably the best hobby for the Malaysians. But surprisingly, Malaysia is not a nation of obesity, yet.
Food is abundant, with restaurants and eateries sprouting like mushrooms all around. Every corner there’s a mamak, every tall buildings with a bar at the top, and every lorong belakang (back alley) has a cheap yet delicious delicacy.
Hence, it creates a serious problem to Malaysians these days. They lose their decision-making skill when it comes to having meals!
So many food but still, they have no freaking idea WHERE and WHAT to eat! Seriously?
Personally, whenever I’m at a shopping mall I’ll check the directory for a place to dine. Perhaps too many options. Yes, guilty as charged.
And by being Malaysian, when it comes to eating together in a group – we throw the hardest riddles EVER, to each other.
Well, here’s a typical scenario of an attempt to solve the cannot-be-resolved riddles…
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Riddles 1 – Where to eat?
The question is simple, where to dine? Just state your preferred location and we’ll head there.
But a typical answer by a Malaysian is…
Indecisive, probably leaving the decision to the rest. Anywhere is fine as long as there’s food – so it doesn’t matter.
Riddle 2 – What to eat?
Another simple question, what do you feel like eating? Chinese, Malay, Western? Just pick one and it’s decided.
But yet again, a typical answer by a Malaysian is none other than…
Being indecisive as usual, or is it a common ‘tak apa’ attitude?
Riddle 3 – When to eat?
Yet another easy question, when is the suitable time to have a meal? It’s as simple as just stating a number.
But…
Once again, the Malaysian style keeps the riddles unsolved!
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But eventually, a place is picked… after like 30 minutes of unnecessary discussion, particularly when someone finally (and sometimes, reluctantly) decides a place and everyone ‘tak apa’ly agrees.
So ladies and gentlemen, this is the ultimate crisis (worse than the economic crisis) we face everyday. Food is so coveted, yet the journey there is always the hardest.
Know what, one day I’m gonna start up an eatery with a unique name…
A restaurant I proudly call…
Anywhere, Anything, Anytime!
Like that, every Malaysian will definitely visit my place to eat! Joommmmm makan! ;)
#truestory. hahha
me: where you wanna go?
them: anywhere la.
me: what time you wanna go?
them: any time la.
me: how you wanna go?
them: anything la.
D: Malaysians !
Let driver decide lor ! Haha! Just pass d ball
THIS IS A BILLION DOLLAR IDEA!!!! ok la..set this restaurant already…haha
then visit food blogs for more ideas ? :P
yeah weih i find that annoying so i usually just make the decisions now and if they said no, i’d say your turn to suggest then
Always a problem on this!
where to eat is actually world’s toughest question!
haha exactly!
jom makan bro.. what? where?.. ANYWHERE LA BRO, AIYO!
:P
Haha!! That would be brilliant! LOL!
But there is another problem – when people ask where to eat and I suggest a place, they will say why not try another place. So yes, better just say anywhere! : D
Aaargh…I get into that rut of where to eat and what to eat almost everyday. SO many new places springing up that I want to try yet there are so many good old ones that I want to return too.
hahaha you should totally go open one! =D
I’ll open a restaurant called “Cincai Lah” ~.~
HO CIAK! :D
nicweee!! U open that shop laa!! pls pls pls…hahah! cz im sick of those answer too!
Makan…jangan tak makan…nanti tua liao no gigi wanna makan also kenot
this is so true weyyy! Anything, anywhere, anytime! Lovely idea! :D
Ken, u open the shop ar? LOL
that’s the questions that I used to ask or ask by my wife….
eat also susah….aiya…
that’s why they have restaurants named “anywhere” and dishes called “anything” in the menu nowadays :)
#onlyinmsia! :P
LOL, True story!. Ken, if you open that shop I’ll be your 1st customer. :)