[Sg] - Ex-GM feels sad struggling to survive with his halal prawn noodle stall

[orh mee suah]

Shellfish is not fish silly. It is a crustacean.

You have poor reading comprehension.

 

[syed putra]

Malays prefer Cantonese yee mee, or mee hailam. ( i think this one is halal version of hokkien mee).
But not this pathetic noodle.
But you must add a less sweet version of mee rebus. With beef. muar style. Or big prawn penang style for those malays they come in groups.
Plus chinese and kampung fried rice if possible.

 

[bobby]

If m&ds have not tasted the "real" prawn noodle made with pork...then how the fuck would they have any basis of comparsion ?

 

[syed putra]

If m&ds have not tasted the "real" prawn noodle made with pork...then how the fuck would they have any basis of comparsion ?

Even if pork is used, the visual is not appetizing to malays.

 

[JohnTan]

He thought all malays would love his food. He doesn't understand why nobody's buying.

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I understand why he folded. He made the fatal mistake of going halal.

On paper, going halal looks like it would have a larger customer base. In reality, many F&B businesses, excluding fast food, did worse after turning halal. Looks like chinks shunned his hawker food because they believe his food would have inferior taste without lard. Maybe there's other reasons why people would think his food would taste poorly.

 

[JohnTan]

Even if pork is used, the visual is not appetizing to malays.

Few muuds eat chink food, unless it is first repackaged as 'thai halal' food.

 

[gingerlyn]

Bodoh shit, selling Chinese food without pork, both Chinese and Malay will not eat.

There are many Malay who consume pork regularly at hawker. Halal food is not popular le

 

[hollowman]

Sometimes I really don’t understand how these supposedly well-endowed Singaporeans manage their finances. 8 Days says he used to be a GM at a dim sum chain, so career wise he must have been doing very well and earning good money.

So far he shares that he has only sunk $40k into this business for a year and he even managed to make some money, albeit by his own admission it’s much lower than his previous salary.

So my first thought is – how on earth did a high income earner who has worked for many years end up so financially vulnerable that just 1 year of pay cut and $40k into a hawker business and the sky is already falling till the wife need to go back to work after leaving the workforce for 10 years and even the son need to cancel tuition for PSLE (How much can this save? Few hundred bucks a month?)

I mean even assuming the entire $40k is written off as loses, that’s like maybe 2 – 3 months of his last drawn salary, like that his whole family is already in such a sad state?

Either he / reporter is just sensationalizing to attract viewership, or his household expenses are ridiculously high or $40k in the hawker is almost all his family’s savings and once the food stall fails the family’s gone financially.

I guess some high income earners earn $x and spend $x and some even exceeded the $x and take loans even with high income.

Also if he is a wise men he wouldn't have lost his gm post and unable to find another.

 

[UltimaOnline]

There are many Malay who consume pork regularly at hawker. Halal food is not popular le

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

I understand why he folded. He made the fatal mistake of going halal.

On paper, going halal looks like it would have a larger customer base. In reality, many F&B businesses, excluding fast food, did worse after turning halal. Looks like chinks shunned his hawker food because they believe his food would have inferior taste without lard. Maybe there's other reasons why people would think his food would taste poorly.

For once u are right.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

I understand why he folded. He made the fatal mistake of going halal.

On paper, going halal looks like it would have a larger customer base. In reality, many F&B businesses, excluding fast food, did worse after turning halal. Looks like chinks shunned his hawker food because they believe his food would have inferior taste without lard. Maybe there's other reasons why people would think his food would taste poorly.

Well said...I won't patronize those halal cina or western or nip cuisine etc..I won't even patronise those no pork no lard stalls

 

[hollowman]

I understand why he folded. He made the fatal mistake of going halal.

On paper, going halal looks like it would have a larger customer base. In reality, many F&B businesses, excluding fast food, did worse after turning halal. Looks like chinks shunned his hawker food because they believe his food would have inferior taste without lard. Maybe there's other reasons why people would think his food would taste poorly.

When you go halal you just have to markup the price. The minority has not much option to purchase they will still take it.
The minority can only make money within their own community.

 

[FUNCHOI]

KNN

Is his stall in a Halal or non-Halal section ?

If it is in Halal section, I do not walk there,
likewise I think most going for Chinese food will not go into a Halal section.
So, not many people is aware of his stall.

And a Muslim would prefer mee rebus or mee goreng than eating prawn noodle.


KNN eating CKT without lard is like fcuking a very sexy beautiful gal
with a sotong as your condom.

 

[JohnTan]

When you go halal you just have to markup the price. The minority has not much option to purchase they will still take it.

Yup. The halal cert is not free and has to be renewed every 2 years or so.

 

[syed putra]

Well said...I won't patronize those halal cina or western or nip cuisine etc..I won't even patronise those no pork no lard stalls

Food without lard taste do much better. Buryani and chuputty are good examples. Tendzng, nssi minyak. Lard has bad after taste.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

U think this is shit…. Wait till u see halal bak kut teh

https://www.havehalalwilltravel.com...-teh-at-these-5-awesome-eateries-in-singapore

 

[JohnTan]

Well said...I won't patronize those halal cina or western or nip cuisine etc..I won't even patronise those no pork no lard stalls

I remember years ago, Seoul Garden used to serve pork. After it went halal, it lost most of the chink market for korean bbq. Even stores that specialized in bbq pork did far better than Seoul Gardens.

Most of us in F&B use Seoul Gardens as an example not to go halal.

Again, fast food restaurants are not counted as most of their original food doesn't have pork anyway.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

I remember years ago, Seoul Garden used to serve pork. After it went halal, it lost most of the chink market for korean bbq. Even stores that specialized in bbq pork did far better than Seoul Gardens.

Most of us in F&B use Seoul Gardens as an example not to go halal.

Again, fast food restaurants are not counted as most of their original food doesn't have pork anyway.

I remember the time when McDonald's was not halal...

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Food without lard taste do much better. Buryani and chuputty are good examples. Tendzng, nssi minyak. Lard has bad after taste.

How U know? U ate pork dishes b4?

 

[zeddy]

Maybe he should secretly put in some lard into his prawn noodle for his unsuspecting Malay customers. I'm convinced his business will pick up after that.