Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Ferind is like my unofficial (and usual) after-school makan buddy! Hahas. it's always fun to go and eat with her - she's crazy both in AND outside of school. to quote vaish just now during bio, "ferind's already insane without getting syphillis".
and apparently we share the same taste when it comes to the makan places - less of the fast food and the restaurants, more to the simple things in life. read: cheap, nostalgic, filling and delicious! so that's where all the Ya Kun Kaya Toast, Ayam Penyet, Banquet (Raffles Hospital and Jurong Point) and company comes in. tbh, i don't really care about air-con and stuffs. open-air is always nice to dine in. heck, if i had my primary school sort of way where me and my friends sneak out during lunch to go the coffeeshop across the street, i'd do it! instead, we have Cheers next door, and no cheap and nice makan places within walking distance. it's pathetic.
anw, both me and ferind are dying for Ayam Penyet, so maybe tomorrow after school pre-CCA we'll head down for to Resto Surabaya or Ayam Bakar Ojolali. yumms! i wanna try something else this time round. maybe a different style of Ayam Penyet? haha.
to be honest, i'm quite tired of having to repeatedly remind people to check whether the eatery is halal or not. i mean, i don't mind pointing out if it's not halal. but if after repeated times, it doesn't stick, it makes me fed-up. the least they could do is to like bear in mind whether the place is halal-certified or not. it ain't that difficult; the place should have the Halal Certificate displayed there for all to see.
but to make life simpler, i've simplified the basic rules of halal food. i don't know. to me, this is completely idiotproof:
1) no pork, no lard
2) meat comes from animals that are slaugthered according to the halal way
3) no wine
4) no animal gelatine
5) no amphibians, or weird animals like crocodile and snake
6) the simplest and most idiotproof way - check whether there's a halal logo or a halal certificate
see? it's so simple. print it out, keep it in your pocket.
or go
here and type out the name of the place to double-check with MUIS.
i'm not picky. i'd just appreciate this awareness.
11:51 pm
