Which brought up this topic, KF shops, or more specifically the Malay eateries there. There is just something wrong with them, or maybe it’s lack of luck, or just plainly too expensive for the crap they offered, but throughout my 4 years stay here in Sabah, I’ve seen too many management changes in one lot while the Mamak next door continues to thrive, of course. And the Chinese shops too.
Actually I’m very biased in this article because, well, I’m not exactly too fond of KF Malay food, with the exceptions of a very few like Mawi and Sri Juara. And Mamak food. But I got good reasons for it. In the first place, like I mentioned above, the price is not worth the crap they give you, some offered lousy services where the waitresses glared at you when you mention that they are giving a tad too small a portion and tossed your food around sloppily on the plate, the hygiene… well, I regret peeking into their kitchen since it totally robbed me off my appetite; the floor stained with years worth of crap; the trash send out whiffs from time to time, the lighting set off suspicious glow of the suspicious thing on your plate, the interior a pain for your eyes, and the list goes on…
Amazingly, aside from the Mamak stall that thrives like anything thanks to their cheap food and numerous wide - screen TVs, the Chinese shops managed to stay open for many years and a few more cropping up. There’s one explanation provided by a Chinese friend of mine for this “phenomena”, as compared to Malay shop which charged RM 3.50 for rice with (usually meager) 1 meat dish and 1 vege dish, a Chinese shop will charge you the same for any 3 dishes accompanying the rice so more of the Chinese eat out compared to Malay.
So there…
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