Heating up the kitchen: Members of the Selangor JBPM showing off their cooking skills at the Fire Kitchen Abang Bomba food truck by preparing fried noodles, fried kuey teow and fried bee hoon which are sold to visitors at the Kedah edition of the AKM Tour at the Darul Aman Stadium in Alor Setar. — Bernama
ALOR SETAR: Eight firefighters from Selangor can really stand the heat in the kitchen.
In fact, their flair for cooking has caught the attention of visitors to the Kedah edition of the Malaysian Family Aspiration (AKM) Tour, given the array of sumptuous dishes they whipped up.
And when they are not flexing their abilities in the kitchen, these eight firefighters also generate heat of their own, as they are highly muscular, looking way more ripped than the average fireman.
These firefighters are fondly referred to as ‘Abang Sado’ (muscular), and have been showing their commendable cooking skills in the Fire Kitchen Abang Bomba food truck at the Darul Aman Stadium compound that dishes out delicious dishes such as fried noodles, fried kuey teow and fried bee hoon which are sold to visitors at only 50sen per plate.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Senior Asst Supt Shaharil Mohamad Hassan, who is also the chief coordinator of Fire Kitchen Abang Bomba, said the team had two cooks while the rest helped prepare raw materials in addition to operating the kitchen in the truck.
“We are no experts in cooking but we are used to cooking for the family at home, so we apply the knowledge to prepare the dishes,” he told Bernama here yesterday.
He also said that firefighters involved received anti-typhoid injections which allowed them to handle food if they were involved in any programme or carnival.
He said proceeds from the sale would be handed over to Kedah JBPM as the host of the AKM tour this time.
On the first day of the AKM Tour on Friday, more than 45kg of cooked food were sold, and what moved these firefighters was there were customers who were willing to queue in the rain for the dishes.
A visitor, Zuliaty Zulkiffli, 34, from Alor Setar, said she was initially surprised to see the long queue by the food truck before joining them with her friends to buy the dishes.
“Despite the very cheap price, the quality of the dish was maintained, the food tasted good, and it was worth our long wait in the queue. In addition, we were also able to take pictures with the Abang Sado firefighters as well as JBPM assets,” she said.
The three-day Kedah AKM tour at the Darul Aman Stadium compound here is the ninth edition after Johor, Perlis, Sabah, Terengganu, Perak, Kelantan, Sarawak and Selangor.
