Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUSTIN ZACK and R. ARAVINTHAN
MOTHER-IN-LAW, as it turns out, knows better.
Based on a recipe of her mother-in-law dating back three decades, a food seller in Kota Baru, Kelantan, has enjoyed roaring sales of chicken gizzard skewers (perut ayam percik), Sinar Ahad reported.
Faten Fazreeta Che Ahmad, 32, sells up to 5,000 skewers within two hours, priced at RM2 for five sticks.
She said the price was just RM1 about two years ago but was raised due to the rising cost of ingredients like coconut milk.
Her stall is run together with her husband Mohamad Nasrul Iman Mohd Nazri, 32. They also have three workers.
“The preparation is quite complicated, especially when cleaning the gizzards and skewering them,” said the mother of five.
She spoke of a customer who came from Kedah just to spend RM200 on the chicken gizzards. “There are also customers from Johor and Penang, besides local residents,” she said.
> For singer Noraniza Idris, Hari Raya songs must have soul, Kosmo! reported.
“Raya songs don’t need to be overly creative or compete too much with current trends. Raya songs have their own soul.
“The atmosphere and feeling of Raya songs are not the same as composing ethnic songs or other Malaysian musical styles,” said Noraniza, 57.
She said Raya songs should maintain emotional elements and traditional nuances so that they remain timeless.
“The new Raya song this year that I enjoy listening to the most is by Shiha Zikir. It has a strong Malay feel. The melody is simple, but the flow feels just perfect,” she added.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
