As seen so often in Malaysia, they have business cooperation with a drink vendor from whom I regularly order Teh Tarik. Although it is nearly obligatory to order a drink in a hawker stall, I appreciate that he simply accepts a no for no. In my opinion this violates against consumer rights, even though they write it on the wall. The staff is not quite friendly and I suspect that they are not even Malaysians. One person told me in a rude manner that I should give them one of the many small 1 RM that I had. As I told them that I needed my RMs for the bus, he repeated it again. In the meantime I know that many people look like Malaysian and speak some Malay or Englisch, but they are foreign workers from the surrounding countries.
Next door there is a good roti bakar(chargrilled Bengali bread) vendor who also sells curries and roti. He doesn't have mutton curry and normally I only buy teh tarik and roti bakar from him, sometimes with raw eggs half-boiled on the hot grilled sandwich. You can also order kaya on your roti if you don't like raw eggs. Behind this place there is a shortcut of a backstreet leading directly to Penang Road quite opposite Chulia Street
I have visited this place once just out of curiosity.The workers are local & the owners are also Tamil Muslims.Yes, both are rude & arrogant & they don't give a damn whether you are happy with their service or food.Migrant workers,if any, are not rude at all,wherever I have encountered them.They are already living a life of fear,exploitation,over work & kind of a slavery by their cruel local masters,how can they afford to be rude & loose their work permit??
ReplyDeleteI think this is a hawker stall, cheap and you simply can't expect too much of a service from a place like this. Different from Chinese hawkers, they don't force you to buy a drink. I'm only speaking about my personal experience with migrant workers
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