A question lingering in the coffee shops is, "is 'Halal' being used as a monopolistic tool," by some sectors in the country?
Yes this talk is very much coffee shop today, it is coffee shop today and people are beginningto have serious doubts.
I did not realise this when I wrote the article on Jonker street some time back it could very well go along these lines the takeover I mean of Jonker street.
Now let us get to some facts, for the many of you who have heard and eaten "Golden Churn" Butter, which has been around in Malaysia for a very long while, in fact it was the only butter available in Malaysia at one time till the Cold Storage came out with the "SCS" butter in the late fifties or sixties. SCS actually stands for for Singapore Cold Storage, now it is just SCS and I doubt even the manufacturers are aware of it.
The packaging of this butter - "Golden Churn" carries a halal sign from Austrailia, and yet it is said that our authorities have discovered that this butter contains "pig DNA," what a load of rubbish.
Butter comes from cows milk, anything else introduced to it will contaminate the butter, and this butter comes from Australia and has been sold alongside other products like IXL jam for ages. Golden Churn for those of you who can still remember came in two packings originally, one in a blue tin and the other in Golden tin.
We are so used to seeing the Halal Certification sign on food products that we tend to forget that it is even there, but on closer scrutiny one will notice that the sign is issued by varying authorities.
Of course the the Halal certification for Golden Churn must have been issued in Australia, by the Australian Halal authorities, who must of course be Muslims.
Are our authorities saying that these people are not doing a good job?
There is talk about a certain business a "Coffee Shop Buisness" that is being targeted, and this explains the why this talk is so rampant in coffee shops.
Hainanese Coffee shops have long been the .favourite of Malay Muslims, as is "Mee Hailam" it is pork free and these shops to to great lengths to ensure that there is no pork served in their premises. This particular coffee shop that is being is Hainanaese I am told, and is an old and famous "Coffee Shop" famous for its coffee.
For a long time people frequented this shop because of the quality of its coffee, the coffee beans were roasted with "Golden Churn Butter," and because of the it popularity, its strategic location in a rather inconspicuous town on the Malaysian landscape this coffee shop was the ideal brand to promote antother major "Kopitiam" business.
Because of the strategic location the ordinary citizen who commutes the length of the peninsular is bound to see if not visit, this shop in this rather inconspicuous town. The Brand is now ready for the picking, there is much to be made, it will give other Kopi Tiams a run for their money, and there are people who want to do just that, but the owner is adamant that he'll keep it.
Of course there were people who wanted to take it over, and the owner refused to budge he wanted to keep his business. It was revealed that Golden Churn butter case has a significant role in this halal certification programme.
The news of course cannot be verified although it came out from the horses mouth, for obvious reasons, but this goes to show what I talked about, in my article on Jonker Street.
If you remember clearly there was a time when the Halal isssue came into play with KFC, the popel who were interested in the take over, could not steam roll the then owners and then the question of Halal became an issue.
Similarly thousand of Malays have frequented this coffee shop, and getting it certified non Halal is the best bet to get it closed down.
The question is,.are there sinister moves by certian quarters to put others out of business by using the 'Halal Certification,?"
Another product that has been certified non Halal is HP Sauce, I took a close look at the bottle and the only reason I can identify is the presence of Spirit Vinegar, for goodness sake it is still vinegar, and for that matter if that is not Halal then it should apply to tapai the fermented tapiocca that is popular with the Malay Muslim community, is this "HALAL?" The liquid that seeps out of tapai is nothing but Tapiocca Wine.
Yes this talk is very much coffee shop today, it is coffee shop today and people are beginningto have serious doubts.
I did not realise this when I wrote the article on Jonker street some time back it could very well go along these lines the takeover I mean of Jonker street.
Now let us get to some facts, for the many of you who have heard and eaten "Golden Churn" Butter, which has been around in Malaysia for a very long while, in fact it was the only butter available in Malaysia at one time till the Cold Storage came out with the "SCS" butter in the late fifties or sixties. SCS actually stands for for Singapore Cold Storage, now it is just SCS and I doubt even the manufacturers are aware of it.
The packaging of this butter - "Golden Churn" carries a halal sign from Austrailia, and yet it is said that our authorities have discovered that this butter contains "pig DNA," what a load of rubbish.
Butter comes from cows milk, anything else introduced to it will contaminate the butter, and this butter comes from Australia and has been sold alongside other products like IXL jam for ages. Golden Churn for those of you who can still remember came in two packings originally, one in a blue tin and the other in Golden tin.
We are so used to seeing the Halal Certification sign on food products that we tend to forget that it is even there, but on closer scrutiny one will notice that the sign is issued by varying authorities.
Of course the the Halal certification for Golden Churn must have been issued in Australia, by the Australian Halal authorities, who must of course be Muslims.
Are our authorities saying that these people are not doing a good job?
There is talk about a certain business a "Coffee Shop Buisness" that is being targeted, and this explains the why this talk is so rampant in coffee shops.
Hainanese Coffee shops have long been the .favourite of Malay Muslims, as is "Mee Hailam" it is pork free and these shops to to great lengths to ensure that there is no pork served in their premises. This particular coffee shop that is being is Hainanaese I am told, and is an old and famous "Coffee Shop" famous for its coffee.
For a long time people frequented this shop because of the quality of its coffee, the coffee beans were roasted with "Golden Churn Butter," and because of the it popularity, its strategic location in a rather inconspicuous town on the Malaysian landscape this coffee shop was the ideal brand to promote antother major "Kopitiam" business.
Because of the strategic location the ordinary citizen who commutes the length of the peninsular is bound to see if not visit, this shop in this rather inconspicuous town. The Brand is now ready for the picking, there is much to be made, it will give other Kopi Tiams a run for their money, and there are people who want to do just that, but the owner is adamant that he'll keep it.
Of course there were people who wanted to take it over, and the owner refused to budge he wanted to keep his business. It was revealed that Golden Churn butter case has a significant role in this halal certification programme.
The news of course cannot be verified although it came out from the horses mouth, for obvious reasons, but this goes to show what I talked about, in my article on Jonker Street.
If you remember clearly there was a time when the Halal isssue came into play with KFC, the popel who were interested in the take over, could not steam roll the then owners and then the question of Halal became an issue.
Similarly thousand of Malays have frequented this coffee shop, and getting it certified non Halal is the best bet to get it closed down.
The question is,.are there sinister moves by certian quarters to put others out of business by using the 'Halal Certification,?"
Another product that has been certified non Halal is HP Sauce, I took a close look at the bottle and the only reason I can identify is the presence of Spirit Vinegar, for goodness sake it is still vinegar, and for that matter if that is not Halal then it should apply to tapai the fermented tapiocca that is popular with the Malay Muslim community, is this "HALAL?" The liquid that seeps out of tapai is nothing but Tapiocca Wine.
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