Things aren’t always as they seem.
That sweet woman you met online turned out to be a mischievous teenager who was bored during the Covid-19 pandemic.
That nice lady you met on a different online dating site was actually a 63-year-old scammer who needed some money.
Wait, why do you keep getting tricked on online dating sites?
Reader: I just want to find love. Sue me.
The above situation might be familiar to you, but what about a supposedly Malay food stall selling pork?
Sengkang Food Stall Which Has Malay Name & Pork Menu Explains The ‘Misunderstanding’
If you stumble upon a food stall named “Sedap Goreng”, you’re going to assume two things:
- That the stall is a Malay stall
- That it has food that is fried and delicious
But that’s not always the case.
Reader: The food wasn’t fried or delicious?
Nope, worse.
A picture of a food stall at Rivervale in Sengkang with that exact name made the rounds on social media recently, after eagle-eyed netizens spotted something odd in their menu.
That’s right. The meal featured at the top right of the menu is “Braised Pork Curry Rice”.
Naturally, many of us would assume that a stall with a Malay name would serve Halal food, but this isn’t always the case.
But, as Mothership pointed out, the stall simply could have been changing hands, and that the signboard was left by the previous owner.
A closer look at the original picture adds substance to this theory:
Yes, it’s as empty as most offices in Singapore right now.
And when Mothership went down to the store to check it out, the menu had already been removed.
The staff members at the stall said the menu actually belonged to the previous stall, Xinyao.
Yes, some “controversies” actually have entirely rational explanations.
Sedap Goreng said it’s currently working on acquiring its halal certification and will open its stall once they get it.
Not All Malay-Named Stalls Are Halal
This might lead you to ask the very important question: how do we know if stalls are Halal or not?
Well, you should never rely on a stall’s name, evidenced by Ayam Penyet Ria, which up until last year was not Halal certified.
Hey Rahim! Ayam Penyet Ria is now Halal-certified. https://t.co/cEIb6yUNqs
— halalSG (@halalSG) January 14, 2019
The best way to ensure a stall is Halal is to check that they are Halal-certified, of course, because there’s no ambiguity there.
Still, as Mohd Khair, the founder of SuChi Halal Consultancy noted, if a stall has no intention of serving Halal food to Muslim customers, they should probably pick a name in another language.
“If they do not target or have no intention to target the Malay market, then the next best thing to do is to have an unambiguous name that’s so clear that the food business does not sell foodstuff catering to Malays who are generally Muslims.”
Sedap Goreng may soon get its Halal certification, but as to whether its food is actually fried and tasty, we’ll have to wait and see.
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