Did you know that in Indonesia Idul Fitri has a legally mandated salary bonus for all employees, known as Tunjangan Hari Raya (THR) as enforced by Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (“Kementerian Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi”)? That’s right folks. The mandated amount of this salary bonus differs by region….
Tag: Food
Straits Kitchen Sungkai
From here: A modern take on the traditional hawker centre, the Straits Kitchen, located at the Grand Hyatt Singapore, offers Halal Chinese, Malay and Indian cuisine. Designed by the world renowned design firm Super Potato, this restaurant is sleekly furnished in steel, wood and marble. Tuck into an endless list…
Breaking fast on a field – Padang Style
Last night, the kids and I trooped on over to the newly renovated Pondok Sari Wangi Sengkurong to try out the sungkai buffet which was made up of padang dishes including ayam assam pedas, tempe goreng mandarin, pakis sambal, tahu, dendeng belado, daging tongseng and others. It was a veritable…
Happy Birthday Nini Jamil!
A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the FIL’s 72nd birthday at Ligong Restaurant at the Empire. The all you can eat promo is one of our favourites when it comes to special celebrations like these. Happy Birthday babah, from all the gang. Wishing you good health, and happiness throughout…
Sungkai at iLotus
Another big favourite among the Bruneian crowds for sungkai is iLotus Restaurant in Rimba. Every year, the crowd seems to get bigger and bigger. This year, the restaurant actually put up a marquee outside the main restaurant to cater for the big crowd. I think its an awesome move as…
Iftar at Saffron
Last night, the AB gang trooped over to Saffron Restaurant for our annual sungkai ritual which we’ve been observing for the past few years. To keep things interesting, every year, the concept is slightly different but the one thing that is constant is the quality of the food, the relaxed…
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