Re: Furore over RM45 dish

As is well known, in Malaysia some people charge according to the
"vehicle". For example, if you drive up in a Proton Saga the fish head
will cost RM15.00
in a Camry maybe RM25
in a BMW, at least RM30
in a BMW with Singapore registration, RM55.99


While they are at it they might want to check on Kg Pandan fish head
curry which can charge quite astronomical prices ... but well worth it,
to me


fairplay wrote:
The Star Online > Nation

Thursday March 30, 2006


Furore over RM45 dish

By K. SUTHAKAR

KUALA TERENGGANU: Would you pay RM45 for a dish of ikan tongkol (tuna)
fish head?

Some would, if they think it is a delicacy that is hard to come by.
Others would just fume at the price.

Businesswoman Sapiah Mohamad, 70, served the dish with nasi dagang to
an executive from Putrajaya on Monday and it got her in the soup.


You pay what it's worth. That appears to be the message from
nasidagangseller Sapiah Mohamad, 70, as she scoops up a spicy fish head
from a steaming pot of curry. Sapiah, who has been featured in TV3's
lifestyle programme Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan, is in the soup after a
customer complained that she had overcharged him for a dish of ikan
tongkolfish head curry. The restaurant owner, popularly known as Mak
Ngah among the townsfolk of Chendering in Terengganu, claimed that it
was reasonable to pay RM45 for the dish.
Following a complaint against her, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Ministry enforcers went to her shop in Chendering to question her.

State director Ahmad Dahuri Mahmud said action would be taken against
Sapiah for not displaying the price of her dish.

"Even if she feels that RM45 is a fair price, she should display the
price for the benefit of customers," he said.

Ahmad Dahuri said under the Price Control Act 1946, the restaurant
owner is liable to be compounded between RM1,000 and RM7,000 for the
offence and charged in court if she failed to pay up.

The enforcers left with samples of the fish head curry, which they
said was for "further investigations."

Sapiah, popularly known as Mak Ngah among the townsfolk, had been
featured in TV3's lifestyle programme Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan.

Her daughter, Zainun Ngah, 42, said Sapiah had initially refused to
sell the fish head to the executive, who is from nearby Kampung Panji
but now resides in Putrajaya.

"But he was insistent, claiming he wanted to buy the curry for his
wife and was willing to pay any amount," she said.

"It's true my mother sold the tuna head for RM45 but she also gave
some flesh of the fish and its roe to the customer," she said yesterday.

She said the price was reasonable, adding that it was the first time
that such an incident had happened to her mother, who had been selling
nasi dagang for 45 years.

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