Earlier this month, the RM1,196.80 bill for a 7.48kg ikan siakap dish from a restaurant in Langkawi took the internet by storm.
Now, a copy of a receipt totalling RM106.60 from a nasi kandar restaurant went viral showing the price RM100 for two pieces of fresh sotong goreng (fried squid), along with a photo of the dish.
Photo via Berita Harian
Netizens took to social media to criticise the restaurant for its exorbitantly priced sotong goreng dish.
Speaking to the New Straits Times, the restaurant director, Muhammad Riyaaz Syed said he was the person who had attended the to the couple who had ordered the sotong goreng dish for take-away besides biryani rice, white rice, salted eggs, a small packed of papadom and a cucumber dish.
He said that the prices of all items sold in the restaurant were clearly listed on the board, with a sotong dish being sold from between RM10 and RM150. Wah, so mahal!
Riyaaz also added that the sotong they used for the sotong goreng appollo dish was not cheap, adding that he sourced them for between RM35 to more than RM40 per kilogramme, and the price in the market kept fluctuating.
Photo via Berita Harian
“The sotong goreng we packed for the couple was of big size which was supposed to have cost between RM110 and RM120 for two. However, I gave them a discount,” he said, adding that he packed the whole sotong goreng for the couple without cutting them into pieces like when one orders for dine-in.
He said that this was not the first time his restaurant went viral, adding that previously, their local ayam piru (turkey) dish also courted controversy due to the high price.
Hmm, what do you guys think of this?
By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat
