A couple of nights back, a few friends and I were engaged in a M'sia favourite past-time, having supper at an Mamak shop. Everything went ok, until the waiter came to take our order... As he swept through the group of us, almost regardless of what food you'd order, he would ask 'Nak tamba ayam tak??'. You order a naan, a roti, mee goreng or tosai, and out popped this question from him.
Now, everyone knows how expensively are the ayam priced at Mamaks...and here, the waiter is trying to brainwash us that if we don't order our food either with ayam or pattaya style...our food basically going to end up tasting like crap.
It seems nowadays even at Mamaks, the waiter have to cross-sell and up-sell their menu. Gone are the days that we can just order a teh-tarik and a roti kosong without looking like Mr Scrooge. It is commendable though, how deftly the waiters slot in this question and before you know it, you'd have a ayam (goreng/rendang/curry), like it or not, infront of you...
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