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There was one Sunday which my family visited a food court. There was a stall which claim to sell “Nonya” food. So my wife bought the Ayam Buah Keluak. The outcome turn out to be anything but Ayam Buah Keluak.
The stall did a short cut in the manner it cook Ayam Buah Keluak. The curry gravy used is meant for Asam fish. Before I continue, it is indeed true that the dish's gravy is indeed the asam fish but it should not taste identical to an asam fish dish. The reason is because once the buah keluak is cooked together with the dish, the gravy taste very differently. Apparently for this stall, they just added one buah keluak to it without cooking with it. The taste was horrible. The taste was far from the authentic ayam buah keluak. It tasted like sour curry chicken. In the sense, the stall misrepresented and cheated its customers. I am sure many customers who are unfamiliar with nonya food would never know they have been cheated.
While my wife was only cheated $5.50 and the financial lost is immaterial to us, many people are cheated with greater amount of money and the outcome is certainty not a mere lost of a few dollars. As a financial practitioner, I’ve seen countless individuals who have been cheated huge amount of their money without them even knowing. Examples of cheats are: Read more...[caption id="attachment_2339" align="alignright" width="192" caption="Photo by laRuth"][/caption]
There was one Sunday which my family visited a food court. There was a stall which claim to sell “Nonya” food. So my wife bought the Ayam Buah Keluak. The outcome turn out to be anything but Ayam Buah Keluak.
The stall did a short cut in the manner it cook Ayam Buah Keluak. The curry gravy used is meant for Asam fish. Before I continue, it is indeed true that the dish's gravy is indeed the asam fish but it should not taste identical to an asam fish dish. The reason is because once the buah keluak is cooked together with the dish, the gravy taste very differently. Apparently for this stall, they just added one buah keluak to it without cooking with it. The taste was horrible. The taste was far from the authentic ayam buah keluak. It tasted like sour curry chicken. In the sense, the stall misrepresented and cheated its customers. I am sure many customers who are unfamiliar with nonya food would never know they have been cheated.
While my wife was only cheated $5.50 and the financial lost is immaterial to us, many people are cheated with greater amount of money and the outcome is certainty not a mere lost of a few dollars. As a financial practitioner, I’ve seen countless individuals who have been cheated huge amount of their money without them even knowing. Examples of cheats are: Read more...
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There was one Sunday which my family visited a food court. There was a stall which claim to sell “Nonya” food. So my wife bought the Ayam Buah Keluak. The outcome turn out to be anything but Ayam Buah Keluak.
The stall did a short cut in the manner it cook Ayam Buah Keluak. The curry gravy used is meant for Asam fish. Before I continue, it is indeed true that the dish's gravy is indeed the asam fish but it should not taste identical to an asam fish dish. The reason is because once the buah keluak is cooked together with the dish, the gravy taste very differently. Apparently for this stall, they just added one buah keluak to it without cooking with it. The taste was horrible. The taste was far from the authentic ayam buah keluak. It tasted like sour curry chicken. In the sense, the stall misrepresented and cheated its customers. I am sure many customers who are unfamiliar with nonya food would never know they have been cheated.
While my wife was only cheated $5.50 and the financial lost is immaterial to us, many people are cheated with greater amount of money and the outcome is certainty not a mere lost of a few dollars. As a financial practitioner, I’ve seen countless individuals who have been cheated huge amount of their money without them even knowing. Examples of cheats are: Read more...
