PapiMami

Monday, July 26, 2004

Our 'yamcha' will never be the same..

Mamak restaurants have been given a week (reported on Utusan July 17) to replace their waiters of Indian nationals with locals. 

Before:
*Kuch Kuch Hota He playing in the background*

Customer 1 : Dei! Aneh! Order.

Waiter : Minum? *wipe table*

Customer 1 : Teh tarik satu

Customer 2 : Macha, kasi milo ais kurang manis ah.

Customer 3 : kopi peng kaw kaw dua ketul ais

Waiter : Wokay, makan?

Customer 1 : Saya mee goreng tah mau pedas, tambah telur mata,

Customer 2 : Roti canai tah mau garing, kasi banjir

Customer 3 : Nasi lemak tambah sambal, kasi ayam goreng peha ah, itu kacang tak mau, ikan bilis banyak sikit.

Waiter : Wokay! *repeating order very fast from his memory* Teh tarik, miloaiskurangmanis, kopipeng, makan meegorengtamaupedastambahtelurmata, rotibanjirtamaugaring,nasilemakayamgorengtamaukacangtambahikanbilis.  Wokay boss.

Shouting at the drink counter...
Waiter : Deh! teh tarik une, milo ais une.....roti banjir une....

Few minutes later...
Waiter : Wokay, Teh tarik, milo ais, kopi peng kaw

Another few minutes later ...
Waiter : Wokay, mee goreng, nasi lemak, roti banjir.

 
After:
*Belaian Jiwa playing in the background*

Customer 1 : Err..abang.  Order ya.

Waiter : Encik nak minum ape? *wipe table*

Customer 1 : Bagi saya teh tarik satu 

Waiter : Nanti ya.  *take out a piece paper and pen to write down orders".  Teh tarik.

Customer 2 : Beri saya milo ais kurang manis.

Waiter : *mumbling and scribble* Milo ais ya

Customer 3 : Kopi ais kaw kaw tapi dua ketul ais sahaja.

Waiter : *scribble scribble* kopi ais.  Makan bang?

Customer 1 : Saya mahu mee goreng tak mahu pedas, tambah telur mata kerbau

Waiter : *scribble scribble* 

Customer 2 : Saya mahu thosai bawang, bagi kari ayam.

Waiter : OK *scribble scribble*

Customer 3 : Saya nak nasi lemak tambah sambal, bagi ayam goreng peha, kacang tak mahu, ikan bilis banyak sikit.

Waiter : OK.

Waiter left.  Few minutes later....

Waiter : Sorry lah bang.  Kitorang tak tau buat thosai.  Jadi boleh order lain tak?

Customer 2 : Hah? Tak tau buat?

Waiter : Ya lah, sebab diorang dah balik India. 

Customer 2: Camtu, bagi puttu, ada?

Waiter : Ah? Kutu? Kutu pun kita tak tau..

Customer 2 : Alamak? Puttu pun takde?  Idli ade?

Waiter : Lidi? Penyapu lidi adalah...*tersengih*

Customer 2 : Kalau cam tu bagi roti canai lar, banjir ah.

Waiter : OK.  Maaf ya bang.

Another few minutes later....
Waiter : Ini teh ais, milo tarik dan kopi ais.

Customer 1 : eh? saya order teh tarik, dia order milo ais.  Silap ni.

Waiter : Eh? *check the piece of paper* A-ah, tersilap pulak. 

Customer 1 : Takpe lah.  Biar je lah.

Customer 2 : Tulis pun boleh silap?

Waiter : Maaf bang, saya baru lagi.

 
Hmmmm....i wonder my favourite restaurant will still serves my favourite thosai made by the aneh?