Nasi Minyak Dinner Talk (someone corrected me haha)
The Malaysian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and Macau had to shift their Nasi Lemak Lunch Talks to dinner time, following participant and member feedback. People were saying they couldn’t finish asking guest speakers their questions, before having to get back to the office after lunch break. As a not-for-profit aiming to provide a service to members and members’ friends, MayCham duly complied. NLLTs shalt henceforth be known as NLDTs. Except this one was Nasi Minyak. Ok fine, got “N” got “T” can? (“N” for “Nasi” = Rice; “T” for “Talk = “Ceramah” 😉 )
Kinda like the concept of “Hong Kong home dining,” this one, where some really good home cooks decide to have a few tables in a cosy setting but at HK prices 😉 (went to one long ago – very good Chinese food served at ~HKD 500 per person) but with more people, unlimited good Malaysian food, HKD 200-300 and an informative talk with lotsa giveaways.
Event gallery here; downloadable slide presentation here (url seems to still be main page, if you are directed there then go to past events and find “Nasi Lemak Dinner Talk #4”). Of course then you don’t get the yummy meal, camaraderie, to ask the speakers your own questions, or in this case……
Father-and-son stand-up comedy routine property research talk, with another friend to answer questions specifically about Penang property.
Mr Ho Chin Soon: My son signs my pay checks.
Ishmael Ho: I don’t sign, he cut me out of his will.
Oh, yums
Full house
Or, a bit over full house; the number of people who squeeze in last minute sometimes pushes expected attendance up 30% thereabouts. Which then sends MayCham volunteers scurrying out to tar-pow extra food on standby because God forbid the lovingly cooked homefare runs out. (Any regulars reading out there, hint, hint – IF you can, signing up early really helps MayCham volunteers. But if you can’t, PLEASE JUST COME, WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT!)
Empty plates
Selfies. Of course.
Enthusiastic Q and A
(You guys know right, when you see speakers flown over for our friendly events, NOW’S YOUR CHANCE TO GRILL THEM, ask them all your burning questions! All the preso notes available freely; you have to be there though, get the home dining-quality traditional Malaysian food, entertainment or Q n A…) Guests ask questions about entrance and exit points on various kinds of property, some linger an extra hour after the dinner “officially” ends…
Mr Ho talks about how he’s slowing down, how it is now his son’s time…. He quotes, “The imperfect man would wish the best for his son; what more our Father in heaven?”
“…We have a competition going – who can make the audience laugh more. …I think I won. Next time if you call us here again, talk to my son – I come on vacation.”
…..Just so.
Oh, and the maps were in especially hot demand too…
