Gov’t to focus on improving self-sufficiency, enhancing food security

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will focus on efforts to improve the self-sufficiency level (SSL) and strengthen food security, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said it included increasing the area under crop cultivation but optimising the use of existing farmland as well. “(in addition), increase the resilience of the agro-food sector through the […]

F&B must stay vibrant, creative and sustainable

KUCHING: The local food and beverage industry is in need of great creativity, innovation and business acumen to combat its nature of being a typically high capital and low margin business, says WAT Sarawak managing director Evelyn Teo. Having emphasised the importance of the industry to the state’s economy, Teo said it is important for […]

A matter of hard work and perseverance

Opening up a business can be easy. But not everyone survives the tough industry, of constant boulders thrown at its owner. Sharing the rough path he went through, Ceylonese Restaurant’s Damith Senanayake speaks of his experiences, surviving in the local food industry as a foreigner and newcomer. Trials and tribulations are what a business owner […]

Ah Ong: Kuching’s legendary food critic

Building his reputation online as an anonymous food critic, former Kuching Food Critics’ Facebook admin and food blogger Ah Ong, shares his previous experiences being a food operator and also about his latest endeavour. A new level of authenticity Among the many food groups on Facebook, one that is prominent with over 120,000 members is […]