Friday, December 18, 2009

Ipoh Takeaway

Thursday, December 17 - Here’s a little slice of life from Malaysia. Any time you order take-out from a restaurant – and you can do that pretty much anywhere – rather than providing your order in styrofoam or foil containers, restaurants give you food in a bag.

Actually, the pull-string bag shown here is an Ipoh-only item. Other cities in Malaysia use bags (although we’ve heard tales that some KL restaurants are moving towards styrofoam) but only Ipoh uses this pull-string version.

Seems a shame – if you’re gonna use bags, you might as well have a pull-string.

2 comments:

  1. I think Im a Styrofoam elitist because I have to say that your take away looks very unappetizing to me! SORRY!

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  2. It does look a bit like rubbish, doesn't it? Wonder which one is more damaging to the environment - plastic bags or styrofoam.

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