Learning about Malaysian Heritage at Mini Malaysia Melaka

If you want to learn more about the Malaysian Heritage all in one place, then you should visit the Mini Malaysia Melaka. I brought my little ones there. Mini Malaysia is a educational theme park that has 13 traditional houses from the 13 states of Malaysia. Each house has their very own unique features. This park is not only for tourist but also for us Malaysian. So as we never forget our heritage. I hope they will maintain and upkeep this park for future generations to come. Below is an exceprt of my review of the park. If you want to know more just click on the link below.









Mini Snips of Malaysia at Mini Malaysia Melaka



I visited the Mini Malaysia some time ago. Those days Air Keroh was just coming up. That was some 10 years ago.So this time I brought my two sons and a nephew here. Just to let them see the different Malaysian traditional houses. I also wanted to see the Mini Asean. Which was said to house different Asian Houses. But alas it was under renovation.



The Mini Malaysia gives you a great value for your money for the educational experience. There are 14 different types of “kampung” (village) houses of the 14 states in Malaysia. You can go into each house to get a feel of each house.





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From my Restaurant Promotion Ideas website- 5 Ways to Plate your Food like the Masters

Beautifully presented food is a great marketing tool for restaurants or cafes. Brautifully presented get posted on social websites like Pinterest, Tweeter, Facebook and so on. It gets looked by million of eyes. Thus promoting your restaurant.
With a little creativity, you too created beautiful scrumptious looking food. Recently I wrote in my Restaurant Promotion Ideas, "5 Ways to Plate your Food like the Masters". Below is an exceprt from the article. If you want to know more, just click the link below.

5 Ways to Plate your Food like the Masters

2. Play with color and texture.

As stated above, chefs prefer white dishes plates. With white plates they will play around with colours. My former manager one of my mentors in the restaurant industry. Mentioned that even for buffets you need to consider the colour of the food. If you put many of the same colour dishes on the buffet,  it is going to be boring and plain. Same goes with your dishes. Choose colourful foodstuffs to place but never make use of artificial colouring. Plan ahead before you start plating. A case in point is grilled fish, mashed potatoes and sauteed couliflower. All looking white and pale. You can include some baby carrots to the cauliflower or add an edible flower on the fish. Also a bowl of oatmeal will looking yummy, in the event that you chopped diced fruits. A word of advice. Make sure the presentation is not too elaborate that it might slow down your kitchen crew.

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Using Car Stickers to Promote your Restaurant

Imagine having millions or even billions of mini billboard moving around your city. And with minimal cost to your business. Imagine other people promoting your restaurant. All this can be achieve using Window Car Stickers. Hand out unique car stickers to your customers and also people in your area. Let them stick on their window and when they drive around you will have a moving Billboard. Below is from my Restaurant Promotion Ideas website about the usage of Car Stickers to promote your restaurant.

Restaurant Promotion Ideas #42 – Car Stickers

I noticed some unique car stickers on car windows from Starbucks and 7eleven. This got me thinking that it is a great advertising avenue for my restaurants. Cause cars are  moving around, so you got a free promotion billboard moving around your city. So if your sticker unique as well as eye catching, people notice your logo. Make sure you put your address on it. In cities, there is traffic jams and also massive parking lots.  So people will have time to take down your number or your website address.


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R & R Jejantas Air Keroh, Melaka

Whenever we travel to Melaka or from Melaka heading north, we will usually stop at the R&R Jejantas Air Keroh.  What's unique about this rest stop is that the some of the restaurants are on the bridge over the highway. The restaurants are KFC, A&W as well as Restoran OB. I believe OB stands for Over the Bridge. Being typical Malaysian, we look for rice for most of our meals. So we usually head to Restoran OB. They have the normal Malaysian Fare such as Nasi Lemak, Nasi Goreng, Mee Goreng and so on. Prices are also reasonable around RM6. 00 for a plate of Nasi Lemak with a large piece of Ayam Rendang. And my kids  usual had the chicken rice. As the restaurant is above the highway you will have the full view of vehicles plying the highway. So this keeps my sons occupied. They will sit by the window and watch the cars as well as lorries go by. Thus keeping them quiet while daddy and mummy eat. 

Also to the restaurants, there is also souvenir shops. Also located  infront of the Restoran OB is the Al Ikhsan Sports shop. As with other rest stops in Malaysia, there is enough parking and toilets are clean. There are also many food outlets located near the car park. And also a Baskin and Robbins.

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Create Awesome New Year's Eve Memories to keep People Comng Back for More

In 2001, the National Restaurant Association estimated that 100 million Americans plan to celebrate the New Year by going out to a retaurant or bar. Their survey showed that one in five Americans will go to a bar or restaurant on New Year's Eve. So in order to close he year with a bang, there's alot you need to do. You must promote fast to get the people into your door on New Year's Eve. After you get people in, you need to make your party awesome, so they will return next yearand the following year. In my Restaurant Promotion Ideas site, I have listed some ways that I do to amp my Ne Year's Eve Party.

Restaurant Promotion Idea # 41 – Make your New Year party Memorable to keep them coming back

New Year’s Eve day, is an opportunity to let your hair down as well as party with friends. There are lots of reasons to celebrate New Year’s Eve. You can say to celebrate a fantastic year thats passing.  Or perhaps you can say goodbye to a not so good year and hope the coming year will be better. Most people will start searching for party venues early. Thus begin early to promote your restaurant or bar  to be ahead of the rest. Get your entertainment plan early. Cause this is when the good entertainers get booked early. Make sure you have enough staff as well as beverages. Do you need to have any special food? Pretty much everything in place, you still need to plan some activities to make your New Year’s Eve party even awesome. So people will come back next year and the following year. Here are some ideas on how to amp up your party. Some I have carried out and some I am going to try.

1. Create a Theme

Rather than doing just a normal Countdown Party, do a party with a theme. This year I am going to do a “Mad Hatter Party”. My staff will put on different hats and the customer who comes in wearing funny hat will get a10% off on their beverage bill. There are many theme party ideas that you can do. Some examples are a Mardi Gras or even a Hawaiian Luau theme. Do something out of the ordinary that will “WOW” your customers. So they will be back next. I stumbled upon this great website on how to organise a theme party in your restaurant or bar. Please click here www.gourmetmarketing.net

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Literally Drive your Customers to Your Restaurant

The thought of organising transportation for a group of people just to go out for lunch might seem daunting to some. This will deter them from coming to your restuarant especially if you are far from their office. So if you are able to, provide some sort of transporation to your restaurant. It will give your restaurant an edge above the rest. In my recent I wrote about how we used our resort bus to transport groups from their offices for lunch to our restaurants. Below is an excerpt from the article. If you want to know more, then click on the link to take you to the article.

Restaurant Promotion Ideas # 40 – Literally Drive Customers to Your Restaurant

The resort that I am presently attached to, just purchased a mini bus. To transport their guest as well as  employees to and fro the resort. Of which I felt could also benefit my restaurants too. So I came out with a special package Specially for Corporate Companies to dine in my restaurants. Besides Menus and Beverages, we also provided transportation from their office to the resort. This is for a group between 20 to 35 person, we will pick them up from their company or office in our bus. To know more, please CLICK HERE

Guest Post - Five Budget-Friendly Activities in Kuala Lumpur

Recently I had the honour of featuring a guest travel blogger in my Travel at Malaysia website. Jess has spent almost 3 and half years travelling and documenting her travels in her Tripelio website. Her blog is loaded with tips to help you enjoy your travels. There is even tips on Backpacking in Mongolian and hiking on the Inca Trail.

Five Budget-Friendly Activities in Kuala Lumpur

 Guest Post by Jess Signut
 Thanks to Travel at Malaysia for sharing my article on the five best budget-friendly activities in Kuala Lumpur. It is a wonderful resource for anyone headed to Malaysia in the near future. And for those not planning a trip to Malaysia, I particularly recommend this article on the top 20 reasons why you should!
Although travel in Malaysia isn't quite as cheap as in some other countries in Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur can still definitely be done on a budget. There are plenty of free or cheap activities to fill your itinerary, regardless of what your interests are. Here are five of our favorites:

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1. Take a Walking Tour.

The tourist parts of Kuala Lumpur are relatively compact, making the city easily navigable on foot. If you're interested in taking a walking tour to help orient yourself and to learn some of the history of the area, you can download apps with maps and information to your smartphone or tablet. You may also be able to take a free walking tour. These are sometimes put on by the city hall. The tour guides are paid only in tips, meaning you aren't obligated to shell out the exorbitant fees that some city tours charge, but you still get a great tour out of it.

2. Visit Masjid Jamek.

Roughly half of the population of Kuala Lumpur is Muslim, making this mosque a very important building in the city. In fact, it served as the main mosque of the city for the first half of the twentieth century, until the National Mosque, Masjid Negara, was completed. Masjid Jamek is Moorish in style, making it markedly different from the Chinese and Indian temples that also dot the city (many of which are also free to enter).

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