Restaurant Menus gets Creative – Here are some of my Favourites

I enjoy creating as well as searching for menu ideas for my restaurants. When l was working at this little resort in the East coast of Malaysia some years back. Our all day dining restaurant was made to look like a Malaysian Coffee shop. Even its name was "Kedai Kopi" which means coffee shop Malay.

As daily newspapers was a common feature in most Malaysian coffee shops. I created a menu that looked like a newspaper. I discovered that I could photocopy on newsprint paper. So I searched the web for free newspaper or newsletter templates and created my menus. Added some entertaining ad boxes between just like a normal newspaper. Printed on white paper. Next I photocopied on the newsprint paper. I even added some information about Malaysia as well as the surrounding into it. For our guest to read whilst waiting for their food. I then created a newspaper rack for us to store the menus. Since the menus were printed in house we could alter the menus. We could even our monthly specials together with the menu. Below is the sample of the front page of my menu.

Additionally below are some of my favourites. I will add more when I find some more unique and creative menus

Maison de Alice - House of Tea Menu

I like this one cause it doubles up as a centre piece Source :- 45+ Inspiring Examples of Restaurant Menu Designs




 

Flour Pot Bakery

A menus that serves three important purpose. A menu, takeaway bags and also future advertising. People will surely notice the items and prices on the paper bags.

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A self-made millionaire says these are the 4 things you should do once you achieve success - Business Insider

I agree with this guy, the more successful you are the more humble you have to be. Read the part of the article here. If you want more click the link below.

A self-made millionaire says these are the 4 things you should do once you achieve success

Almost everyone wants to be successful. Many consider it the ultimate goal in our personal and professional lives.

But what happens once we reach it?

Most people don’t think that far ahead, says Paul Scolardi, a self-made millionaire who has figured out how to continue thriving after achieving success.

Scolardi, who spent nearly two decades in corporate finance as a Certified Public Accountant, has been investing and trading in stocks for over 18 years (“I manage my own money in the stock market; I do not manage or touch other people’s money in any way,” he explains to Business Insider) and is now a financial educator through his company, Super-Trades LLC.

“I became a millionaire by trading my own money with the strategy I now teach,” he says. “My goal was always to be financially independent and to be my own boss. That is what I have achieved and that was my litmus test for success: financial independence, being my own boss, and being able to work from anywhere. I would say I have [considered myself successful] for about three years now.”  

From the moment he first felt like he had “made it,” Scolardi knew his work wasn’t done — he knew he had to keep going. That’s when (and why) he started his stock education business.

He says if you achieve your biggest goals and then lie back, put your feet up, and stop pushing yourself, “you become lost and directionless.” Instead, there are four things you should do as soon as you feel like you’ve achieved success. They are:

1. Stay humble.

Once you achieve success, fight the urge to get cocky and arrogant, he suggests. “That is what I did after becoming a millionaire the first time and I lost it all.” 

If you have that mindset, you could easily lose friends, family, and supporters — and the joy that often accompanies success will be ripped away in a second. 

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A self-made millionaire says these are the 4 things you should do once you achieve success - Business Insider

Restaurant Promotion Idea #39 - Unique and Crazy Bar Challenges

This is sort like a sequel to my earlier post Restaurant Promotion Idea #38 – Fun and Unique Restaurant Challenges. I got this video on my Facebook page. Its a crazy bar challenges. They call it the "Military Shots". Just watch the video below.

 

We modified the idea a bit. What we did was instead of the military hat, we used a construction hard hat. We referred the challenge to "The Hard Hat Challenge". Like the video, the customer got struck with his drink on the hard hat. Then a rubber mallet. Followed by their drink and a shovel. Finally it was their drink as well as an empty barrel. Our variation was that the friend performed this instead of the bartender. Thus if the friend wanted to get even, they had to buy another round of "Hard Hat Cocktails". The people that completed the "Hard Hat Challenge" got our pub t-shirt and their photo on the pub wall. Its was fun and the customers enjoyed themselves. Some even took videos and pictures to post on their social media. That's free advertisement for you.


To add to the enjoyment, I purchased several syringes and test tubes. Created shooter drinks in them and sold it as prescription after the "Hard Hat Challenge". After the challenge, you can buy our special "Hard Hat Painkillers" at a discounted price. So we managed to get incremental business.   

Another challenge that you can use is like the Youtube video below. The person who finishes all the shooters at one go and is still standing. Will get the beverages free of charge, a challenge t-shirt as well as their photo on the wall of fame. Ensure you collect the money first. Otherwise when they pass out before they finish, you might not get your money at all. I saw this kind of challenge at a tiny bar in Koh Samui, Thailand known as "Viking Bar".

 

 Look around or surf Youtube. There's alot of crazy and unique bar challenges to add the "WOW" in your place    

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Restaurant Promotion Idea #38 – Fun and Unique Restaurant Challenges

Besides creating signature dishes or beverages. You can also create fun as well as unique challenges. This will make your restaurant stand out above your competition.

Many may have watched Adam Richman on “Man vs Food”. Adam goes around The United States searching for unique and outrageous restaurant challenges. The challenges vary from eating the largest burger or pizza, eating the highest number of oysters or chicken wings at a specific time. The winner

will receive a restaurant souvenir along with their picture on the wall. Do something like that to create awareness for your restaurant.

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A review on my Favourite Expense Tracker App

Track your Daily Expenses with Spending Tracker App for Android

I began tracking my expenses a few years ago. My salary was increasing yearly with the yearly increment as well as promotions. But I was facing the same situation at the end of every month. The balance by the end of each was the same as before my increment. Even though there was no change in my monthly fixed expenses. After tracking my daily expenses, I discovered what was eating my money. My little coffee breaks at the little coffee shop nearby. It was taking a big chunk of my personal income combined with my lunch breaks there. It was not a necessary expense. As the company where I was working, provided breakfast and lunch free of charge. I still track my daily expenses at the moment. As there might be some unnecessary expenses in.
I used to use a notebook, but it always got lost. After switching to android operating system phone, I tried many expense tracking apps. Recently I found an excellent known as "Spending Tracker". This app is simple to use.
The first page is "Spending". Here you can get an overview of your expenses by categories and also your balance. There are also two buttons that you can input your expenses and income.

When you press the expense button, you will move to this screen. Here you can put in your expenses in categories and also add a note to it. Simple.

The 2nd page will be the "Transaction" page. Here you will see all your transaction starting the recent expense. They have even add a filter button, here you'll be able to select the category you want to see. And you will see each transaction in each category. You can also add your own category. I  have 4 categories for each associated with my kids as well as wife.

The third page is the "Categories" page. Here you can see all your categories.

This app is so easy too use and is helpful if you need to track where all your money went.

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Restaurant Promotion Idea #38 – Fun and Unique Restaurant Challenges

Besides creating signature dishes or beverages. You can also create fun as well as unique challenges. This will make your restaurant stand out above your competition.

Many may have watched Adam Richman on "Man vs Food". Adam goes around The United States searching for unique and outrageous restaurant challenges. The challenges vary from eating the largest burger or pizza, eating the highest number of oysters or chicken wings at a specific time. The winner will receive a restaurant souvenir along with their picture on the wall. Do something like that to create awareness for your restaurant.

In Malaysia we have this dessert known as "ABC" or in Malay "Ais Batu Campur". Its made from shaved ice with lots of sweet ingredients as well as toppings. So what we did when I was to this tiny resort in Cherating, Malaysia.  We sold this particular dessert in a large bowl. The bowl was really really huge.  So when we placed the shaved ice into it, you will get a large colourful snow cone. The person who ate the entire bowl will get it free of charge. Most people were not after the free dessert, they ordered just for the fun of it. In my two years there only one person managed to finish the dessert.  Yet it was a "WOW" factor whenever we brought it out. We even weaved through the crowded restaurant so others can see this jumbo dessert.  Make use of the social media to promote this together with pictures of winners.

Watch "Man vs Food" and you will have an idea what I mean. You will stand out as the restaurant with the largest burger or pizza. Customers will share on the social media their crazy antics, they experienced at your restaurant.

Here are some "Man vs Food" to get you started.

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Restaurant Review – Kedai Kopi Pak Lang, Port Dickson

Kedai Kopi Pak Lang - Halal Chinese Coffee Shop in PD

In our 2 years in Port Dickson, we only just drive pass this kopitiam called Kedai Kopi Pak Lang. Thinking that it is a Chinese Coffee Shop, therefore not halal. Don't be mislead by the sign board. All the food here is Halal, the restaurant is run by Aunty Ain - a Chinese Muslim.

One day looking for a place to have breakfast, our regular breakfast venues were all closed. Maybe they were all still in the Raya mood. So we just took a chance to check if this place was halal. We were were met by the owner, a friendly Muslim Chinese lady. So we were assured that is was halal.

 The concept of this place is of a typical old Chinese coffee shop. Not the commercialized kopitiam like Kluang Cafe or Pak Hailam. From the menu, we found the food served were mainly Chinese dishes.

For breakfast they have the normal nasi lemak bungkus on the table, roti bakar, boiled eggs. They even have western dishes like French toast. But the nasi lemak bungkus at the table caught our attention. The rice was nice but we didn't quite like the sambal there, we were used to our sweet tasting sambal. This was something different. Ordered the roti bakar which was the best. Nicely brown with a thick slab of butter and kaya. As usual a local coffee for me. For my wife was sirap. The bill came up to RM9.60. We had two nasi lemak bungkus, one sirap, one coffee, roti bakar and an omelette for my son.

 We will be going back there for some Chinese Food for lunch. There was quite a number of good reviews on their Chinese Food in some popular Travel Forums.

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Kedai Kopi Pak Lang is open 7am till 6 pm for breakfast, lunch and tea.





Kedai Kopi Pak Lang

Jalan Raja Aman Shah
Kampung Bahasa Kapor

71000 Port Dickson
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

         



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Restaurant Review - Laksa Karim at Kuala Kangsar

Laksa Karim Stall at Kuala Kangsar Town

Kuala Kangsar folks love their laksa. You will see a laksa stall, shop or even a food truck at just about any corner around the town and even the outskirts. The Medan Selera by the riverside has more than ten stalls selling laksa and cendol. And its normally very full in the afternoons.
Being a resident of the Royal Town of Perak, my wife must visit her favourite laksa stall which is located by the side of a bakery, just infront of the Kuala Kangsar jetty.
So as always before we left her kampung, after the Hari Raya holidays. We stopped by Kuala Kangsar town for laksa.
For those that is not sure what is Laksa Kuala Kangsar is here's some info about it from Wikipedia.
"Kuala Kangsar Laksa (Malay: Laksa Kuala Kangsar), made of wheat flour (usually hand made). The soup is rather lighter than the common laksa taste and so much different from Ipoh Laksa in shape, taste and smell. The local municipal council even built a complex called "Kompleks Cendol dan Laksa" near the river bank of the Perak River. It is the main attraction for tourists in Kuala Kangsar." Source :- Laksa @ Wikipedia
The Laksa Karim stall is located on the road leading to the jetty. Its just by the side of the Gemilang Bakery. Its a small stall with limited tables. So when we reach there, there were no seats available. Therefore we headed over to the Medan Cendol dan Laksa MPKK for cendol. Our favourite place for cendol is stall no 12 named Cendol Haji Talib. Next to it is the Laksa Taufik, their laksa is also quite nice. A bowl of cendol is great especially for a hot day.

Medan Cendol dan Laksa Kuala Kangsar

Cendol Haji Talib

A bowl of Yummy Refreshing Cendol will cost you

Here's some info for those who are not sure what cendol is.
"Cendol /ˈtʃɛndɒl/ is a traditional dessert originating from Southeast Asia which is popular in Indonesia,[1] Malaysia,[2] Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Burma. The dessert's basic ingredients are coconut milk, jelly noodles made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar. Other ingredients such as red beans, glutinous rice, grass jelly, creamed corn, might also be included. " Source :- Cendol @ Wikipedia
After that we headed for the Laksa Karim Stall, where had what else Laksa Kuale. My wife loves her's with lots of chili padi. The laksa gravy here doesn't have the fishy taste which is good for a fussy eater like me. And it goes down well with a iced cold glass of cincau.

 

A bowl of hot Laksa Kuale with a hard boiled egg only cost

Where Laksa Karim is located.
   


 They are really upgrading the Royal Town. There's a new complex just across from the jetty for the Labu Sayong industry. The train station is even more comfortable and beautiful. Its one of the stop for the electric train from KL Sentral. Its less that 3 hours from Kuala Lumpur.

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Royal Town of Kuala Kangsar

Kuala Kangsar is the royal town of the state of Perak in Malaysia. It is where the Sultanate of Perak and his family resides. It’s also the hometown of my other half and I like it’s relax laid back atmosphere. I like to relax there especially after a hectic week at work. Kuala Kangsar is about 30km from Ipoh. The other alternative way to get here is to by train; there is small railway station in the middle of the town.

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