Nasi kandar operator surprised by PM’s praise


Sajid Assan showing off the famed Nasi Ganja to the camera.

IPOH: You know you have made it when your RM4.80 nasi kandar is mentioned in the same breath as cartoonist Lat and Olympic medallists during a live broadcast on national TV.

“Never in our wildest dreams did we think this would happen,” said Mohamed Niathullah Syed Mustafa, who is the manager of Perniagaan Nasi Kandar Ayam Merah.

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