Hana’s nasi lemak takes off


Comfort food: Hana Batrisya with a packet of nasi lemak paired with side dishes at her stall in a food court along Macalister Road in Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Being retrenched may be the best thing to have happened to former flight attendant Hana Batrisya Zainol, 24, and her husband. The couple started a nasi lemak business which they are now planning to take to the global stage.

With business picking up, the couple, who use between 40kg and 50kg of rice a day to make the delicacy, have seized the opportunity in bringing their nasi lemak overseas.

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