Who WINS? Indonesia OR Malaysia?

Myfastbasket.com HELLO READERS! Welcome back to our seventh blog! You know that in the past six weeks, we have compared a lot of Indonesia's and Malaysia's transportation, instant noodles, breakfast, budgeting foods, celebrations, and murtabak. For this week's blog, we have invited a group of university students help us to compare  Indonesia's and Malaysia's most common snacks by having BLIND TEST SNACK CHALLENGE!!!!! This blog is based on the reviews given by the tester for each snacks!!! Now let's see what are the reviews they give !!! 1. Potato chips ( CHITATO VS COTTAGE  FRIES One of our snacks challenges of potato chips set Left Side is Indonesia' brand (komposisiconsumergood.blogspot.my), Right Side is Malaysia's brand (dzafstore.com) We have chooses two type of potato chips which are Chitato from Indonesia and the other one is Cottage Fries from Malaysia. From the result of the challenge, most of them prefer Chi

Image by  Julian Teh Hello! Welcome back to our 6th blog! For this blog, we will talk about popular street food in Malaysia and Indonesia called MURTABAK (Malaysia) or MARTABAK (Indonesia). Murtabak or Martabak is food that similar to pancake which is stuffed or folded with fillings. In Malaysia, Murtabak is fried and stuffed with minced meat, egg, and vegetables and eaten with curry and some condiments. BUT, Indonesian Murtabak has two varieties, sweet and savory , which is different than Malaysia. So, what kinds of Indonesian Murtabak that Malaysia doesn't have and how do they look like? Find it out here! MARTABAK MANIS 1. Martabak Piring Martabak Piring Tipis & Tebal (Image by  Cerita Medan ) & The Cooking Tools (Image by  Ria Sitompul ) Has two types which are tipis (thin) and tebal (thick) Thin martabak is like a crepe, while thick martabak is like a pancake Cooked by using a small plate under burning charcoal Base flavor i

Image by Steffan Ritt Hello readers, welcome back to our blog!!! For the past four weeks, we have compared the transportation, instant noodles, breakfast and budget eateries between Indonesia and Malaysia. In this week’s blog, we will compare the difference of celebrations between Malaysia and Indonesia. As both country have 3 different races, therefore there are many different culture for celebrations. Trust me!!! It will be something special and interesting, you will like to find out more. Now let’s check it out!! 1. Special Birthday Celebration Ø 21st Birthday in Malaysia Image by  Party City A necklace designed with a key is presented as parents' gift to the child. Normally, father gives it. The design means that there will be no more curfew.  21st birthday marks the child as an adult and requires them to be responsible in their actions and making decision.  Ø 17th Birthday in Indonesia Image by  FullColor Party Called as "Sweet Seven

Do you know cheap places to eat and hang out with your friends when you are broke?  In Indonesia and Malaysia, we have these famous eatery places to get a meal under RM5 !  They’re called WARMINDO (WARUNG MAKAN INDOMIE) in Indonesia and MAMAK in Malaysia. (FYI, Warmindo is also known as Warung Kopi Indomie/Warkop Indomie)  These two places offer cheap to affordable food which are very suitable for students and workers. But, do they offer similar food and service?  Here, we have listed out four differences between Warmindo and Mamak for you. (this will benefit you when you are travelling to Indonesia and Malaysia on a budget 😊) 1. Place Warmindo Images by  Yulia Salsabila  &  Jendela Kemayoran The place can be in the form of a small kiosk or a tent (tent warung) with separate wooden tables and plastic chairs or long wooden tables and benches  The tent warung tend to be located in empty lots or at roadsides near crowded areas  Some open for 24/7 an

Image by  wasim khan SELAMAT KEMBALI! Welcome back to our third blog! You definitely know that breakfast is an important meal to start an new day!!! With many similarities in culture and tradition, breakfast in both Indonesia and Malaysia are almost the same, yet also different at the same time (same-same but different). So, here, we will compare 5 popular food for breakfast in Indonesia and Malaysia.  Let’s check it out! 1. Wantan Mee or Mie Pangsit Malaysia Images by  applefood  via  MalaysiaMostWanted.com They have dry and soup version  Consist of thin egg noodle, sliced BBQ meat (pork/chicken), wantan (fried/boiled), chinese kale and chopped spring onion  Noodles are served with dark soya sauce or wantan soup and pickled green chilies Indonesia Images by  Indrawan Sikdiprawiro  &  openrice Noodle is usually served in soup with red chili sauce (watery consistency) or pickled green chilies  Usually consist of egg noodle, sliced o