A box was lugged that day
The highly popular latest craze instant noodles, The MyKuali Penang White Curry Instant Noodles, which takes after the Penang's beloved White Curry Noodles, has been all the rage amongst the Penang Foodies, or Foodies in general.
This craze made it easy for what I suspect was a marketing ploy, to plan for a "shortage" of these noodles, in its homeland, Malaysia, in order for the word of it to spread far and wide.
It worked really well, but when these noodles surfaced in large quantums in supermarkets around Singapore, there were some pretty vocal folks that openly accused MyKuali on their Facebook page of playing with supply and demand to increase their popularity.
Who can blame MyKuali????? Free marketing yo! Get real!
Anyway, mom gave me a heads up on the situation and told me that there was "black market" sales of these noodles at RM10 per SINGLE PACKET. The normal price is RM6.80 for 4 packets.
WALAOEH. One packet of instant noodles nia leh!
Seeing as my mom and dad were really keen on the noodles, I obliged and roped in my boy to hunt down the elusive MyKuali noodles.
We found them at Bishan's Giant Supermarket, sold at SGD 4.20 per 4 packets, which is still reasonable, as compared to the RM10 per packet rubbish.
I got the boyfie to cook me a pack for dinner the same night and he absolutely LOVED it, but I felt otherwise. Perhaps it's because I really really love the Penang Curry Noodles much more than the instant noodles.
The Real Penang White Curry Mee
Anyhow, I was packing to go home on Wednesday night, and when I opened my suitcase, I really could not resist but to snap a picture of the instant noodles I was bringing/smuggling home for mommy.
Noodle smuggler me
Epic shit. Smuggling home instant noodles to Malaysia from Singapore, which were originally made in Malaysia.
Whatever lah! Ho Chiak to me is only my ORIGINAL PENANG WHITE CURRY NOODLES.
That luggage bag is well used
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