GEORGETOWN – Penang’s oldest nasi kandar restaurant, Hameediyah Restaurant took the initiative to give out free food to the needy on Friday (August 13).
However, instead of distributing the food with a vehicle, the restaurant decided to use two wicker baskets hanging off a wooden or bamboo pole with a worker carrying it on his shoulder throughout the streets.
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This is how our ancestors sold nasi kandar in those days.”
Hameediyah successfully distributed 250 packets of rice, chicken, vegetables, and eggs to the needy.
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According to Bernama, the restaurant’s 66-year-old owner Ahamed Seeni Pakir Abdul Shukor said that the initiative was launched to allow the less fortunate to have a taste of their famed nasi kandar.
He is also the seventh-generation running the business.
Most Penangites are familiar with Hameediyah’s humble beginnings, where it was first founded in 1907 under a tree near at Lebuh Campbell. Over the decades, it has grown to become a renowned nasi kandar establishment.
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Here’s looking forward to the day where we can visit the restaurant and enjoy its mouthwatering dishes again!
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