What does it take to prepare good food

A lot of folks have asked us the same question wherever we go. This is usually during "packing up" time after even the crumbs are consumed. Actually we have never given it much thought coz we dont really really believe that our dishes are supremo than others (we still dont). In fact we are still on a learning curve and hope that we dont ever get to the stage where everything is just routine and we are more interested in the money than the dishes themselves. That wasn't why we ventured in F&B in the first place. Granted the money is important but supplying good food is really hard work ( no joke) and obviously there are so many other options of making money that's less painful.

People talk about passion and love for the job. I guess that's the main ingredient. Coz you cant do it well if you dont love it. Take tinkering cars for example. I have absolutely no love for that profession so I dont think that I can wake up every morning thinking that i'll give my all at a tyre shop.

Actually we have been dining folks for the last 8 years. We have always been surprised by the fact that people just love coming to our place coz of the food. That's when we decided to check out the F&B business. Its been a lot of fun meeting new people who just cant get enough of good food. Coming back to the main title, on a scientific level every body part is involved in preparing good food. The brain for example functions to ensure that a lot of creativity is required when preparing great cuisine. Why? Coz there's always this thing called budget!!! Just imagine catering for 200 people on something that is slightly above a shoe string budget. You obviously cant have the best ingredients but using BRAINS you can actually have the desired result rather than a make do sort of thingy. Your HEART is what makes it happens. A never die attitude and a desire to excel, to give your best in every meal so that masakan tu ada rasa la beb. The arms and legs are important to carry those Arrrgh really heavy equipment from function to function. And those oh so delicate hands to make the final critical touches that makes the dish really yummy. As they say there's no rocket science in preparing chicken rice. But a par excellence chicken rice on a limited budget requires a lot of creativity and love for hard work.

At Mak Andak, you can be guaranteed that we practise what we preach. If you look at our dishes and I mean really look at it you'll realise that a lot of love and passion has gone into making it all happen for you. So enjoy the meal and forget all your troubles. Love God and Love life. Till next time, Cheers and Salam and have a beautiful weekend.

Andaks