Vast opportunities exist in
exports of rice, fruits to Iran
November 28, 2014
Pakistani agricultural commodities especially rice, kinnow, potato
and mango are in high demand in Iranian markets thus offering huge potential to
increase exports of these commodities manifold between the two neighbouring
countries. The Punjab government is taking many steps for enhancing the
bilateral trade especially export of agricultural commodities to Iran which
include steps to save these commodities from pests and different diseases in
line with the international standards. This
was disclosed by the Punjab Minister for Agriculture Dr Farrukh Javed while
addressing 'Rice Exporters Conference' held here on Thursday. The conference
was also participated by a 14-member Iranian trade delegation and Iranian
Consul General to Lahore Agha Bani Asadi.
The Iranian delegation
includes Iranian members of the parliament Dr Fatahi, Dr Abidi and Dr Tameeni,
rice importers and agricultural experts while conference was also attended by
the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) members including Pir Nazam
Hussain Shah. Rice Research Institute (RRI) Kala Shah Kaku Director Dr Akhtar,
Dr Ashfaq and Deputy Food Commissioner Dr Waseem also participated in the
conference. The Punjab Minister
said both Iran and Pakistan were enjoying brotherly relations and also gave
importance to increasing bilateral trade. He said that Iranian agricultural
experts were welcomed in the fields and orchards of Punjab province to explore
the potential of enhancing trade of agricultural commodities. Dr Farrukh Javed
stressed the need for installing quarantine set-up at Pak-Iran border to allow
agricultural commodities import and export after proper inspection according to
hygiene principles.
He said only healthy citizen could play their role in the
development and progress of the country and bringing agricultural production in
line with principles of health we could not only meet food requirements but
also promote a healthy society. Iranian Consul General Agha Bani Asadi speaking
on this occasion said that he is advocate of strong and durable relations with
Pakistan and trade of agricultural commodities could play an important role in
strengthening brotherhood bond between the two nations.
Members of the Iranian Parliament speaking on this occasion
expressed their pleasure on visiting Lahore and said they enjoyed Pakistani
hospitality a lot. Iranian delegation is on a three-day visit to Pakistan
during which they met government representatives, exporters and also visited
different rice mills and allied industrial wings.
Experts
call for floating-rice preservation despite low yield
VietNamNet Bridge – Experts believe
that restoring and developing deepwater rice needs to be done urgently to
conserve genetic resources and biodiversity, and adapt to climate change.
Dr. Le Cong Quyen from the An Giang
University said he could see the high biodiversity in the number of plant and
fish species found in deepwater rice fields.Quyen said 49 plant and 35 fish
species have been recognized, including rare and valuable ones in the
fields.Dang Thi Thanh Quynh from the An Giang University’s Rural Development
Center said if growing alternate deepwater rice and non-rice crops (cassava,
for example), farmers would get relatively high profits. Farmers can also
benefit from aquatic creatures, because fish like gathering in deepwater rice
fields.
Dr. Nguyen Van Kien from An Giang
University said deepwater rice production generated very durable straw needed
to grow plants. The straw can cover farming soil for six to seven months, while
the straw from other high-yield rice varieties lasts only two or three
months.Kien also believes that deepwater rice can help farmers improve their
incomes. The fields could be attractive to tourists as deepwater rice is grown
in the flooding season for at least a month, attracting fish species.Trang Thi
My Duyen, who is conducting a survey on tourism potential in deepwater rice
areas, said 90 percent of 100 Vietnamese and foreign tourists visiting An Giang
province said they had never experienced agro-tourism and 92 percent said they
were willing to take tours of this kind.Ninety-one percent of the polled
tourists said they would book tours to visit deepwater rice areas and taste
local food.
Dr. Duong Van Chin, director of the
Dinh Thanh Agriculture Research Center, an arm of the An Giang Plant Protection
JSC, noted that tours can be organized in the flooding season and rice
harvesting season to attract foreign travelers.“Foreign travelers will find it
interesting to harvest, husk and then cook rice for their lunch,” Chin said.In
Tri Ton district in Kien Giang province, a 200-hectare deepwater rice
conservation area is planned in 2015-2016, while local authorities hope to have
a stable deepwater rice production area of 500 hectares by 2030.
Kim Chi
floating rice variety, mekong
delta, rice crop
Pak,
Iran agriculture trade can be increased
Dated: 2014-11-28
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LAHORE: Agriculture trade
between Pakistan and Iran can be increased considerably. This was stated by Dr.
Farrukh Javed Minister for Agriculture Punjab during a meeting with Iranian
delegation of Importers during their visit to Lahore. The Iranian delegation
took keen interest in the import of rice from Pakistan. The Minister said that
Pakistan and Iran are brotherly Islamic countries and both countries attached
high important to the agriculture trade. The Minister stated that the Pakistan
is taking necessary steps to protect its agriculture produce from pest
according to international standards.
The minister expressed these views at Rice Exporters Conference
held at a private hotel in Lahore today. In this conference, 14 members and
Iranian Council General, Agha Bani Asadi participated. Iranian delegation
consisted of Parliamentarians, Rice Importers and Agriculture Experts. While
addressing a conference Dr. Farrukh Javed told that a quartile set up should be
installed at the boundary of Iran and Pakistan, so that quality of agriculture
imports and exports should be checked. The agriculture trade could play
important role in cementing relations between both the countries. The Iranian
delegation expressed their keen interest in the agricultural commodities to be
imported from Pakistan. The delegation met exporters of agricultural
commodities and visited rice mills and other sectors of the industry.
DOJ urged to fast-track smuggling
cases
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 11/28/2014
9:24 PM | Updated as of 11/28/2014 9:24 PM
MANILA - Bureau of Customs
Commissioner John Sevilla lamented the slow resolution of smuggling-related
cases that have been filed at the Department of Justice (DOJ).In an interview
on Thursday, Sevilla told reporters that while he understands the complexities
of the cases filed before the DOJ, he is hoping that prosecutors handling these
cases would find a way to fast-track their proceedings.Sevilla cited the case
of Chronic Plastics, which took the DOJ nine months to resolve.In February, the
BOC filed a case against Chronic Plastics owner Adelfa Eduardo, and Customs
brokers Leonora Flores and Sherjun Saldon for the importation of hazardous
waste materials from Canada.
The DOJ on Thursday released its
resolution on the case which held Chronic Plastics liable for violation of
Republic Act 6969, or the Act to Control Toxic Substances and Hazardous Nuclear
Wastes, as well as violation of Sections 3601 and 3602 of the Tariff and
Customs Code of the Philippines (TCCP) for the unlawful importation of the
materials.Chronic Plastics will also be held liable for submitting spurious
documents covering the said shipments.
"We filed the case against
Chronic [last] February and now it's already November, so it took nine months.
Sana naman mas mabilis sa nine months pero nasa kasama namin sa DOJ ito,"
de Lima said."Siyempre sa amin gusto naming mas mabilis. Huwag kalimutan
hindi lang ito legal issue madami nasaktan," Sevilla added.ecords from the
BOC showed that 184 smuggling-related cases have been filed before the
Department of Justice (DOJ), 132 cases of which are pending preliminary
investigation at the DOJ.Thirty-eight of these cases have been elevated or
filed as cases before the courts.
Meanwhile, smuggling charges were
also filed against seven officials of Starcraft International Trading
Corporation, and 12 customs brokers, in connection with the importation of
45,000 metric tons of rice amounting to at least P1.8 billion last year without
the required import permit.Charged were Starcraft president Jeffrey Daradal;
board directors Eugene Pioquinto, Aveleo Godoy, Anna Orqueta, Brendel Daradal
and Jessie Bantula; and company representative Hanlie Solema.The Customs
brokers were identified as Denise Kathryn Rosaroso, John Kevin Cisneros, Emilio
Chio, Eduardo Borje III, Rosemarie Arciaga, Gerarld Villarosa, Jennifer Ann
Reyes, Elbert Lusterio, Dianne Re Dizon-Tapia, Laila Silvestre, Francis Rudolph
Forneste and Kenneth Quial.The Starcraft officials were charged with multiple
counts of violation Section 3601 of the Tarriff Customs Code of the Philippines
(TCCP) and Section 29 of Presidential Decree No. 4, as amended by Presidential
Decree No. 1485, which states that only the National Food Authority can import
rice and private entities who wish to do the same must secure a permit from the
agency.
The company, however, questioned
the legality
of the seizure of their shipments before the
court, insisting that rice importers can import rice without securing a permit
following the expiration of quantitative restrictions on rice imports to the
country under the World Trade Organization in 2012.However, the Philippine
government stressed that under its laws only the NFA can import rice and
companies intending to do the same must secure an import permit from the
agency.
MAY SAGOT D'YAN
| If rice production is so high, why do prices keep rising? Experts explain
MANILA, Philippines -- Since the
Department of Agriculture launched the Food Staple Sufficiency Program to boost
local rice production to meet 100 percent of domestic requirements by 2013, the
country’s rice self-sufficiency has risen from 88 percent in 2011 to 93 percent
this year, according to the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).Yet,
despite this, prices have still surged from P32 per kilo in 2012 to P43 this
month even with international prices of rice remaining “relatively stable,” and
a slight decrease in per capita rice consumption -- from 119 kilos in 2008-2009
to 114 kilos in 2012 -- according to PhilRice.
There are reasons for this, which
researchers and academics from PhilRice and the University of the Philippines
Los Baños enumerated at a forum organized by the National Academy of Science
and Technology at the La Breza Hotel in Quezon City Thursday.Rice is the staple
food of 80 percent of the 100 million Filipinos, according to a study done by
UP Los Baños College of Economics and Management dean Dr. Isabelita Pabuayon
and associate professor Dr. Agham Cuevas. The Philippines’ consumption per person
per year is lower than other countries in Southeast Asia (228 kilos for
Myanmar, 215 kilos for Vietnam, and 140 kilos for Thailand), but higher than
the global average of 65 kilos.
Here, rice is used for food, animal
feed, and processing.The grain is grown by 2.4 million farmers on average farm
sizes of 1.14 hectares, earning a net farm income of P22,000 per hectare per
cropping season.Middlemen between the farmers and the consumers incur marketing
costs, as they take care of transportation, storage, processing, packaging, and
retailing, among others. These costs, added to the profit they need to make,
affect prices, Pabuayon said.The Philippines also imports rice, though this has
decreased over the past three years -- from one million metric tons in 2011 to
365,000 metric tons in 2013. This year, however, the country was forced to
import 1.4 million metric tons, she said.Global rice prices increase at about
four percent annually.
In 2008, during the rice crisis triggered by
demand rising faster than the supply, global rice prices hit $700 per metric
ton, finally settling at $523 in 2010-2014, Pabuayon said.High income growth
and increasing population affected demand, while weather disturbances and
dwindling stocks affected supply, in 2008. The price increase was also tied to
increased prices of wheat, corn, and oil. But the more influential factor, she
said, was government policy among key players like the Philippines, which is
among the top ten importers and producers in the world.In 2008, a panic-stricken
Philippine government agreed to pay higher than the prevailing world prices and
contracted huge amounts for import. In turn, suppliers decreased the volume
they brought to the world market, leading to an even bigger increase in prices.
Pabuayon doubted that current
global prices can be lowered to pre-12008 levels, which hovered around $300 per
metric ton from 1980 to 2007.In the Philippines, where rice prices are around
50 percent higher than world prices, there has been a six percent increase in
rice prices annually from 1990 to last year.Pabuayon said there is a link
between Philippine prices and the stocks kept by the National Food Authority
(NFA).
“(W)e probably did not import
sufficient amounts to enable us to maintain our price level,” she said, noting
that NFA stocks have been declining since August 2011.PhilRice senior rice
research specialist Dr. Flordeliza Bordey explained that the stocks NFA
maintains can be used two ways: as a buffer stock the government can give out
as aid during calamities, and as an instrument to stabilize rice prices when
the threat of increases looms.Used for the latter purpose, it prevents the
private sector from arbitrarily jacking up rice prices because the NFA will be
ready to unload its stocks into the market as soon as prices get too high.
The greater the stocks held by the
government, the more stable the prices, said Bordey.A government inter-agency
planning committee makes sure the country has enough rice to last through the
lean months from July to September. The committee then recommends a certain
volume of imports to the NFA just in case there is a shortfall.However, this
recommendation is not always heeded, noted Bordey. In July last year, for
example, the imported stocks were just good for 20 days instead of three
months.
When the number of days the stocks
last decrease, it is no surprise that rice prices increase, she said. The Food
Staple Sufficiency Program prescribes a certain amount to be imported should a
shortfall occur, but the government imported less than what was required
because of the “political nature of importation,” according to Bordey.“Every
time NFA announces that it will be importing, it seems to be seen as the end of
the world. People complain, ‘Can’t we feed our citizens ourselves?’ It is as
though importing rice is such a grave sin,” she said.The issue became even more
charged when President Benigno Aquino III declared rice sufficiency as one of
his major policy directions.
“We cannot really target
self-sufficiency and low prices at the same time. You have to choose one (or
the other). The key to this balancing act is the priorities really of our
government. Right now it seems we are at the self-sufficient but high-price
phase,” Bordey remarked. PhilRice executive director Eufemio Rasco cautioned
against importing, however, given that in essence, the Philippines was
importing labor as well, despite the unemployment in the country itself.He also
countered the popular belief that the Philippines was “kulelat”
(doing badly) compared to its rice-producing neighbors, Thailand and
Vietnam.“If we are so good, why are we importing? The answer is in mathematics.
”Thailand and Vietnam have larger
areas of land for cultivation and smaller populations, and have river deltas
that serve as natural irrigation.The archipelagic nature of the Philippines,
weather, transportation, and infrastructure are other factors.“It’s a miracle
that we achieved 96 percent rice sufficiency,” Rasco said, referring to the
number Pabuayon gave for last year’s performance.“We are good, but they have
natural endowments we don’t,” he added.Rasco also stressed that the issue
really revolved around the rice farmers.Even in the best of times, they do not
earn enough. Alternative sources of income for them should be looked into, he
said.
Kakinada anchorage port to become
rice export hub
K. N. MURALI SANKARGovernment has
changed the levy policy, providing opportunity to improve exports. East
Godavari district alone produces 20-25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy every year
and the West Godavari contributes more or less an equal quantum.
The Anchorage Port in Kakinada has the potential to become rice
export zone, provided the government focuses on developing infrastructure and
facilities in the port, besides relaxing some norms pertaining to the
exports.As the East and West Godavari districts are known for paddy procurement
and record yields every year, the surplus paddy is being exported to foreign
countries through the anchorage port.
Following the lifting of ban on rice exports in September 2011,
there is a steady increase in rice exports and the exporters are focusing more
on the African countries.In 2012-13, 26.73 lakh metric tonnes of rice had been
exported from the port. However, the year 2013-14 witnessed a drop in the
export activity due to Samaikyandhra movement that lasted for over three
months. The exports were to the tune of 22.67 lakh metric tonnes during the
year.
Now, the government has changed the levy policy, providing an
opportunity to improve the exports. Till the last crop season, the rice millers
used to allocate 75 per cent of the rice purchased to the government towards
the levy and sell the remaining 25 per cent in the open market that includes
the exporters.
As per the revised policy, the levy is only 25 per cent and the
remaining 75 per cent of the stocks can be sold in the open market. “This
policy is going to be a boon for rice exports over a period of time. Moreover,
it is going to be a win-win for both the farmer and the miller,” observes B.V. Krishna
Rao, managing director of Pattabhi Agro Foods, one of the largest exporters of
non-Basmathi rice from southern India.East Godavari district alone produces
20-25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy every year and the West Godavari contributes
more or less an equal quantum.
Till now, the farmers are
used to cultivate levy-oriented varieties such as ‘Common’ and ‘Grade A’ and
the millers too encouraged the same, as they can clear a major chunk of stocks
towards the levy. “Now, the farmers can focus on cultivating superfine variety
of rice, which has a greater demand in the European market. By opting for these
varieties, the farmers can earn more without increasing the investment and the
millers and exporters too can get their margins,” explains Mr. Krishna Rao.Echoing
similar opinion, progressive farmer Kovvuri Trinadh Reddy says the government
should come out with a clear policy on the levy and create awareness among
farmers about the new cultivable varieties. “The farmer will get benefited only
when the government ensures hassle-free export of rice,” he says.
Telangana decentralises levy rice
procurement
HYDERABAD, NOVEMBER
28:
The Telangana Government has decentralised procurement of levy
rice in the nine districts of the State (excluding Hyderabad). This helps save
a lot of money spent on transportation of the commodity from FCI facilities to
the Civil Supplies offices and then to the fair price shops.This will also help
the consumers in a particular district to get the rice produced in that
district under the Public Distribution System.
The move was initiated during the unified Andhra Pradesh in the
financial year 2012-13 when the Government decentralised the procurement in
three districts of Karimnagar, Nalgonda and Warangal. It later added Medak to
the list.“We have taken a decision for the current financial year to add the
remaining five districts of Mahbubnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Khammam and
Rangareddy,” C Partha Sarathi, Commissioner (Civil Supplies) and Ex-Officio
Secretary to Government, said here in a statement on Friday.
Under the decentralised procurement, the entire raw rice will be
sold by the rice millers to the State Civil Supplies Corporation under mill
levy (the mandatory sale to the government). In addition, the Department would
mill the paddy procured by it directly from the farmers in the respective
districts.The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will procure boiled rice under
levy for PDS deliveries in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
(This article was published on November 28, 2014)
Ep 4 - Egg and Shrimp
Fried Rice
P 4 Georgia Hughes
Egg and Shrimp Fried Rice
Serves 4
2 spring onions, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves
1 long red chilli, finely chopped
2 teaspoons garlic salt
3 teaspoons abalone sauce
1/3 cup soy sauce
2/3 cup shrimp
2 eggs
4 cups cooked basmati rice
sliced spring onion, to garnish
1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok over high heat. Fry spring onion
for 1 minute or until soft. Add remaining oil, garlic, half of the chilli,
garlic salt and sauces and cook for further minute. Add the shrimp and stir
through. Add eggs and stir quickly to scramble then add rice and toss well to
incorporate ingredients.
3. Serve garnished with remaining chilli and spring onion.
MASTER CHEFF AUSTRALIA
Honr rice
By
Ober Khok
Friday,
November 28, 2014
BOILED
rice is the most important item on the table. Without rice, a meal is
incomplete and the stomach doesn’t seem to feel full. Cebuanos have a phrase
for that: “Nangita gyod og kan-on.”
Not
surprisingly, the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Cebu City recently held a
rice-cooking contest, obviously with rice as the basic ingredient prepared in
various ways. This was to mark November as the Rice Awareness Month, belatedly
I learned, from GMA-7’s morning show Buena Mano Balita.
The
news on GMA-7 did not explain the details about the celebration, but maybe what
people have to know about rice is that it should not be wasted. I’ve been to
many town fiestas where people scoop mounds of rice into their plate, only to
eat only half of it.
Another
thing to know about rice is that it has a lot of varieties coming from the
Philippines as well as from other countries. Arborio rice is synonymous with
Italy. Japan grows koshihikari while India produces basmati. Cambodia (bonla
pdao), Indonesia (rajalele) and Africa (ofada) grow rice closely linked to its
nation.
Our
country has a lot of varieties from dinorado, sampaguita to wagwag and the
ever-popular dessert rice, the pilit or malagkit. The country also has heirloom
rice, which is grown by the Ifugaos. The chong-ak, a rust red rice planted
starting December to February, is very special. It is served during weddings
and family reunions. The Ifugao ominio rice looks black, but it is really deep
purple and can be used to replace pilit when making rice cakes.
So
it honors rice when people view it as gold. When you think about the hard work
that goes into growing a field of rice, you begin to see why it needs better
treatment. At least in the Philippines, much of the technology is still manual,
with the old carabao pulling the plow pushed by a farmer who is ankle-deep in
muddy black earth. Add the scorching sun and you have a picture of hard labor
for little incom.
Since
I’m basing what I’m saying on stock knowledge, you don’t have to believe me 100
percent. But do join me in giving DA a pat on the back for setting aside the
eleventh month for rice.
At
this eleventh hour, let me share an appetizer that uses rice flour and
cucumbers. The recipe for the steamed stuffed cucumber is from “Asian Dishes,”
a 63-page cookbook that not only has many recipes for vegetables and meatless
dishes, but also explains spices, sauces and rice.
Ingredients:
500 g cucumbers; 375 g canned water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped; 2
1/2 tbsp glutinous rice flour; sesame oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon
sugar; 1 small carrot, peeled and finely diced; 4 black dried mushrooms,
soaked, drained and finely chopped; 3/4 cup water; and 1 1/2 tsp cornflour.
Adjust seasoning to taste if you like.
Procedure:
Thinly peel cucumbers and cut into one centimeter thick slices. Scoop out seeds
with a teaspoon leaving a base layer. Place cucumber shells in boiling water
for one minute. Rinse in cold water, drain and dust inside with a little
cornflour.
In a
bowl, place finely diced water chestnuts, glutinous rice flour, sesame oil and
half the salt and sugar. Add carrot and mushrooms and mix well. Pile high into
the cucumber circles. Place circles on a plate and set on steaming rack over
hot water in a wok. Cover and steam for 15 to 20 minutes.
Place
a drop of sesame oil, the remaining salt and sugar and the water into a small
saucepan and bring to the boil. Blend the cornflour with a little water, add to
the saucepan and stir until liquid boils and thickens. Cool to warm. Spoon over
each steamed cucumber ring to glaze. Allow to cool. Serve at room temperature.
Before
making a big batch, make a test sample first because this finger food has an
unusual taste. You can tweak the elements, for example replacing half of the
required flour with boiled glutinous rice. That’s the magic of cooking. The
more you experiment, the more you find ways to make the raw ingredients taste
better.
Source
:Sira-sira Store
Taj Biryani
puts love in every grain of rice
Briyani connoisseur only uses
ingredients and cooking utensils from India for the dish.
GOING in search of good briyani
and trying to find the best in town can be quite challenging.
“When I was about seven years old, my late father used to take
me to Bilal or Kassim restaurant in Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur for
briyani. He would drive all the way from Perak just to eat briyani.“Now I am
able to travel to Qatar, Dubai and various parts of India to try their briyani
whether it is in the Middle Eastern, North Indian or South Indian style, I will
mark these travel destinations just to sample the briyani.”
Iqbal, a former food and beverage manager at a hotel, decided to
channel his experience and expertise into his long-time dream of starting a
briyani restaurant.“I finally found a cook who makes it just right during my
trip to Hyderabad, last year. “Unlike the Middle Eastern version or the
Calcutta version of briyani, the Hyderabadi dum style has gravy and is not dry
which is how most Malaysians enjoy their rice,” said Iqbal.
Under the culinary expertise of briyani specialist Rehman
Sharieff, tandoor specialist Pavan Singh from Delhi and South Indian curry
specialist Muthukrishnan, Taj Biryani House serves 50 dishes, including the
signature Hyderabadi Dum Biryani in four styles — chicken, mutton, fish and
prawn.Iqbal’s love for the rice dish is clearly evident in every spoon of the
mutton briyani, made from the finest quality long grain basmati rice and
succulent mutton cubes.
(From left) Biryani specialist Rehman Sharieff, tandoor
specialist Pavan Singh and South Indian curry specialist Muthukrishnan.
g that the tandoor clay oven and dum briyani pot were also
specially chosen by the cooks to ensure the dishes were cooked to
perfection.Some of the North Indian courses that are sure to excite the taste buds
are the clay oven baked chicken skewers or Murgh Tandoor while Reshmi Kebab is
boneless cubes of chicken cooked in cashewnut gravy.The most interesting
tandoor dish has to be the baked salmon cubes in a dish called Machili Cashew
Tikka, with tender meat skewers atop a salad accompaniment.
Vegetarian kebabs tandoor broccoli and cauliflower (front) and
reshmi kebab chicken cashew skewers (back).
Vegetarians will not feel left out from the generous tandoor
menu with vegetarian kebabs or skewers of spiced broccoli and cauliflower,
which complements the roti and Dal Tadka (yellow lentils curry).The
restaurant’s Gajar ka Halwa, a pudding made from finely grated carrots cooked
in condensed milk and seasoned with cardamom, is a great way to end your
meal.The Petaling Jaya restaurant is the first branch in Malaysia with two
other eateries in Kuala Belait, Brunei and Usman Road, Chennai.
TAJ BIRYANI HOUSE, B-09-01, Jalan 19/1, Section 19, 3 Two Square,
Petaling Jaya. (Tel: 03-7932 2525). Business hours: 7am to 10pm, daily.
This is the writer’s personal
observation and is not an endorsement by StarMetro
