Everyone knows that inflation is real. Due to it, we’ve seen the increase in prices of many of our essential items and it’s starting to affect all of us regardless of our income level.
Even food and beverages are getting more expensive due to traders increasing their selling price of raw materials. In fact, we tend to pay more for a drink than our food these days too *cough* Starbucks Coffee *cough*.
But recently, a trader known as Bangsudu has been catching traction online as he sells nasi lemak at RM1!
His nasi lemak is so good that others even asked him to increase the price but he refuses to.
Why sell the nasi lemak at RM1?
In a twitter thread by @FazrieHaiqal_ (Bangsudu) explained that his main purpose of selling the nasi lemak at RM1 is to ease the burden of others as we are in a time where breakfast alone can cost RM10, not everyone is able to afford it right?”
Aside from that, he had also felt sorry for school students where their food at the canteen can be expensive. “With this RM1 nasi lemak, at least I know they will be full.”
2. Kalau saya fikirkan pasal untung, memang takde lah besar. Bagi saya sebagai seorang peniaga, as long as saya happy and enjoy dengan apa yang saya buat pun dah memadai. Orang happy saya pun happy.
— bangsudu (@FazrieHaiqal_) August 27, 2022
Bangsudu did say in terms of profit, it’s not too much. “As a vendor, as long as I’m happy and enjoy what I do, it’s enough. If they’re happy, so am I”.
He highlights that the main challenge of selling the nasi lemak is to ensure that the stock is enough for everyone as sometimes customers are left disappointed to not get one after queueing for a long time. Its also estimated that his 600 packs of nasi lemak can sell out in just 30 minutes.
Many praise him for selling it at RM1
Despite of inflation, many gave him full respect for still selling it at RM1 and the best part is that customers had praised him for the tasty nasi lemak with flavourful sambal.
Plus, on Bangsudu’s TikTok, he always shows how hardworking he is and how he interacts with his customers sharing about his struggles openly.
In fact, he’s even gained the attention of Khairul Aming who’s famous for his sambal!
Here's some of the reactions of other netizens:
Suka layan TikTok awak. Video yang awak kena bebel ngan sorang uncle sebab letak duit bersepah tu kelakar. Orang baik memang ramai yang sayang. Tahniah sebab Khairul Aming pun dah merasa & siap review nasi lemak awak! 👍🏼
— R h e a 🐺🖤 (@Rhea_Murasaki) August 27, 2022
Nasi lemak shinggit ni lah orang selalu borong banyak² lepastu kasik dekat rakan² sekerja sarapan free! besar pahala.
— Tyya's (@Ffwhhh) August 27, 2022
Bagus bang. Setidaknya kami masih boleh berharap bahawa boleh je jual nasi lemak seringgit. Nak atau tak nak ja sebab sekarang ni harga nasi lemak tepi jalan dah macam harga nasi lemak dekat restoran dah.
— Pokpih (@Pokpih) August 27, 2022
If you’re looking to find the famous RM1 nasi lemak, you can head over to Desa Coalfields in Sungai Buloh but you better be quick as the lines can get pretty long!
You’d be amazed at how powerful social media can be. May god bless him as he’s selling food at a low-price despite of how tough time can be now.
Perhaps its time for an early morning drive to Desa Coalfields to find the famous nasi lemak! What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments.
*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, TikTok & various cross references for context.
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