Famous Nasi Ganja Stall closed by health authorities

IPOH: The iconic nasi kandar stall located at the Yong Suan Coffeeshop on Jalan Yang Kalsom here has been ordered to close by health authorities.

The Kinta health department issued a notice to the operator of Perniagaan Nasi Kandar Ayam Merah, which has existed since 1955, to cease its operations with immediate effect until Nov 28 following a raid on the premises at 5pm Thursday.

It is learnt that the operating license of the stall, which sells the famous ‘nasi ganja’ so-called because of its “addictive” spicy curry and meats, was also revoked by the Ipoh City Council.


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It is widely believed that the joint raid by the health department, council and Immigration Department had come about after rumours surfaced on social media that human faeces was used to line the pots of the nasi kandar stall in a black magic procedure to allow it to draw in customers.

Downplaying the matter, Datuk Bandar Datuk Roshidi Hashim said the joint raid was part of a scheduled raid with the other departments.

“The operator scored less points than needed and was ordered by the health department to cease operations for 14 days.

“The order was issued under Section 11 of the Food Act 1983 as the premise was deemed to be unclean and unhygienic,” said Roshidi, who declined to comment if faeces was actually found in the kitchen used to cook the nasi kandar.

According to an eyewitness, the stall operator and workers had refused to let the raiding officers into the kitchen and officials were forced to break down the door to get in.

It is common to find long lines of customers waiting to buy nasi kandar from the stall.

Source :- The Star