After having a wonderful seafood lunch at Kuala Sepetang, a friend is our group wanted to try out Ansari's cendol. We rode through the rain and made it there. Before we even took our gear off and sat down, one of the guys manning the place rudely and in a loud voice told us off and said 'Melayu tak boleh makan sini...sekarang puasa'. This was in front of every patron there.

Funny thing is, there was no Malay/Muslim in our group at all. There were 6 of us, 4 chinese and 2 mixed eurasians with tattoos. ( we still dont get the insinuation). We told him politely that none of us are Muslim and we sat down while every patron there stared at us. We place our order, finished the cendol and left after about 5mins. As we were about to leave, he had the audacity to ask why we didnt want to try the pasembor. We told him we were full after a heavy lunch and left.

Now, we have visited Taiping many times and we have nothing but the best things to say about Taiping. We love the place, love the food and the locals are a delight to chat with. We absolutely love coming to Taiping.

This ugly incident with Ansari wont deter us from coming back but we will avoid Ansari from now on. We understand that the guy was trying to protect his business during the fasting month and all but he could have approach the matter in a pleasant and professional manner and not chastise us like we were 5yr old.

Now back on to the cendol...watered down santan with brown sugar instead of gula melaka...not even close to a ballpark of being decent. Apologies Ansari but never again.