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    Meals on wheels: Lockdown-weary Malaysians get appetite for drive-in dining

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    Meals on wheels: Lockdown-weary Malaysians get appetite for drive-in dining

    The eating-out experience allowed them to enjoy restaurant food despite coronavirus curbs


    Published:  February 19, 2021 13:10 AFP  and  Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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    Cyberjaya, Malaysia: Motorists parked beside the Padi House restaurant chain wave their hands out of their windows to signal to waiters, who come to take their orders that will be eaten on the spot. Image Credit: AFP
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    Lockdown-weary Malaysians have jumped at the chance for an unusual eating-out experience allowing them to enjoy restaurant food despite coronavirus curbs - in-car dining. Image Credit: AFP
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    The Southeast Asian nation is struggling with a virus resurgence that last month prompted officials to re-impose restrictions, including a ban on dining inside restaurants. Image Credit: AFP
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    To get around this, the chain - which serves a mix of local and Western fare in the city of Cyberjaya outside Kuala Lumpur - came up with a plan to bring their menus and meals to car-bound customers. Image Credit: AFP
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    "We serve the food on proper plates for (people) to dine in their car like they are dining in a restaurant," Chong Kar Yan, the company's social media marketing manager, told AFP. Image Credit: AFP
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    Their first drive-in dining site, in a car park beside one of their restaurants, proved such a hit they have now opened a second at another outlet in the city. Image Credit: AFP
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    "I do feel safer eating in a car compared to a restaurant because we do sanitise the car," said customer Narinderjit Singh, when AFP made a visit to one of the in-car dining sites. "I sit at home throughout the day, I work from home - this gives me the opportunity to go out." Image Credit: AFP
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    Officials recently relaxed rules, allowing people to dine inside restaurants again, as the number of daily cases declined. Image Credit: AFP
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    But Padi House will continue offering in-car dining, an option welcomed by customers who remain worried about the virus. Malaysia is still recording close to 3,000 cases a day and several deaths. Image Credit: AFP
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    "The good thing about this is that you'll reduce your interaction with other people, so that you can avoid Covid-19," said customer Ahmad Yunus Faeez. | Customers eating their dinner in their car outside the Padi House. Image Credit: AFP

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