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Friday, July 17, 2015

Why Malaysia GST start at 6% and not 5% or lower?

Ever wondered why the GST start with a 6% and not 5% or lower? Well, there are many versions and reasons cited by the government and economist in the many articles that was publish pre and post GST implementation.

Here I find an interesting twist to this question. As I was going thru my first bank statement after the GST was implemented; I noticed that for each Interbank Giro Transaction; there was a charge of 10 sen per IBGT and on top of that a GST is imposed for each transaction which amount to 0.01 sen as shown in my bank statement; making a total deduction of 11 sen per transaction. Mathematically calculated the GST for this transaction; with a GST of 6%, it should have been 0.006 sen. Because of rounding up for each transaction, it round up to 1 sen.

There is an extra of 0.004 sen that the bank have collected. Although to many this amount is very insignificant but multiply it by thousand or millions of transaction that each bank collect, the amount can be very significant as highlighted below:

Question is where; who gets to keep this extra 0.004 sen. We as consumers did not get any refund from the bank while the Kastam should not be receiving this amount from the bank as it is an overpayment of GST and the bank should also not be keeping this money as it is in violation of overcharging for the GST?

So, I really would like to know from the authority where did this extra GST collected goes to. For me, this is one case that I have found out, I am not sure how many other transactions have this rounding up of GST.

To answer the above question; let's look at the following computation. Mathematically calculated anything above 5 (will be rounded up while anything below 5 will be rounded down as highlighted at the illustration below if the GST was 4%; technically there will be no GST for this Interbank Giro transaction.

So, you know another reason why the GST is not set at 4% or lesser than 5%. If the GST was at 5% there will be no rounding up or down issue.

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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Raku Pizza Cafe @ Subang Jaya - Build Your Own Japanese Pizza Review

The sheer mention about Pizza, Italians are the ones that will stand out. After numerous review of cafes which offers Italian Pizzas; +BestRestaurant ToEat was invited to a review a Japanese Pizza for a change at Raku Pizza Cafe located at 80 Jalan SS15/4D, Subang Jaya, Selangor.

The setup is one of a brightly lit and simple decor that offers diners a quick meal of pizza made with the special in-house concocted Japanese style sauce.

Raku Pizza @Subang Jaya main difference is that it offers a special Build Your Own Japanese Pizza; First you choose your type crust that you like; Here; they offers 3 type (Plain, Herbs and Charcoal) of it. Then you choose the sauce that you like (Wasabi, Miso, Katsu and Teriyaki). Finally, the toppings of your choice which includes the Soft Shell Crab, Beef Pepperoni, Mentai, Soft Boiled Potatoes, Sausages and with more than 20 others type of add on; you will be spoilt of choices.

For those less adventurous and hassle, you can opt for the ala carte Japanese style Pizza and their Specialty Pizza. The first one that we tasted was the Tokyo Delight; which has boiled thinly cut potatoes, Sweet Corns, Mentai Mayo, Shredded Seaweed on a bed of Japanese Curry sauce.

The taste was very light and perfect appetizer to our review.

followed by the Sakurajima Lava - which has Teriyaki sauce on a plain crust, Cheese, Grill Chicken, Sweet Onions, Onsen Tamago and Shredded Seaweed.

We were surprised by the taste of this combination with the teriyaki sauce as it was well paired with the right flavour. The crust was a plain thin type and was very crisp.

Next is the savoury pizza which was the EDO Samurai - This pizza has the Karaage chicken as the base meat together with Sweet Onions, Okonomi sauce, Japanese Mayo, Bonito Flakes and Shredded Seaweed on a Miso Sauce base.

After that, we had our very own; Build Your Own Pizza which we choose the Charcoal crust with Wasabi Sauce and the toppings was Soft Shell Crab, with mushroom (Oyster), Bonito flakes and seaweed.

We find the Charcoal crust a little too thick and the owner is looking to get a thinner crust for the charcoal type.

For rice lovers; Raku Pizza Cafe also serves more than 10 ala carte Don meal; we tasted 2 of the Don meals which the first is the Tama-Toji Chicken Katsu Don; consist of Crispy Fried Chicken Fillet with a layer of cooked egg and served with a specialty sauce.

followed by the Teriyaki Chicken Rice - The teriyaki sauce was just nicely paired with the grill chicken thigh with teriyaki sauce which is then topped with sesame seed.

For UDON fan, you can also opt from their offering of 10 Udon meals which the one we had was the Wafu Yuzu Wakame Udon. It is served with a traditional dashi broth with sourish citrus sauce topped with fresh seaweed.

To end our dinner, we had the Pika-Pika Dessert Pizza which is a sweet savoury dessert pizza which has cut pineapples with sweet corns. This is the first time we are having a pizza with sweet corns; apparently Japanese like their pizzas with sweet corns.

For Pizza lovers, now you really have another choice for your Pizza treat, try out Raku Pizza Cafe and have your tastebud journey into a new dimension.

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Yun Fly Caffe Puchong Setiawalk - Your First Choice Review By Best Restaurant

Y generation these days like to find cool and new cafe to hang out with friends; while enjoying a nice chat over a cup of gourmet coffee. +BestRestaurant ToEat was invited by #Cafekaki to review the Yun Fly Caffe (YFC) located at B-6-G, Puchong SetiaWalk, Puchong, Selangor.

Yun Fly Caffe has a very simple design with wooden furniture and settee sets where one can enjoy the cafe ambiance while dining here. The dishes offering of Yun Fly Caffe range from Western to Chinese Cuisine and gourmet coffees.

Our review started with an order of a special customized latte for Best Restaurant To Eat.

followed by our first dish which is the Tom Yam Seafood Soup RM13.90. The Tom yam soup served here is not the overly spicy type but with a tinge of sweetness and sourish taste.

Next we had the superbly Tom Yam Fried Rice RM13.90. You can really taste the strong aroma of the wok hei in the Fried Rice. Cook with the special Tom Yam paste, it was very tasty and was of the right spicy level that makes us go for a second helping on this.

After that we had the Kam Hiong Sauce Chicken Rice RM13.90.

After the fried rice, we had the Black Pepper Seafood Pasta RM16.90. The black pepper used was very mild; I would have preferred a stronger taste of black pepper though.

The last dish we had was the signature Coffee Chicken Chop RM18.90. This dish is on their special menu, If you really yearn to taste this special dish, you have to call to make order one day before your visit. Here, the Chef uses a special sauce to marinate for 6 hours, slow-cook with frying pan before serving you. The sauce are at the sides, so you can control how much sauce you like to have.

Yun Fly Caffe serves some very delicious desserts too, the first is the YFC Affogato RM13.90. The Espresso was very strong which was to my liking.

followed by the Caramel Nutella Banana-Cream Waffle RM10.90. I love this waffle with the sweet drizzle of the nutella. For me, it was quite a good combination of ingredient in this waffle.