MALAYSIANS IN UAE JOIN EMBASSY AIDILADHA DO

BY MUIN ABDUL MAJID

ABU DHABI, Dec 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysians from across the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) made a beeline for the Malaysian embassy here Friday for the
Aidiladha open house.

The mission threw its doors open for guests from 4pm to 7pm but, according
to its charge d'affaires Abdullah Ma'amor Ibrahim, people still turned up at
8.30pm.

"Of course we didn't turn them away. Luckily we had prepared enough food
for our guests," he told Bernama.

And the Malaysians as well as foreigners present were not disappointed as a
wide array of Malaysian delights like satay (barbecued skewered meat), nasi
goreng (fried rice), mee goreng (fried noodle), ayam masak merah (sweet sour
chicken), ayam kurma (spiced chicken) and nasi lemak (rice cooked in coconut
milk) were on offer at the buffet spread.

Abdullah said most of the food was prepared by members of Perwakilan, an
acronym for "Persatuan Wanita Kementerian Luar Negeri" (Foreign Ministry's Women
Association), both in Abu Dhabi and Dubai where the Malaysian consulate-general
is located.

"It's a way for us to promote Malaysian food among foreigners as well," he
said, noting that more than 1,000 people had turned up for the Aidiladha do.

The Malaysian consul-general in Dubai, Syed Mohamad Hasrin Tengku Hussin,
attended the event along with the heads of Malaysian government agencies based
in this Gulf nation which celebrated Aidiladha on Monday.
-- BERNAMA