I wanted to write a post on the cost of eggs here in Malaysia. So I photographed the egg carton which is the eggs I recently bought at Family Store for 3.80 RM. The eggs cartons here come with 10 not 12 eggs per pack. So I always find myself running short faster because the 10 carton looks almost like a dozen. Then there is the size of Malaysia eggs. In stores like Family Store and Jusco, they all look about the same and run from high 3 RM to nearly 5 RM for the 10. I never bother to look at the package too well and so I missed on the package above for the LH Egg brand that these are medium size eggs. And medium they are. Both R and I have commented in the past on how small the eggs are sometimes. No only for LH Brand but Malaysian Eggs in general.
So I went back to Family Store looking for Large eggs and couldn't find any carton that were marked "Large". Although this Happy Egg brand lists CLASS A on the package so I thought they might be bigger, and they are "lower cholesterol". This is up a step from LH's marketing of "No Harmful Residues"! But the price is higher at 4.20 RM. 
First one more stop before I made this post to a storefront within walking distance of my house.... Yoong Sing Trading Shop selling fresh eggs. The guy there was very nice and told me these eggs come from Melacca.
He has them all Graded and the Grade A eggs cost 3.40 RM for 10. So I bought 10 of them.
He also talked me into testing 2 of these white eggs at .50 RM each as he said they are, "The best!" I asked why but he couldn't give me an answer. I asked him if they were chicken eggs and he nodded, but I'm not sure he understood me for sure. Their slightly elongated length makes me wonder if they are some other type of egg. And I wonder, are they costing more because they are white in color? In the states, the brown cost more as white are the common stock. Here, brown are the common eggs. I will have to try them for taste and report back.
Egg on Left from Yoong Sing Trading, Egg in Center Happy Egg, Egg on Right LH Egg
In terms of size though, Yoong Sing Trading' s Grade A Egg above is the largest in size of the three brands and is the lowest price. LH Egg is clearly the loser. I've learned all eggs are not the same around here and going to the specialty store is worth the extra time.
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ReplyDeleteI am malaysian and has grown up around all this that it's really interesting to read of how you're discovering bits and pieces of my country and culture in a way I never quite thought of. You question things which I never wondered about because it's the norm for me, yet its interesting to follow your little discoveries (through your writing).
ReplyDeleteI spent a couple of years in Australia (to study), and now that you mention, I realised that it's the Malaysians who have so many egg categories, and our biggest egg isn't all that big either. I use to have really large eggs in Australia, and I never wondered at the difference.
Keep writing! :)
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ReplyDeleteI checked your blog http://mayjin.wordpress.com/ and it's really great. Looks like you are getting a place renovated yourself and the place looks fantastic already. When will it be finished? Or maybe I shouldn't ask.... it will be done when it is done.
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