WHO’S THE BEST?

SYNOPSIS

“Who’s the best?” is a story inspired from Malaysian traditional delicacies during Hari Raya eg.
Lemang, Ketupat,Dodol,Satay and Rendang. The story starts in a house during Hari Raya when a
couple, Mr. Kamarul and Madam Intan were preparing all the traditional food for their guests.
They fought with each other and claim to be the best food. In the end, no one wins and the
couple had to replace their food with Western food instead. Moral of the story is to always be
thankful for all the good food that we have every day!

CAST:

1. LEMANG - SONIA A/P S SIVAJI RAJA

2. DODOL - NURUL DHAMIRAH BINTI MOHD SABRI
3. RENDANG - SHARIFAH SAIDATUL JANNAH BINTI SAYED MOHD ALI
SAIPUDDIN
4. KETUPAT - NURIN DALIA ANESSA BINTI HAYAT AL-SABRI
5. SATAY - CAROLINE JACKLYN FRANCIS
6. MR. KAMARUL - DHANALAXIMI A/P RAVINTHARAN
7. MADAM INTAN - SITI NURFATIHA SHERA BINTI SABRI
8. MAID - HOOMAMAGESWARI YASITHARAN
9. NARRATOR - REESE LOW YAN YEE

TECHNICAL CREW -
10. NURINHUDA BINTI ROZAIMIE
11. VINESHA DEVI A/P DEV ANNAN
12. ADIA ZAHRA DEAN BT MOHD KAMIL

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OPENING SCENE:-

(Background music: The sound of Hari Raya’s song indicating the morning of Raya day. The maid is
busy sweeping the floor…)

(Mr. Kamarul and Madam Intan enter from both sides of the stage; bringing with them the food to be
put in display in the dining table. One by one the foods are brought out and arranged accordingly)

Narrator : It is the day of Hari Raya. All the foods are spread out in buffet style on the table.
Just as we thought that it’s going to be another delightful food session, boy do we get it
wrong. If only these foods could talk, what would their conversations be like? Let’s listen
to them….

Lemang : Ah! What a great day! (while stretching) I feel so fresh and I can’t wait for the guests to
arrive. I’m sure they will be so thrilled to see me. (smiles happily)

Dodol : (Smirking) You? Hah! They won’t be happy to see you, Cik Lemang. You’re so fattening
with all your coconut milk contents. People will die of heart attack once they consume
you. Consider yourself out!

Lemang : (Annoyed) Excuse me? Look who’s talking? Oh, it’s you Mrs. Dodol. Full of high sugar
content. You alone is enough to make any diabetic person die of sugar high. You dare to
criticize me?!

Rendang : Hey, hey…what’s going on? No need to fight. Chill, foodies. The only food that is worth
waking up to is none other than me, Puan Rendang. (proud) The ultimate food for
Malaysians. I am so versatile. I can be a chicken rendang, a mutton rendang…you name
it and you will get it. I am in every Malaysian’s home, kitchens, corners and restaurants.
Even five or six star hotels, you know. Local, and international too! That’s how popular I
am…but you Mrs. Dodol? Just look at you. Who would think of eating you? And as for
you Cik Lemang, I think you should be called ‘Cik Lemak’, yes that’s right!

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Lemang
and Dodol: Booooooo!!!!! (Loud)

Rendang : Jealous! (irritated)

Ketupat : My, my. Is this a competition? Because if it is, I think it’s going to be me, Madam
Ketupat who will win.

Dodol/
Rendang
& Lemang : You, Madam Ketupat??? But why? What is so special about you?

Ketupat : Ah…everything about me is special. First, no house for Hari Raya would be complete
without me. I am the only dish that can be eaten and decorated….They hang me around
the house to symbolize the celebration. Me, Madam Ketupat, yours truly. I don’t see you
Dodol, Rendang and Lemang being used as decorations around the house. Do you??? Ha
ha ha! (evil laughter)

Lemang : (Disgusted tone) You’re nothing but overloaded carbohydrate, Madam Ketupat! And one
more thing, you alone will not lure people to eat you; because you taste so bland without
the compliments of other food. You need curry or gravy to make you edible. Otherwise,
you’re so….blah!

Ketupat : How dare you insult me, Cik Lemang! I am as old and as established as the tradition
itself. How dare you! (angry)

(At the background, the maid is suspicious after hearing the noises)

Maid: What’s that? I thought I heard something…

Ketupat: Sshh! The maid is coming!

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 (All the food become static as the maid enters)

Maid: Mmm, I thought I had arranged the food. Let’s see… (the maid re-arrange the food)
That’s better. (The maid left after re-arranging the food)

Dodol: Ok, she’s gone!!

Satay : Well, well, well….all of you are foolish. Cik Lemang, it’s so tedious to cook you that
these days’ people just forget you. Puan Rendang, you think you’re so great but you’re
not. Your high cholesterol will put anyone in a dangerous situation. Madam Ketupat, yes;
you’re nothing but carbohydrates overload. Too much can kill. Mrs. Dodol, you may be
sweet but that’s all about you. Rotten teeth, high sugar….you are the major problems of
the society!!! There is even a campaign against you, to lessen the sugar intake in daily
lives…So you have no place at all! You’re unwanted!

All (except
Satay) : Watch your tongue, Satay! You have no right at all to criticize us. You’re nuts!!!

Satay : Me? Me not nuts! Me minced chicken; grilled to perfection. (with style) I am more
popular than any of you here….not just during festivals but even on normal days. You
can find me in the night market, food fest, everywhere. Everyone loves me! I’m always
the food of choice. How can any one of you top that?

All : Boooooo!!! (Even louder than the previous) Food fighttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!

(except (All the food got into a big fight)
Satay)

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Narrator : And so, all the food on the table squandered and fight with one another. The fight got so
bad that all the food presentations go haywire. Suddenly, Mr. Kamarul and Madam Intan
enter….

Madam Intan:(Shock and sad) Oh ‘honey’! Look at all the food! What happened? One minute they
were nicely spread on the table and now, look what happened? Who did this? We don’t
even own a cat. Who or what could have done this to us??? How are we going to serve
the guests? They’re coming in one hour. I can’t get another food ready on time…(crying)
Boo hoo….I will be ridiculed by the guests. Oh, how unlucky of me!!

Mr. Kamarul :Relax, ‘honey’, relax. I know how we can fix this. Eh, I think KFC and Pizza Hut are
open every day of the year right? And I also hear they have a special price for Raya days.
Why don’t we just order from them? We can even order McDonalds too. No need for all
these traditional food. I’m sure the guests have already eaten all the ‘ketupat’, ‘lemang’,
‘dodol’, ‘satay’ and ‘rendang’ at other houses. So we do western style ‘lah’, ‘sayang’.
What say you?

Madam Intan:‘Honey’, you’re so clever! Yes, let’s do that. I will get the maid to clear the table and
throw all these foods into the dustbins. ‘Bibik’! ‘Bibik’!

Maid : Yes, Madam! (running towards her employer)

Madam Intan :Come and clear the table now please. (Reaching out for her hand phone)
Hello, McDonalds Delivery???
(Both Mr. Kamarul and Madam Intan left. And as soon as they left, the maid comes in to
clear the table)

Maid : (Looking unhappy and disappointed) Bad! Bad! Bad! Oh why, why, why???
I’ve already clean and prepared everything and now? Everything is ruined. What a mess,
huh! I’m already tired from morning until last night…and again until this morning. What

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 a waste! All these good food…Ah well, no choice then. I have to clean up all this mess.
Now, where did I keep that large mop??
(Turned to find a mop)

All the Oh no! She’s gonna throw us into the dustbins….arrghhhhh! (and the maid use a
Food : large mop to wipe clean all the food!)

Narrator : Well, ladies and gentlemen. That’s what happened when food fights! Nothing good can
come out of arguments. If only Rendang, Ketupat, Satay, Lemang and Dodol were united,
they could have been enjoyed by the guests and they won’t go to waste. How unfortunate
for them. Oh well, let’s hope that this won’t happen again! Remember, no one wins in a
fight. And don’t forget to always be thankful for all the good food that we have every day!

The End