Known for starting the charcoal-burger trend, myBurgerLab is an online sensation and a popular burger chain in Malaysia. Chin Ren Yi, co-founder and director of myBurgerLab, broke it all down - balancing fun and business visibility, marketing secrets and the key to sustaining a successful food business.

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The popular KL burger chain, myBurgerLab, recently made headlines when they announced a 5-day paid leave for their staff, all to raise awareness for mental health. Known for their charcoal burgers and community-building, this announcement gained social applause from the online community.

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Recess is a week-day segment where we bring you the hottest headlines, hosted by Kessyl and SueLyn, content producer and editor at Good Foodie Media.

In Malaysia, over a million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the past two days. We spoke about the special privileges for the fully vaccinated like sports and dining out, and broke down the available vaccines in Malaysia. Are you ready for the country to open up again?

Recess is a new segment where we bring you the hottest headlines Monday through Thursday, hosted by Kessyl and SueLyn, content producer and editor at Good Foodie Media.

Local Chinese restaurants in the US are going against the ban on open-fire cooking. SueLyn and Kessyl discuss what this means for Chinese cuisine and if this concept were to ever be implemented in Malaysia - what would happen to our iconic “wok-hei” char koay teow? 

Recess is a new segment where we bring you the hottest headlines Monday through Thursday!

In this episode, our hosts SueLyn and Kessyl talked about fellow Malaysians competing in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - the wins and losses. On the other side of town, Malaysia hit the highest record-breaking Covid-19 cases at 17k on Sunday.

Recess is a new segment where we bring you the best headlines Monday through Thursday!

Cloud kitchen is a relatively new concept in Malaysia. The co-founders of COOX, Ken Lee and Syed Saddiq, discussed the importance of cloud kitchens for young food entrepreneurs and how they are helping aspiring cooks to start up their own restaurant with only 10% of the average restaurant startup cost.

This episode is sponsored by PayLater by Grab.

How do you make a viral video? Nigel Ng talks about how he discovered comedy, from letting go of his 9-5 job to following his passion in creating the worldwide sensation, Uncle Roger on Foodie Canteen.

This episode is brought to you by GrabMart.

In this episode of Foodie Canteen, we sat down with the co-founders of Malaysia’s popular local ice-cream chain, Inside Scoop. The co-founders, Edmund and Derrick shared how an afternoon break conversation led them to open 27 ice-cream parlours in Malaysia and Singapore, and the challenges that come with it.

This episode is sponsored by GrabFood.

Every week, host Kessyl Lim and the team at Good Foodie Media bring you stories and interviews from leaders, entrepreneurs and content creators in the food and beverage scene in Southeast Asia.