My Maid Said Instant Noodle Is A Snack to Them

[nms1]

My maid pretty much manages our menu for the week so if she is cooking something for lunch or dinner that she doesn’t like then she will keep leftovers from another meal to eat instead. I wouldn’t expect her to live on instant noodles for a meal as her job is very physical but, on the other hand, she doesn’t really eat many snacks unless I specifically buy her a cake or bun when I buy for the rest ofd the family.


I think we have to find a way to accommodate their preferences. They aren’t in prison; they are part of our families for at least 2 years. I cannot stand porridge and would rather just eat a piece of bread than eat porridge so I can relate.

When we go out she eats what we eat if we order dishes or she choose from the menu herself. She will nearly always choose the cheapest thing on the menu.

[silverhorse]

Funz:

jnj0910:

Gooby:

Funz: wah... your maid is very lucky.. get to eat bird's nest!!:P

Well it is not as if we go out of our way to let her have bird's nest soup. Just that when we prepare any such stuff, she will get her share as well.

For me, I don't believe in making the maid eat differently from the family. If it is something that she really cannot eat, like pork, then she can choose to cook a separate dish for herself.

I stopped her from eating too much instant noodles as this is not proper food and unhealthy. I had to advise her to cut back on the amount of sugar and processed foods that she eats as well. If she eats like that and is unhealthy, we the employers are the ones who will have to pay the medical bills and pick up the slack while they are recovering. So I make sure she eats well, rests well and takes her vitamins.

:goodpost:

I second to that. that's why my MIL cannot stand me why I ask my helper to eat well. When we eat out, she can choose from the menu and does not have to share with my 2 children. The whole family, including her, eats healthily and please don't stinge on food. My helper ( filipino ) says back home, S'poreans are well-known for stinging on food....

[cindylauper]

I used to have a Indon maid who eats very little rice, but goes for the meat dishes. Later, she complained to our neighbours in the same level of my block that she was hungry. She does not eat cheap fishes like kuning and only eats more expensive fish such as promfret. I was so furious because she made the neighbours think that we were starving her at home. I think she was trying to get some pocket money from my neighbours. I sent this maid back to the agency very soon after this incident.

[phankao]

Indonesians and Filipinos would cook rice and dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner. That’s probably why they are not used to not eating rice for a meal.

[genmai]

Same goes for Burmese maids. Their appetite for rice is twice of ours. My maid told me she was still hungry after a plate of chicken rice which I was struggling to finish!

[bekithia]

genmai:

Same goes for Burmese maids. Their appetite for rice is twice of ours. My maid told me she was still hungry after a plate of chicken rice which I was struggling to finish!

Can't agree more. I've employed maids from Phil, Indo and Burma and the one thing they all have in common is their huge appetite for rice and they wd love to eat rice for all 3 meals!

But my current Phil maid has gotten used to bread with kaya, jam and/or butter for breakfast.

She eats whatever I cook but I'll usually set aside a reasonable portion of dishes for her rather than let her help herself to them.

If we are out for dinner without her, she'll either cook fried rice(with extra rice I prepared the evening before) with luncheon meat, ham or bacon with egg and frozen mixed vege, or buy mixed rice(<$3) from the stall near home. If there are leftover dishes from dinner, she'll have them with rice for lunch the following day. I don't limit the amount of rice she eats as I feel that doing housework for a family of 6 consumes alot of energy but my maid quite 'zi dong' so far. Whenever there's leftover rice, she'll keep them in the fridge for lunch the next day.

[LOLMum]

once in a while, my maids had this diet craze and my sis’s maid went on diet last year and lost about 10 kg (i think).

[711mum]

My helper is on diet craze now, she will skip dinner for only bread, she better not :faint: