Thursday, November 15, 2007

Coney Dog ... A&W - Bukit Tinggi, Klang

Located at the Petronas gas station in Bukit Tinggi, Klang .. this is great comfort food, just like the days when my dad took me to the Jalan Nanas branch! Ah, nostalgia...
Price? RM$9.40 for a Coney Dog meal, which includes yummy tasty fries, and a refreshing Root Beer.


Some research from A&W's website...
One hot day in June of 1919 in Lodi, California an entrepreneur named Roy Allen mixed up a batch of creamy root beer and sold the first frosty mug of this delightful beverage for one nickel. Now, more than seventy years later, A&W Root Beer® is the world's number one selling root beer and is still mixed fresh daily and sold at hundreds of A&W® restaurants.
Allen purchased the formula for his root beer from a pharmacist in Arizona. To this day, the unique blend of herbs, spices, barks and berries remains a proprietary secret.
With the success of his first root beer stand in Lodi, Allen soon opened a second stand in nearby Sacramento. It was there that what is thought to be the country's first "drive-in" featuring "tray-boys" for curb side service, opened up.
In 1922 Allen took on a partner, Frank Wright, an employee from his original Lodi location. The two partners combined their initials - "A" for Allen and "W" for Wright and formally named the beverage, A&W Root Beer®. Three units were opened in Sacramento, then on to other northern and central California locations and to the states of Texas and Utah.

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