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Travel Newsroom The menu celebrates the seven basic flavours of Szechwan cuisine. delicious sambal, all for SGD 13 (Rs 1700) You can order some extra Business News

Sour, pungent, hot, sweet, bitter, aromatic and salty. We did not
It’s a generous portion that fills you up. Don’t forget to wash it
want to stuff ourselves silly with the appetizers but decided to try
down with some homemade ice lemongrass tea, the perfect palate
the deep-fried fish skin with salted egg yolk and something from dishes like the Sambal Sotong (squid sambal) and Beef Rendang.
their dim sum menu because of the rave reviews. We went with cleanser. The star ingredient and secret to their success of course
the steamed Wagyu beef ball with bean curd skin and a steamed – coconuts specially sourced from various parts of Malaysia. It’s a
glutinous rice with chicken wrapped in lotus leaf. Excellent starters laid-back dining experience with their homely and rustic interior and
but also quite filling. basic furniture.

Our mains mostly consisted of Chef Kentaro’s specialties. The Mapo So, if you are thinking of a holiday in Singapore and fancy
Doufu – a stir-fried tofu on hot Szechuan pepper-flavour meat sauce something other than the Hainanese chicken rice, kaya toast and
served with Hokkaido rice, the sautéed Szechuan chili peppers and hawker stalls, give these Michelin recommendations a go!
chicken, and the stewed Fish Fillet in
spicy Szechuan chili pepper along with
Chen’s original spicy dry noodles. All
signature dishes and all equally fabulous.

The soft squares of velvety tofu
swimming in a mild sauce features a
distinct spicy flavor while the sautéed Softlogic Life recognises trailblazers at
chicken dish was crispy and light. Tossed
with fiery dried Sichuan chili peppers inaugural Alternate Channel Sales Awards 2020
and sweet leeks, it’s a more sophisticated
take on the usual kung pao chicken. The
stewed fish fillet was surprisingly spicy. February 26, 2020: Sri Lanka’s fastest-growing life insurer surpassed all industry norms in creating history and achieving
Served in an iron pot, covered in dried, Softlogic Life recognised their top-performing employees of the number one position in Single Premium and Group Premium
fiery red chilies. I chugged the wine the organisation’s Alternate Distribution Channel recently at the business within a very short space of time. This is further proof that
(classy, I know) in anticipation of this inaugural ‘Alternate Channel Sales Awards 2020’, held at the the Industry is under-penetrated and offers great potential. This
dish, assuming the level of spice might Cinnamon Grand Colombo. dynamic team will focus on differentiaited customer sgments with
valuable product solutions as we forge ahead.”
choke me slowly, but the server politely
Hosted under the theme ‘Destination One’, the awards night
and painstakingly removed all the chilies
celebrated the best-of-the-best achievements of alternate channel’s Softlogic Life launched its alternate distribution channel in 2017
prior to serving. (the standard process
top employees whose relentless and passionate efforts helped to diversify its portfolio into other revenue streams. It has insured
of serving this dish. Who knew)? The fish
the strategic business unit to record a remarkable Rs.3 billion more than 630,00 Sri Lankan lives while currently serving many
was buttery and smooth, and the dish
gross written premiums (GWP) by the end of 2019 in just three corporate clients and establishing multiple bancassurance
overall was delightful. This experience
years in operations, The award ceremony was graced by Softlogic partnerships. Securing premiums of One billion GWP in its initial
will cost you around SGD 250-300 (Rs
Life Managing Director, Iftikar Ahamed, Executive Director Chula year, the young and dynamic team at Alternate Channels has taken
35,000-40,000) but it’s worth every rupee
Hettiarachchi, key members of Softlogic Life’s management team, great strides to drive business to great heights while achieveing
and peppercorn you (accidentally) bite
distinguished guests and employees from Softlogic Life. outstanding revenue growth to Rs. 2 billion and Rs. 3 billion GWP
into.
in 2018 and 2019 respectively. The alternate channel alone has
A total of 29 awards under 7 categories were distributed among the groomed 15 MDRT members in 2019 including 3 Courts of the Table
I’m going to leave you with one last
winners at the inaugural Alternate Channel Sales Convention. MDRT and 1Top of the Table.
recommendation and that’s the “Coconut
(Million Dollar Round Table) - Top of the Table (ToT) winner, Court
Club” down Ann Siang Hill, recognized
of the Table (CoT) winner, Best Performer in MDRT, Highest GWP About Softlogic Life
with Bib Gourmand status in the Michelin
Performer (Business Advisor Category) and Highest GWP Performer Softlogic Life Insurance PLC is a subsidiary of Softlogic Capital PLC
Guide Singapore. Hands-down the best
emerged as grand category award winners of the night. The MDRT and is part of the Softlogic Group, which is recognised as one of
Nasi Lemak in town that comes with
winners of 2019 from the alternate channel were also felicitated at Sri Lanka’s most diversified and fastest-growing conglomerates
a whole spiced chicken leg marinated
the convention. with interests in Healthcare, Retail, ICT, Leisure, Automobiles and
with lemongrass, ginger, galangal and
Financial Services. Significant stakeholders in the company include
shallots. It’s a full meal topped with
Congratulating all winners, Managing Director Iftikar Ahamed said, global investor Leapfrog Investments.
roasted peanuts, egg, cucumber and a
“We are extremely proud of the Alternate Channels Team that has
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