Spice it up with nasi lemak condoms
PORT KLANG: A condom company is hoping to spice up sex lives with a contraceptive that tastes like our national dish: nasi lemak.
Industry giant Karex, which claims to be the world’s biggest condom maker, already offers an array of flavours in various pleasure-boosting textures, from grape to the pungent durian.
It is now set to launch a condom inspired by nasi lemak, usually translated as “fatty rice”, originally a cheap breakfast consumed at street-side stalls but which is now common across the country, including at high-end restaurants.
The dish consists of rice cooked with coconut milk, served with anchovies, roasted peanuts, a boiled egg, sliced cucumbers and a dollop of fiery sambal.
“We Malaysians are divided across our political ideas, religion and race,” Karex chief executive Goh Miah Kiat said at his office here.
“I felt one thing that unites us all (is): ‘Where’s the best nasi lemak place you’ve been?’”
Karex, which sells condoms under the brand name Carex, spent six months carrying out tests before coming up with its nasi lemak prophylactic.
The company is working on packaging and the limited-edition condom should hit shops in November or December.
Goh insisted the range of wacky condoms was more than just a marketing gimmick, but about trying to encourage contraceptive use in the Muslim-majority country.
“For me, it’s about public health, and I want to get the message across to people.”
The nasi lemak condoms are aimed at the local Malaysian market but much of what Karex makes goes abroad.
The company produces five billion condoms annually from its four factories, with much of its output purchased in bulk by governments or international agencies for safe-sex campaigns. AFP