“We cannot continue to let other countries hijack our food. Chilli crab is Malaysian. Hainanese chicken rice is Malaysian. We have to lay claim to our food,” she told reporters after launching the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival yesterday.
Food is all about deliciousness. Who cares where it is originated and whether it is authentic? How true the statement is. My view on this is pretty neutral, i don't care where is it originally from, as long as the food is good and tasty, then is good food lah. If you have time to spare, you can dig the origin on it. But need to tell the press about plant to claim This Dish & That Dish belongs to Malaysian. So if it's patent (is that possible?) it, can you imagine paying copyright in the future for every nasi lemak that you ate? If unnecessary to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Mixed feeling on that however, if we Malaysian would like to claim, claim it as "Penang Asam Laksa", "Ampang Yong Tou Fu" or "Klang Ba Ku Teh", rather that generalise it as "Chilli Crab", which in turn could stir more debates on it. The term "hijacked our food" might seems to heavy. Being part of Asia, our culture & tradition is very close to each other when it comes to food, language, custome, costume etc. If pretty hard to draw the line clear.
On the flip side, SG press seems to be over reacted by covering the front page of local papers, magnifying the issue. Cummon, u got better things to put on your frontpage right? They are just taking everyone single opportunity to taruh us. Again, that is unnecessary.
Come to think of it, what will PAS has to say if we declare Ba Kut Teh as national food? :P
p/s: From Left, clock wise, 1. Punggol Black Pepper Crab (SG), 2. Long Beach Sea Food - Black Pepper Crab (SG), 3. Long Beach Sea Food - Long Beach Sea Food, 4. Restaurant Wong Poh - Butter Crab (MY). Did u manage to guess all the crab correctly? :P Oh, btw, if you really want to compare, MY got better butter crab & SG got better Pepper crab....my 2 cents.
oh yeah.. an unrelated post. Just wanna share a local short film from 15Malaysian titled "Rojak".
“We cannot continue to let other countries hijack our food. Chilli crab is Malaysian. Hainanese chicken rice is Malaysian. We have to lay claim to our food,” she told reporters after launching the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival yesterday.
Food is all about deliciousness. Who cares where it is originated and whether it is authentic? How true the statement is. My view on this is pretty neutral, i don't care where is it originally from, as long as the food is good and tasty, then is good food lah. If you have time to spare, you can dig the origin on it. But need to tell the press about plant to claim This Dish & That Dish belongs to Malaysian. So if it's patent (is that possible?) it, can you imagine paying copyright in the future for every nasi lemak that you ate? If unnecessary to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Mixed feeling on that however, if we Malaysian would like to claim, claim it as "Penang Asam Laksa", "Ampang Yong Tou Fu" or "Klang Ba Ku Teh", rather that generalise it as "Chilli Crab", which in turn could stir more debates on it. The term "hijacked our food" might seems to heavy. Being part of Asia, our culture & tradition is very close to each other when it comes to food, language, custome, costume etc. If pretty hard to draw the line clear.
On the flip side, SG press seems to be over reacted by covering the front page of local papers, magnifying the issue. Cummon, u got better things to put on your frontpage right? They are just taking everyone single opportunity to taruh us. Again, that is unnecessary.
Come to think of it, what will PAS has to say if we declare Ba Kut Teh as national food? :P
p/s: From Left, clock wise, 1. Punggol Black Pepper Crab (SG), 2. Long Beach Sea Food - Black Pepper Crab (SG), 3. Long Beach Sea Food - Long Beach Sea Food, 4. Restaurant Wong Poh - Butter Crab (MY). Did u manage to guess all the crab correctly? :P Oh, btw, if you really want to compare, MY got better butter crab & SG got better Pepper crab....my 2 cents.
oh yeah.. an unrelated post. Just wanna share a local short film from 15Malaysian titled "Rojak".
