malaysian tourism minister claims "Laksa and nasi lemak among our pride"

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KUALA LUMPUR: Laksa, nasi lemak and bak kut teh — these are some of the food Malaysia will lay claim to.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said there were many dishes synonymous with Malaysia’s identity but they had been “hijacked” by other countries.

“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.

The festival, which runs throughout October, is part of the Fabulous Food 1Malaysia campaign. Novem-ber’s part of the campaign will centre around shopping mall food, while street and heritage food will be the highlight in December.

“In the three months, we will identify certain key dishes (to declare as Malaysian). We have identified laksa ... all types of laksa, nasi lemak and bak kut teh,” she said.

When asked how the ministry would go about labelling the dishes Malaysian after identifying them, Dr Ng said she would reveal her strategy at a later stage.

“That is Part Two. We cannot reveal it yet, but we will let you know soon,” she said.

LOL??

 

[cR.drums]

they want to lose to SG again lol

 

[zhaf93]

epic fail..

ridiculous.its food for goodness sake (shakes head)

 

[wyldeboon]

food oso claim... knn... like got royalty take like tat

 

[EzaRitualBella]

slap palm on the forehead and shake head
and says
OMG...whats next?
Giant supermarket?

if not rong is nasi lemak originated from indon?

 

[lordie]

Hainanese chicken rice is from hainan.. thats a reason why they call it Hainanese chicken rice. and not malaysian chicken rice

 

[wyldeboon]

OMG...whats next?

satay? ketupat? burger ramli? hahahaaa

and where the hell did they get the satistics/prove from? their kitchen?
btw, sambal chicken is my creation.

 

[Dime]

They might even claim Fandi Ahmad was born in Malaysia.

 

[EzaRitualBella]

next they will claim that skodeng tudung is theirs too

hhahahahaha

 

[CardBoard]

Totally utter crap.She must be in a state of illusion.

 

[Alifikoz]

malaysia boleh!!!!

hahaha.malaysia boleh..everitin can! lame. 1st cosway issue,den pedra branca, den the pendet dance from indonesia, nw food.wats in thier mind huh? for goodnes sake, can`t they jus relek one corner n start improving themselves like law n enforcement, roadside, corruption, politics, currency, democracy, race n religion bonding etc...singaporeans go there kana chop,rob, even kana bully by their own goverment bodies.like their custom told one of da poor sporean who lost his pasport that he overstayed and has to pay fine..nonsense.all the police reports confirm go down the drain.hahaha.pontless to go there..jus my 2cents

 

[BleedsNoMore]

next they will claim that skodeng tudung is theirs too

hhahahahaha

it is theirs.. we don't want that in our country.. it's too disgusting.. we've got class for women, don't we? hahhahaha!

 

[EzaRitualBella]

it is theirs.. we don't want that in our country.. it's too disgusting.. we've got class for women, don't we? hahhahaha!

haha ours is hdb after school specials 3gp hahaha

 

[Gr3y]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainanese_Chicken_Rice

So in order to claim even just 1 dish, they might have to battle with a few countries.. what's their point anyway? Food is evolutionary afterall.. If an American came visit Singapore, he likes the chicken rice we serve. He could bring e receipe back to America and modify it to accomodate to their taste. That means it's another version of chicken rice.. Japanese adopted curry and now their dishes have curry, do they have to pay royalty to the Indians for that?

The word "hijacked" is just to strong and disturbing to use.

 

[biopromax]

HAHA. What if americans do the same thing. We will be sad for Botak Jones. LOL!

 

[wyldeboon]

then i think the word mat rempit belongs to spore. coz spore got motorbike gangs since nong nong time back (exclude the current ones who thinks its a gangsta thinghy n made it one)

 

[mysterio123]

Laksa is from malaysia, but in malaysia when its created was curry noodle and then evolved in malaysia to laksa as they change the noodle to thick vermicelli, which did not gain popularity then some investors bring the laksa to singapore. hainaniness chicken rice also belong to malaysia, the history is last time when china having war people from hainan fled to refuge in malaysia and they opened stores, budget stores, so they just get chicken and rice and put some soya sauce, then they got it hainan chicken rice. Chilli crab definitely 100% singaporean cuisine.

 

[FluxUs]

i love malaysia. top class humor everytime.

how about Spore actually owns Malaysia?

 

[syam41]

next they will claim that skodeng tudung is theirs too

hhahahahaha

HAHAHA best thing I've read today. and that 3gp shit cracks me up as well. you know i know ah eh. hahaha.

 

[squirrel]

I say we tell them that the causeway they designed is ugly and so is the tourism minister