Filepic of nasi Lemak with chicken rendang. Photo: The Star
Indonesians and Malaysians have their feathers in a flap over MasterChef UK’s decision to eliminate a contestant from the popular cooking show because her chicken rendang wasn’t crispy.
Netizens from the two South-east Asian nations – including Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak – put aside a longstanding culinary dispute about the origins of the slow-cooked coconut curry to express outrage at the cluelessness of the British show’s judges.
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