Food brings us together

Malaysians bicker over many things, but we all profess to love food. And at the dining table at least, love is all around.

EARLIER this month, I was tasked to describe Malaysia to my newfound Danish friends who wanted to know how the nation “works”. Seated in an Indian restaurant in Petaling Jaya, the two anthropology students eyed the people at the premise during the busy lunch hour and were curious as to how people of different races and religious beliefs, and having no physical resemblance, live together.