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The food rivalry is real when it comes to food origins in Malaysia and Singapore. We've had our local food claimed to be originated from Singapore in the past and Malaysians are not happy about it…
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With the most recent case by CNN saying the best Cendol can be found in Singapore, another food origin claim is making Malaysians upset again!
BBC recently claimed that the local famous Chinese dish, Yee Sang actually originates from Singapore and Malaysians are not happy about it!
https://t.co/N8FDZpLk9B via @BBC_Travel
— Giri Dev Nair (@GirizNair) 20 February 2019
Have they not any shame?
Yee Sang was invented in a restaurant called Loke Ching Kee, run by a man called Loke Ching Fatt in Seremban.
Malaysia has full claim and full rights to this! #bbc #yeesang
It saddens me that the great BBC didn't do their journalistic https://t.co/H6kTMkGigd News https://t.co/P7DKdeDEWI
— Adrian Chiang (@achiang72) 20 February 2019
Yee Sang is also only practiced in Malaysia and Singapore and the version that BBC claims to originate from China is actually called Yu Sheng and has more raw fish and tossing of the food is not involved.
BBC also said that Yee Sang was created by four chefs in Singapore that are called the Four Heavenly Kings…
…but based on a book on the dish, it was actually created by a Malaysian called Loke Ching Fatt in Seremban and he created the dish based on the China Yu Sheng, but with his own twist!
A Singaporean however responded to BBC’s claims by saying that Singapore already had Yee Sang long before Malaysia started selling them.
What do you think about BBC’s claims on the dish? Let us know!
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