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There's nothing more perfect than enjoying an icy bowl of cendol on a hot afternoon while sitting on a plastic stool next to an old-school cendol bicycle cart.
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In Malaysia, there's a ton of different varieties to the sticky, sweet cold bowl of heaven - the basic cendol with red beans, sweet corn cendol, pulut cendol, and if you feel like splurging a little, durian cendol. There are so many varieties and so many places in Malaysia (shoutout to Melakans and Penangites) that have the best bowls of cendol. No doubt.
Or so we thought. Cause apparently, some people are still confused. Particularly this CNN writer, who featured cendol on their list of "50 of the World's Best Desserts"; and named Singapore's "take on the classic treat [with red beans]" as number nine.
OBVIOUSLY, Malaysians nationwide were not having it. Here are some tweets depicting how Malaysians are feeling about the best cendol said to be from Singapore.
This person was just plain angry.
“...cendol from singapore...” pic.twitter.com/VNvG8q0bsU
— Mon 明达 (@nkmnrdn) 4 December 2018
This person questioned the article's facts.
Cendol from sg???🤔🤔 https://t.co/Z5KDqARjIt
— DEDEY 🤘🏽🌈 (@dedeydewa) 4 December 2018
This smart Malaysian tapau-ed both cendol and Singapore as Malaysian.
Kalau cendol berasal dari singapura, singapura berasal dari Malaysia
— Basri Husin (@basrihusin) 4 December 2018
And this Malaysian who is up for a protest.
Why is SG always taking credit for MY food? Ada sesiapa nak protes kat Dataran Merdeka? Pls sign me in! 😡😝
— D'Aldebaran (@ronysram) 3 December 2018
This guy wants to call on his Indonesian brothers for back up
Malaysia & Indonesia should now join forces to reclaim cendol should be theirs from SG hahaha..#doneclaim
— bronx (@laserx12) 3 December 2018
While this guy thinks that we both have our own versions of the dish
SG and MY were British colonies before, most foods were native to both countries. However as time passes, variation of foods occur. I'm sure MY cendol is not exactly the as SG.
— Pangsb (@pangsb) 3 December 2018
This person wants CNN to do their cendol research
@CNN urmmm.... have you guys tried cendol from Malaysia? Especially Melaka? pic.twitter.com/4xz5BaNBoZ
— Jimminx (@XDJimminx) 3 December 2018
And this person wants to know where Singaporeans get their gula melaka
Don’t mess with Malaysian food. Cendol is from Malaysia not Singapore. Ask Singaporean where they get the Gula Melaka (Palm Sugar) - the main ingredients of Cendol 😒
— mdamiruzri (@mdamiruzri) 4 December 2018
This guy made a poll.
Who has a better cendol? #cendol #cnn #cnncendol
— MOE MASRI (@moemasri) 4 December 2018
This guys has a totally different view on cendol's origin.
I think cendol is Indian in origin, it is not a Singaporean nor Malaysian creation.
— Everboleh (@Everboleh) 4 December 2018
And lastly, this person who said what we're all thinking right now…
nak cendol ☹️☹️☹️
— ü (@__lvndrr) 4 December 2018