RACIAL stereotypes, or at least, the harmless ones, make Malaysia go round.
Recently, a netizen on X made a fiery post which when deliberated, sounds like a bait for the online community.
According to him, the Chinese are fairly incompetent in making the iconic nasi lemak while the Malay fared poorly in their chicken rice dish.
At least @krishk_kumar92 had the decency to bash his own race too, as he continued, saying the Indians were not good at cooking vegetables.
The Chinese make the worst Nasi Lemak, Malays the worst Nasi Ayam and Indians are not good at cooking vege (99% of the time the vege will be extremely overcooked and soggy). Bye. https://t.co/wbvSXOWHlt
— கிருஷ்ணா (@krishk_kumar92) April 5, 2025
Now with the post attracting 1,400 shares and over 126 comments and counting, can we say that the bait was a highly effective one? Looking at the comment section, it sure was.
“Not an Indian, but I disagree with the third point. I believe Indians make the best vegetarian dishes,” said @UnderorWonder while @SathishSarma claimed this only applies for shops and stalls, not for home cooking.
Netizen @yao3115 added that some Chinese made the best rendang, especially the fried pig and pig rendang which makes the best accompaniment to the nasi lemak dish.
“And one more thing, I agree that your opinion is indeed unpopular,” @yao3115 said.
The online roasting is just beginning. Another netizen said there is a time and place for soggy vegetables, and that is the Keerai koottu.
But it appears the Malays are quite sporting, as they were ready to take criticisms.
@azfar_yusof said he agrees with the statement since the chicken from the chicken rice in a Malay shop is usually hard.
One netizen, who is likely a Malay, concurred to the stereotype, stating that he literally had to go through a Chinese Muslim to get a decent chicken rice.
@firdhausamin, continued, claiming the Malay char kuew tiow is the worst. He believes a decent char kuew tiow should be dry.
But apparently there were some Malay chefs out there who made good chicken rice too, as claimed by @GemoyProof.
He said the one exception was the Malay-made chicken rice at Pertama Complex.
“There is this one Malay chicken rice shop near Paya Rumput which makes a good Hainanese chicken rice,” said @kuaci5udo, adding that after the restaurant experienced an increase in customers, it has gradually degraded into the stereotypically Malay chicken rice.
“Maybe most of the Malay customers do not accept the Hainan style, which resulted in the identity of the Hainanese chicken rice being ruined,” he lamented.
Amidst the stereotype storm, however, netizen @14_deadly makes the winning One Malaysia comment, “Conclusion, we all need each other to stop fighting. Enjoy eating. Let’s become a foodie,” he said. —Apr 7, 2025
Main image: Hells Kitchen
