MasterChef UK judge skewered on Twitter for telling Malaysian contestant her chicken rendang should have been ‘crispy’
Here’s a fact: chicken is cooked in curry sauce, not fried, and is never crispy
Judges on a popular British cooking show are being ridiculed for ignorance of Asian food after insisting the chicken in a Malaysian contestant’s rendang curry should have been crispy.
Foodies in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia have taken to social media to vent at the critique of the Malaysian-born cook’s traditional and standard method for preparing chicken rendang.
“The skin isn’t crispy. It can’t be eaten but all the sauce is on the skin I can’t eat,” one of the MasterChef UK judges complained in a recent episode of the show.
Online, Southeast Asians pointed out that the chicken is cooked in curry sauce, not fried, and is never crispy.
Some accused the judges of neo-colonial attitudes and racism.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak also chipped in, posting a photo of chicken rendang on Twitter and lightheartedly asking whether anyone has ever eaten a crispy chicken curry.