The Malaysian Insider, 2 Feb 2012A Singapore academic recently claimed on Facebook that the “lo sang” (tossing of yee sang) culture originated from the island republic and should be entered into Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Following food ownership debates over Hainanese chicken rice, bak kut teh and chilli crab, it reignited a food fight between Singaporeans and Malaysians.
It is a bit embarrassing as we always find after massive debates that many dishes actually originated neither from Singapore nor Malaysia, but China, India or Indonesia. Full story
