On Feb 16, Malaysia gazetted 10 dishes as heritage food, including nasi ambeng, kuih karas and mi kolok.
Out of the lot, one dish has caused quite a stir — bak kut teh.
Malaysians have been taking to social media to share their thoughts on the Chinese pork rib dish being on the list.
One especially livid individual is the United Malays National Organisation’s youth leader, Muhammad Akmal Saleh.
In fact, in a Facebook post on Thursday (Feb 29), Akmal accused Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Tiong King Sing of not considering “the sensitivity of the Malaysian people” and has even called for the minister to be fired.
He added that it were better to acknowledge other cultural dishes that can be eaten by all citizens of Malaysia, regardless of race or religion. For instance, Chinese fried rice.
In the comments of the post, several users agreed with him.
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