Some Indonesians can be a bit sensitive about other countries trying to appropriate their cultural heritage — remember the Great Indonesia-Malaysia “Dance War” of 2012?
Well, last weekend a tweet from former Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand, who was in Singapore to watch the Little Red Dot’s F1 Grand Prix, caused a culinary kerfuffle on social media:
Robe game is nice!! Nasi goreng lunch.. Keeping it local in #Singapore pic.twitter.com/qSs5tH3FMK
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) September 17, 2016
Naturally, the implication that nasi goreng was Singaporean did not sit well with many Indonesians.
And then it escalated… with cats.
However, their cries of culinary misappropriation received a nearly equal amount of pushback from Singaporeans. Including one highly sick burn about the haze.
Ohhhh, nasi goreng can claim but haze cannot https://t.co/xnkbv8wEQx
— Voldemort Putin (@HarisBRosli) September 17, 2016
With text by Coconuts Jakarta
