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syiok lah, but the rendang would have been better if there was M&M and jelly beans in it by the by, both our granddads were with the Royal Victorian Khyber Rifles that's why and how we know all about roti prata, raiti, tikka, biryani and dhal ... oh yes ... and namaste-rendang |
A spokesperson for the BBC show said at no point did Wallace mention the chicken rendang prepared by Zaleha Kadir Olpin should have crispy skin.
His dubious critique of the curry, along with comments from co-star John Torode, saw Zaleha, 48, booted from MasterChef UK at the quarterfinals stage.
“Gregg wasn’t suggesting that the dish should traditionally have crispy skin — he was saying that he couldn’t experience the flavours of the dish as it was presented,” a MasterChef UK spokesperson said.
“MasterChef has always celebrated international cuisine and on this occasion our judges’ comments were relevant to the dish that had been cooked on the show.”
The statement added that Zaleha didn’t leave the competition because the chicken skin of her rendang wasn’t crispy, but she went out because other cooks were better.
For her quarterfinal entry, Zaleha prepared a nasi lemak with chicken rendang and prawn sambal.
Wallace told the Kuantan-born chef in his feedback “the chicken skin isn’t crispy, it can’t be eaten.”
MasterChef UK seemingly suggest Wallace’s comments merely observe the chicken skin isn’t crispy rather than saying it should have been.
Their rebuttal comes after a day which saw debate over the Zaleha’s chicken rendang brought into the national spotlight, even drawing a response from prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
And Torode did not say 'namaste'. He was misheard. He actually said 'niamah leh'.
The judge was so bloody insulting; he said he didn't even want to taste Zaleha's chicken rendang because it was not crispy. Memang confirmed bigot!
ReplyDeleteI won't go as far as to say he's a bigot. He was clueless on rendang and tok-kok as he was the judge and had to say something but alas for his credibility the wrong things
DeleteFrankly, my dear, I Don't give a damn.
ReplyDeleteFood tastes are so subjective. One person's lip-smacking delicious feast is another person's bad meal.
nothing to do with taste when ignorance prevails and intrudes obscenely as if clothed in competence
DeleteI have actually taken something akin to Rendang where the chicken had been fried first, so the skin is crispy...I don't suppose it qualifies to be called "Rendang"... wakakakaka...there's probably a correct name for it somewhere....
ReplyDeleteI just try various foods, without bothering too much about the nomenclature...
but you are NOT a MasterChef judging a rendang dish
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