Malaysian food ranks low in global survey - most popular italian dishes in restaurants

Petaling jaya: In the latest survey by YouGov, Malaysian food is not ranked high among tourists, which Wan chefs think may be due to its smaller "food"
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Malaysia's most popular star chef, whose real name is Datuk Redzuawan Ismail, said there are many factors that could lead to low Malaysia
Ish is ranked in research-20 out of 34 cuisines.
"I really don't know who these people they are interviewing, whether they are experienced travelers and real foodies.
"If it's just random people, not many of them have actually been all over Malaysia and explored the food, so a lot of it is caused by ignorance," he said . ".
Chef Wan also said that Malaysian cuisine may not have the same global influence as Thai and Vietnamese cuisine.
"Some people only eat at restaurants in their own countries such as Vietnam and Thailand restaurants, so they are familiar with the food.
"But there are not many Malaysian restaurants overseas and there are not many around the corner," he said . ".
In the latest research released by the international market research agency, 25,000 people in 24 countries were asked to rank 34 national dishes they had tried.
The most popular one is Italian cuisine, which is recognized by 84%, followed by Chinese food (78%)and Japanese (71%).
The support rate for Malaysian cuisine is 48%.
The most unpopular was Peruvian food, which received only 32%. From South-
East Asia and Thailand surpassed all neighbors, ranking fourth on the list, while Vietnam ranked 14, Singapore and Indonesia ranked 18 and 19 respectively (
Their rating is tied).
On the question of why Singapore cuisine is ranked higher than Malaysian cuisine, Malaysian chef Johari Edrus said that people may misunderstand the origin of certain dishes.
"Singapore says there are a lot of Malaysian dishes that are theirs, so there is some confusion there," he said . ".
Among the people surveyed, Malaysians are the ones who like their food best, with 97% having a special liking for local food, followed by 91% Singaporeans.
The Italian, who didn't like Malaysian food the most, gave only 21% of the support rate.
Fabrizio Giovagnali, an Italian consultant for a distribution company in Malaysia, said that Italians may not fully understand the food culture in Malaysia because they are used to eating certain foods at certain times of the day and enjoy coffee and pastries for breakfast.
"The idea of a heavy breakfast like Naxi lemak is hard for Italians to understand," he said . ".
Luca Melis, a compatriot at Luca agnali, product manager in Malaysia, said Italians tend to be very traditional in eating.
"The best food in the world for Italians is Italian.
Most Italians prefer to stay at home.
Cooked food from Italy . "
In the end, however, Chef Wan felt that Malaysians had nothing to worry about.
"Don't worry too much about ranking --
Because I don't think it reflects the overall cuisine of our country.
"Real food connoisseurs will understand the real picture because at the end of the day, our food always stands out," he said . ".