JAKARTA: Former England footballer Rio Ferdinand has unwittingly sparked a cross-border food fight after suggesting that the rice dish was Singaporean, to the horror of Indonesians who claim it as their own. “M8, it’s Indonesian food, actually. There’s no ‘nasi’ and ‘goreng’ in Singapore,” Agung Prasetyo tweeted to Ferdinand, while others invited the former Manchester United player to their homes to try a dish of real, Indonesian nasi goreng. “Ohhhh nasi goreng can claim but haze cannot,” said Twitter user @HarisBRosli. On Monday, Ferdinand attempted to calm the bickering unleashed by his remark, commenting on Twitter: “Was there really uproar with my nasi goreng tweet??!!

Source: The Star September 20, 2016 22:30 UTC