Datuk Rosol Wahid said the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry must explain the decision as it could touch on religious sensitivities.“If we are Taiwan or Hong Kong, it would not be an issue . We have national dishes like burasak and uthappam which do not go against religion,” he said when debating the motion of thanks on the Royal Address in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday .
On Saturday , commissioner of heritage Mohamad Muda Bahadin listed 10 dishes including bak kut teh, a herbal soup made with pork bones, as national heritage food in a government gazette. Other dishes included mee kolok and nasi ambeng; traditional desserts like burasak, dodol kukus tahi minyak, kuih lapis, kuih karas; and uthappam, as well as appetisers such as jeruk tuhau and katira, a drink.Opposition MPs have criticised efforts to list bak kut teh, the origins of which are claimed to be traced to Klang, Selangor.
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