“After hearing your feedback, we removed the video,” a message on the account “nytcooking” said.
Singapore:
The New York Times published a video on Friday showing a writer in Taiwan making “Singaporean chicken curry” after angry critics in the city said it was more like sewage than a local food.
Singaporeans are very proud of their culinary traditions, which are influenced by the country’s multi-ethnic population, and are sensitive to attempts to portray foreign favorites.
The controversy began when the Times posted a video this month on its “nytcooking” Instagram account showing Clarissa Wei, an American freelance journalist living in Taipei, demonstrating how to make “Singaporean chicken curry. “.
Social media in the city state was ablaze with fury, with critics saying the final product looked more like filthy slurry than an authentic local curry.
“I’m sorry but what is this? As a Singaporean, I have never seen any version of chicken curry like this by any major ethnic group,” said one comment on social media.
Dubbed “Currygate” by the local media, the story received relentless critical news for days before the US outlet finally bowed to pressure and withdrew the video.
“After hearing your feedback, we removed the video,” said a message on the account “nytcooking” with 3.4 million followers.
The video accompanies an article Wei wrote for the Times about the variety of dishes Singaporeans enjoy during the Lunar New Year celebrations.
Shila Das, of Singapore, contributed a recipe for chicken biryani to this section, but the article split the recipe into two parts – one called “Nasi Biryani” and the other “Singapore Chicken Curry”. “.
That’s the recipe for the curry that Wei cooked in the video.
The Times admitted on Instagram that the “formula dishonest demonstration video” was contributed by Das.
Das, who received hate mail after the video was uploaded, welcomed the decision to remove it.
“It’s long overdue,” she told Singapore’s Straits Times.
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