That’s food from Indonesia, right?

“What is your favorite Malaysian food?” said the Malaysian reporter, quoted from a video re-uploaded by the account @folkshit on Thursday (7/12/2023)

For a moment, Fabio Quartararo seemed confused about how to answer, he even asked the reporter if he had any suggestions for the names of famous Malaysian foods.

The Malaysian reporter then said that it was possible that Malaysian fried rice was the racer’s favorite food. However, the MotoGP racer was quick to say that fried rice belonged to Indonesia.

“But that (fried rice) is from Indonesia, right?” said Fabio Quartararo.

The female reporter then said that fried rice also exists in Malaysia. The MotoGP racer then admitted that he didn’t really know the names of the foods that come from the neighboring country, the only thing he likes the most is Mango Sticky Rice, which actually comes from Thailand.

Seeing Fabio Quartararo mention that Nasi Goreng comes from Indonesia, netizens immediately flocked to comment on the upload.

“Whatever you want to say, the whole world already knows that rendang, batik, fried rice, meatballs, fried chicken, etc. are native to Indonesia.” write account @nir***

“Well, even outsiders admit that it’s Indonesian food,” connect account @kwi***

There are also netizens who ask that this matter should not be exaggerated, because currently Indonesia and Malaysia are getting along in helping Palestine through Julid Fi Sabilillah challenging the Israeli army.

Fried rice is already famous as a typical Indonesian food that is worldwide. In fact, it is not uncommon for foreign tourists to deliberately come to Indonesia to try out this world-famous culinary specialty. Apart from fried rice, rendang and chicken satay are also favorite foods in Indonesia that have gone global.

So, if even MotoGP racers know that fried rice is a typical Indonesian food, we should be proud too, right?