#trending: South Korean man impresses nasi padang store staff, netizens by placing order in Malay
SINGAPORE — Cross-cultural encounters often yield unexpected delights, and one such moment unfolded at a nasi padang stall here recently. Nasi padang is steamed rice served with various choices of pre-cooked dishes.
- A South Korean man, married to a Singaporean, decided to place his order in Malay at a nasi padang stall at a hawker centre
- The man had been learning Malay, and brought along a notebook he'd been using as a reference
- The staff were impressed with his efforts in ordering a meal of white rice, rendang, chye sim, egg, potato and sambal, all using Malay words
- A widely-watched TikTok ideo, showing his linguistic skills at the stall, also drew praise from netizens, who gave the thumbs up to his pronunciation
Source: TODAY
