Did Chilli Crab Come From Singapore.. Or Malaysia? | On The Red Dot: Food Fight - Part 1/4

[@dangging]

I think that it is clear. The national Singapore Chili Crab (with eggs) is the one invented in 1963. Indonesian version is completely different as it is called "Kepiting Saus Padang".

[@angelangleacademy]

forget about the disputes guys.. Indonesian "Kepiting Saus Padang/ Padang Sauce Crab" is totally at different level..

[@hndrwn]

And we heard there are connection with Minangkabau people...

[@ethos-]

​@@hndrwn Minangkabau or Minang is a Malay tribe. The reason they are not recognised as a Malay in Indonesia is because Soekarno administration institutional racism strategy to divide Malay into smaller ethnicity. No debate about connection there

[@rein4378]

@@ethos- Minangkabau have an entirely different culture from Malay. Their language maybe sound the same but it's not. Minangkabau are living in the mountain and Malay in the coastal. They have different traditional house and clothing. They are separated by Bukit Barisan which sometime its hard for them to communicate to each other in the past. Malay and Minangkabau is not about a "race" they are different ethnic group with different culture and heritages. Sorry if my English is so bad. Thx for reading this tldr text...

[@ethos-]

@@rein4378 Minangkabau origin is from Malay Champa which is consider as one of Malay tribe. The dialect is different but they are Malay. We are talking a Malay base on actual definition which is an identity to Malay Realm not Indonesian Javanase doctrinized knowledge that change everything to belittle the Malays in Soekarno era. You can actually google for a better understanding

[@RonnyFebri]

@@ethos- minang is not java, minang is padang, west sumatera (indonesia)

[@84jordie]

I'm Malaysian too, and chilli crab is Singapore's dish. We have our own crab dish that is more widely found in Malaysian restaurants that is called Kam Heong Crab.

[@amberxIaoAya]

GG, soon they claim Kam Heong crab as their originated

[@84jordie]

@@amberxIaoAya hahah no way! That is ours only!

[@jayzen76]

@@amberxIaoAya lol, not likely. very hard to find Kam Heong style crab in SG. aiyah, really, as long shiok to eat, all enjoy and have happy tummies!

[@joniluciano7650]

Cendol frim indonesia helowww😂😂 it's not come from malaysia rendang batik from indoneeia

[@84jordie]

​@@joniluciano7650Huh? I never said anything about cendol? You can have that, we have Ais Kacang.

[@ridwanramli9961]

Watching this series made me think almost every Food fight between Malaysian & Singaporean, there's always Indonesian lurking in the background saying "ummm, actually..."

[@yazadolan3081]

Nahh, not always. Most Indonesians love their heritage and ofc will try to defend if someone claims its theirs instead. However, we don't like to claim things which are in fact not ours. Its borderline embarrassing behavior. With Chili crab, it belongs to Singapore. We don't even try to claim it.

[@cslimtube]

Anyone heard of yee sang with michelin bit goumet frpm singapore?

[@dkj6946]

What matters most is who does it better. When people hear ramen, it's associated with Japan but origin is from China Dim Sum, people know it is from HK but actually again from China, Guangdong

[@ditsygirl5409]

Ya so is pasta or spaghetti, every noodle starts from China… 😂 but seriously nobody cares because the cooking methods are different so ramen will always be associated with Japan and spaghetti will always be associated with Italy. It’s meaningless and somewhat rude to be always saying it’s from China for every noodle available.

[@1ewi5]

​@@ditsygirl5409 There's all sorts of variations of noodles in China and elsewhere in the world. It's certainly not rude to say that the origin of noodles come from China. You look at the amount of chilli the Chinese are eating and the variations of dishes they can make but at the end of the day, they all acknowledge that chilli comes from South America. Whereas for the famous kiwi fruit, do you know where it comes from? It's not NZ but China. Nothing rude about it, it's just acknowledgement of the roots of it all and respecting history.

[@ditsygirl5409]

@@1ewi5 it’s rude when you try to remind people this noodle and that fruit is from China when it’s uncalled for. Chinese people lack social etiquette and think it’s ok to remind people when the identity of a particular noodle/food is already deeply associated with a country or culture and the Chinese start reminding others the origin is not from this country to gain superiority or upper hand over others. That’s the disgusting part.

[@Nice-Biscuit]

That is a way to look at it, but not the only way. :)

[@babangteo2853]

So HK was not a Chinese one? 😅

[@weilingtanweiling]

Everywhere has Chilli crab, but who popularised it? Singapore. Our crabs usually from Sri Lanka, the sauce with egg drops, the taste is very uniquely Singaporean.

[@thomastc4535]

Exactly! It is the way the dish is prepared, the Crab and the sauce used & served. Sri Lankan Crabs are used to cook the Singapore Chilli Crabs! And even now, Mantou (previously using normal bread) is used to dip in for the sauce!

[@kinasidea]

Maybe better to say that Singaporean chilli crab is originally from Singapore. If you trace through the coasts of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and other islands you would surprisingly find different local versions of chilli crabs...

[@BloodyofHistory]

The problem is always start in 2009 malaysia bad habit

[@limeric2834]

I'm a Malaysian and loves food. I seriously don't care where chilli crab is originated. To me the best chilli crabs I have tasted is in Spore till now.happy eating guys.

[@sophinx7]

in 1957 Singapore was still part of Malaya so this ridiculous conversation about division about originality itself especially about food which is suppose to bring people together is a poor propaganda waste of energy.

[@kaiserlow652]

S'pore was a British colony. If S'pore was part of M'sia in 1957, why was there a need for S'pore to join Malaya to form federation of Malaysia in 1963?

[@kimwahchueng5291]

Bunch of propaganda BS….For self-fulfilling hype

[@leealex24]

The chili and the crab is from Malaysia, so Malaysian la.

[@lemon2524]

@@leealex24 That's cap.

[@jakerayyan]

@@kaiserlow652 To gain independence from Britain.

[@mrnoobssayshi]

This is so enlightening! Looks super tasty!

[@ramadhanramlan]

As a malaysian, chilli crab is sinagporean

[@tanahtumpahnyadarahku]

because u will never try the Non-halal restaurants in Malaysia. Mud Crab is non halal, and Malaysian chinese love mud crabs over sea crabs.

[@ditsygirl5409]

@@tanahtumpahnyadarahku tell us where is the starting restaurant of chilli crab? We in Singapore got an original stall. You need to show proof of claim first that chilli crab exist in which restaurant beginning which date and year to claim authenticity. Cannot just use your mouth to claim like most Malaysian style.

[@KeoNz]

@@ditsygirl5409 Malaysians as usual la. all talk only, when ask for proof they will go into self defense mode and name calling like you guys kiasu etc

[@ramadhanramlan]

@@tanahtumpahnyadarahku sir i eat pork

[@tanahtumpahnyadarahku]

@@ditsygirl5409 Chilli Crab is 1 of the common household food, dude, just like any other food you guys claim to be Originally Created in Singapore, LOL

[@sjneow]

I think Singapore is where it is more widely sold. As a Penangite my mom often cook Chili Crab when I was little, but I don't recall anywhere selling them in Penang or throughout Malaysia except for being an obscure menu in Chinese stir fried stall

[@andresloft]

Marketing and promotion lo

[@soonpohtay4794]

Growing up in the early 60s in Penang, there are 2 restaurants selling chilli crabs. One near the Tua Pek Kong Temple at Tanjong Tokong & the other one near the Zheng He footprint temple at Batu Maung. The crabs would usually be the sea variety (Chiik in Hokkien) and not the mud crabs (Chiim).

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

rempah is totally malay word, chinese chili crab have own style, but come from malay food, same with char keow toew is chinese food, but malay have own style, it come from chinese. nasi lemak come from malay peninsular, but chinese singaporean style is have own style. same with laksa etc. wan pure malay food, it in kelantan, terengganu and patani/southern thailand

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

@@safuwanfauzi5014 Char Keow Teow Come especially from Teochew, but in Chaozhou the original version is very very different. So the more normally known is Overseas chinese. Then eventually teochew bring it to Thailand and called it Pad Thai Kway Teow

[@babibrain]

It is not who created it first. Obviously Singaporean version is my favourite.

[@tanahtumpahnyadarahku]

because there are way too many other options to be considered in Malaysia when it comes to Crabs’ price range. I seldom eat Crabs outside, we cook it at home.

[@TeleeFONE]

When it comes to originates, it is about who created it first, not who made it popular.

[@Bigjoe99]

I am Malaysian. Chili Crab definitely Singapore. We never liked it in fact, selling it only when foreign tourist started pouring into Malaysia. BTW we still do not think much of it..

[@thomastc4535]

Crabs are small in SE Asia, that's why SG use Sri Lankan BIG crabs.

[@JavasCreep]

This is 100% true. We have never claimed Chili Crab as a Malaysian dish. AFAIK, it is not a Malaysian 'thing'. So I don't understand why this chef's fighting over it? Personally, I don't find it nearly as good as our Butter & Salted Egg Yolk Crab (Harm-Dan-Nai-Yau-Hai).

[@enkii82]

I don't know which part of Malaysia you are from. Chilli Crab is a common dish around KL. Had since I was young, and chilli crab is more like a homemade dish, rather than a restaurant dish now. my mom only cooked chilli crabs at home. You are Malaysian, but which part? You don't think it is, does not mean it is not. Please don't throw your claim like that.

[@Bigjoe99]

@@enkii82 I never said we did not have it, just it was not popular. My earliest recollection as a child eating crab was Kam Heong which was much more widely available.

[@Drippinonyou]

@@JavasCreep why u act like salted egg yolk crab dishes not found in sg. Its common to get it too. Kam Heong is purely malaysian. But chilli crab is world famous because publicity.

[@dgsetiyadi]

When people think of chili crab, they most likely refer to the classic Singaporean one for sure

[@vassanab4243]

This dish look like curry crab in Thailand, you can find it in any restaurant , any open market, home cooking. In the school lunch they normally put only egg or no crab. At market near my home, sometime the seller put shrimp instead of crab

[@vassanab4243]

Btw the famous curry crab in Thailand is at Somboon restaurant

[@willng1256]

This dish is prevalent in Singapore and get progressively rarer the further north of the peninsula you go. Clearly Singaporean

[@KeoNz]

Its strange because I thought chili crab is the only dish both sides recognized is absolutely created by Singapore. Unlike other controversial dishes like chicken rice, bak kut teh etc.

[@franzthegardener6978]

Cannot wait to see what rubbish is dished out when the presenter covers nasi leamk... i am sure he will find a local guru who tells u that way back in the 1800s there is this Malay local doing it.... and he will bring us to a local bomoh with recors of his ancestor selling santan of peanuts or ikan bilis to the local nasi lemak inventor, LOL.

[@KeoNz]

@franzthegardener6978 lol I'm curious too as most people know nasi lemak is unquestionably malaysia's

[@franzthegardener6978]

@@KeoNz anyway, I am not sure why we fight over issues like these. After all apart from eventually being two different nations, both countries share a common heritage, and generally whatever food there is amongst the people, it is bound to exist in both countries and sometimes 3 countries if you think of Indonesia for food like satay.

[@angelangleacademy]

@@franzthegardener6978 malay historians all based on claims, guesses, and predictions..

[@franzthegardener6978]

@@angelangleacademy Disagree. Singapore will take the accolade in marketing its country, food and anything else. Singapore are just offspings of former Malaysians who opted out in 1963 to form a new country. We in Malaysia definitely have better chicken rice, bak kut teh, nasi lemak and roti canai (you guys called prata). And definitely much cheaper.

[@michaelshinjinakano5575]

Chilli Crab is originated from Minangkabau Tribe in indonesia , we call it Kepiting Balado

[@diahnurafni5348]

Does kepiting balado using egg like Chilli crab? I don't think so

[@heesingsia4634]

Don't even need to watch the video. Don't think any normal Malaysian will claim this dish. Projection at its best.

[@playmakersmusic]

Malaysians claim a lot of dish, just look for Danny Tan in the comment section lol

[@Mew77778]

@@playmakersmusic In the other video about Nasi Lemak, One guy called Kenny also like that. Maybe they are brothers or something lol

[@WilliamCheangSingapore]

KF Seetoh said it best... "you can go on and on... this is our version, that's it"

[@ariaaria709]

as a malaysian..we nvr claimed chilli crab as ours..

[@enkii82]

keep it to yourself, coz many of us do. it;s more like a homecook dish among Chinese Malaysian around KL valley.

[@peterlim33]

If you ask me, Chilli Crab is of Singaporean origin!! THe best Version still comes from Singapore!! Enjoy!!

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Malaysia and Singapore is the same similar country. Many Malaysian Chinese went to Singapore to stay and became PR which whoever invented the local dishes is the same. Because both countries have Chinese people. To whoever Singaporean or Malaysian argue about the food we eat, is even waste of time and no point. I am age 50 and when I am even age 7 my mother already cook chilli / ketchup crab is in our home cook menu, so is bak kut teh (black version)

[@tanahtumpahnyadarahku]

well, nobody wanted to argue about it, until someone begins to claim the food origins story.

[@unitedislife]

@@tanahtumpahnyadarahku Exactly.

[@kaiserlow652]

u were born in the 70s or late 60s, but chilli crab already created in 1956.

[@kaiserlow652]

In the 50s and 60s and even nowadays, many Malaysians (or Chinese immigrants from China, came to work in the S'pore restaurants as kitchen helpers, there is also a possibility that they learned to cook certain dishes in S'pore and later went bk to M'sia to set up businesses. it is also possible that the people of both countries exchanged recipes. In fact ,during those period ,most Chinese were from mainland China, it is very common for them to hv relatives in S'pore,M'sia,Thailand and Indonesia.

[@andresloft]

@@kaiserlow652 so chilli crab in this instant is from China, not from Singapore nor invented by Madam Cher.

[@dremondzerano]

Malaysia: damm Singapore your chili crab is the best Singapore: "IS CHILLI CRAB MALAYSIAN'S"

[@bbirongie4321]

I love these food fights series

[@Wolf_Enstein]

I'm in my sixties. My parents were born in the 1930s, in Kuala Lumpur. They had always remembered having chilli crabs in their teenage years in the late 1940s after WWII. It was tough times for them, and chilli crabs were a rare treat that they couldnt forget.

[@jason19780616]

I had the lala in chili Crab sauce without the egg while I was a kids … I’m not as old as you thou… I think it’s a popular dish back then

[@SharonWong-r7f]

Was it along Old Klang Road? Hai Peng was very popular on Old Klang road in the old days. I recall as a young child eating there in the 70s the mum used to cook alongside with her son who was around 37. The more popular chilli crab restaurants were mostly along this road. The mum there added egg to her sauce and would serve steamed buns and later on deep fried bread, which was my favourite. Whenever my grandmother, family and friends from Singapore we would bring them here to eat Chilli crab, types of crabs used, was whatever was in season but mostly Sri Lankan crabs as the meat was sweeter.

[@agielkencana684]

malaysian will claim your mom's original recipe at this point

[@SatrioBudiDharmawan]

3:47 as a foreigner in Singapore I can confirm that what he mentioned is wrong. Asked 10 random ppl in my country, all mentioned "Laksa Singapore"

[@anonviewerciv]

Is it just me or are these channel's videos not showing on the Subscriptions Feed? 2:45 Ice cream? 🍨 4:25 The Singaporean case. 🏙(17:50) 9:45 The Malaysian case. 🛥(14:14)

[@Soshiaircon91]

Pretty used to it, everytime Singapore invented something and made it famous Malaysia will claim it is theirs. Does not apply to food only.

[@Epiderm91]

What has Singapore invented? Nothing 😂😂😂...you're just good at marketing, thats all...

[@Mew77778]

What has Malaysia invented besides palm oil?

[@Epiderm91]

@@Mew77778 for starters, USB

[@halimahmad1973]

Singapore invented Singaporean lychee made from Rambutan bought from malaysia LOL

[@halimahmad1973]

@@Mew77778 musang king....later singapore claim it to attract tourist..

[@ladywhite79]

As a Singaporean, chilli crab originated from Sri Lanka and Kerala. Different versions. Yet when you go to Sri lanka, their seafood is amazing

[@herybertussuparwanto546]

Man, you should try indonesian "kepiting saus padang" before you make this

[@Danderman888]

Very well said towards and at the end! 👏

[@bobalbert4907]

Yes, When you know it's origin is not from your country but still deny the fact 😂

[@serenepoh5606]

Good food is to be enjoyed. Singapore was part of Malaysia; with descendants from many countries. Probably many ladies in Malaysia and Singapore have created a dish with similar ingredients, just tweaked to the local taste buds.

[@MrEagleeye58]

Some nearby countries will never be able to cook the true SG chilli crab because they do not allow the capture of any female crabs .. thus there will be no roe as expected in this dish.

[@pustakarileks7404]

What the differences with padang sauce crab?

[@hongsoowee9068]

Thank you author for the information.. sincerely appreciate

[@ViksterG]

To be honest, it's just sambal, mannn. It's not a complicated dish at all. Sambal typically is Malay/Indonesia style.

[@Soshiaircon91]

If your chilli crab is just sambal you not are not eating chilli crab. You can name it sambal crab or whatever and be malay style no one cares.

[@f.s.firdaus8106]

Malay/Indonesian? Do your research, kiddo,

[@ViksterG]

@@f.s.firdaus8106 Sambal is typically Malay/Indonesia origin kiddo.

[@f.s.firdaus8106]

@@ViksterG do more research, kiddo. I DARE U

[@ViksterG]

@@f.s.firdaus8106 It is kiddo.

[@fahmidamiah]

I love this reporter... and just realised he is also a chef! I literally cracked up when he was acting like a crab 01:27 😆I'm yet to try Chili Crab!

[@mochanomnom4626]

Looks similar to Kepiting saos padang 🙌

[@humfyb2544]

Okay CNA Insider, now when do you guys will do an episode on who founded the Bihun Singapore? 😅

[@Star-zi4ez]

Who care as long who cook the best 🇸🇬👍

[@BoOmMaGuOpEeP]

Haha, you are lucky they never claim the cook is malaysian. But when they said the food tasted awful, they will say it was cooked by Singaporeans. Pathetic malaysians.

[@ozvarifriliandi]

I don't know why Malaysian so eager to claim this and that. Some Indonesian would fight with words in internet when Malaysia claim something Indonesian, even with some scientific proof, Malaysian always and still claiming something. Example, Reog, or barongan. Some of us just already fed up with their claiming, but most of Indonesian know one thing for sure. That Malaysian themselves is came from Sumatra (Malaya), so we just like "eeeeeughhhhhhh... Them again...".

[@BoOmMaGuOpEeP]

Malaysian please take a look, even the Indonesians say that you all like to claim. Lol🤣

[@alannasarafat9938]

Indonesian left the chat for this food 😂😂😂

[@fuego767]

Indonesia have kepiting saus padang

[@alannasarafat9938]

@@fuego767 but it's way to different in taste and ingredients. The sauce padang use more spice like galangal, lemongrass, and lime leaf while chilli crab doesn't include that

[@herybertussuparwanto546]

Hahahaha you can check 14:30 minutes, do you think ancient recipe not from Indonesia? Minangkabau is located in Padang, that lady is descendent of Indonesia people. Of course we have complexity of ingredients, something that copy paste person can not copy and finally only make it simple.

[@umisulastri5827]

You never heard Kepiting Saus Padang 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RonnyFebri]

18:50 yak positip ini kepiting saos padang Bagi yg bilang bukan, cobain aja di sini (padang) Fyi, padang uda ada duluan sebelum singapura ada

[@ethos-]

Ngekalim lagi 🤣

[@vincenttan6303]

tbh, if the ingredients are just tomato, chili which most households have, it's quite likely it could've existed long before these "creators". I added tomato to my rice when I was young without having eaten tomato rice before, just like how the sauce is added to bak chor mee, anybody could've experimented with it.

[@kaiserlow652]

you are right, so why is M'sia claiming everything in S'pore comes from M'sia?

[@andresloft]

But in the first place, why the claims these dishes are created or originated in Singapore?

[@kaiserlow652]

@@andresloft because many people are searching for evidence. So, mdm Cher is the only one who can provide the proof that the dish was created in her restaurant in the 50s. In fact , many dishes might hv been created in one's own kitchen before it became popular in the restaurants but who can prove it? everyone is claiming that their grandmothers created the dishes, who knows?

[@andresloft]

@@kaiserlow652 kudos to Mdm Cher for having photos. But these proof are societal history and there are also oral histories from the other part of the region disputing the claim. If beyond reasonable doubt, Madam Cher should have been awarded with a plaque acknowledging her as the creator, and till then Singapore should not claim ‘from Singapore’

[@kaiserlow652]

@@andresloft do you know that oral history interviews are also not very accurate? it is because many who were interviewed were also not very clear about it ,they only based on their memories and some even got the dates wrong too. some restaurants may hv started serving some dishes in the past and later included new dishes in their menu but they claimed they started selling that dish from the time they started the business. For example, the lohei dish which your transport minister claimed to be created by his grandfather - they started serving the 冈州鱼面(fish noodles)，later served the raw fish dish ( which in the 30s, many cantonese and teochew Chinese eat in S'pore too but now it is banned in s'pore due to hygiene reasons) and later they improvised it and became the yusheng we eat today but who knows when? They claimed since the restaurant started in the 30s ,so this dish must be created by them. That restaurant could not even show pictures of the lohei dish even at a later date(if I am not wrong)

[@Haryadiajja]

i'm indonesian , i think Chilli Crab Come From Singapore, not from Malaysia!

[@fazril7972]

As a malaysian😂we dont care about this dish. Not even popular here. We got better richer seafood delicacies. Im not sure if this is an active debate between Malaysian chinese and singaporean chinese.

[@thomastc4535]

Check with your minister. 🤣

[@enkii82]

that's for you as a Malay Malaysian, not Chinese Malaysian. This dish is popular and common among Chinese Malaysians. Be respectful. this is akin to me saying as a malaysian we dont care about nasi lemak being claimed by Singaporeans to be theirs, since nasi lemak is more of a Malay dish.

[@normanocampo4466]

As long as it is DELICIOUS, I don't care where it came from, Singapore, or Malaysia, that is yours to sort out, my problem is my HUNGRY stomach

[@michaelmisantrope2146]

Honestly who cares. Singapore was a part of Malaysia. So obviously there's the similarities. How many Malay dishes Malaysia claim are actually Indonesian or hainanese Chicken rice . A Thai woman insisted to me it originated in Thailand. Like noodle's. She said Chinese noodles are yellow Thai noodles are white 😂. Couldn't believe my ears

[@thomastc4535]

She doesn't know there are many different types of noodles in China, including different colours!! Colourings are mainly the ingredients used.

[@kaimilan90]

To be honest Malaysian tourism minister are so desperately to promote tourism in malay they said reog Ponorogo from Malay,rendang from Malay,and nasi uduk/ lemak from Malay,bakut teh and Chili from Malay ? They hijacked their neighour country culture and food (indo,Singapore) controversy created spotlight and stage 😅😅,so how the tourism now in malaysia?

[@thomastc4535]

This is what they called Malaysia BOLEH !!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@masmmaw]

Why does Malaysia have a habit of "claiming" anything that belongs to its neighbours.

[@LokWeiJunSylvesterWestwoodss]

becauseit belongs to us malaysia not Singapore

[@salmer3454]

It's Malay cooking. There's sambal prawn, chicken, squid, cockles, petai.. but of course.. no one figured to make sambal crab until it got invented by Mdm Sher...

[@KeoNz]

because chili crab is not sambal crab

[@BertrandTan]

Was a perfect episode all the way till you used a blender instead of a mortar and pestle! 😂😂

[@cruzaderz10]

I am indonesian and i think the BEST chilli crab is from Singapore!!!

[@vandeseroy3266]

It is from hand of a chef who made it.The food has no nationality

[@sn5301679]

When its a part of culture, then it will have their "nationality" Example: pizza is from Italy, but different countries have their style. Other example: sushi, burger, pasta etc

[@jim.pearsall]

Thailand also has Fried Curry Crab (since 1969 at Somboon Seafood). It’s delicious!

[@hyuuganatsume2621]

Wait who claim chilli crab is Malaysia? I will agree if they said Nasi Lemak or Bak Kut Teh but just let Chili crab to Singaporean la

[@leealex24]

The chili and the crab is from Malaysia, so Malaysian la. That's a fact.

[@dwaynethewokjohnson6646]

@@leealex24 You are a loser and you must be an idiot

[@leendayusoff3770]

Well malaysia prefer kam keong style ..chili crab more liked sambal style...with egg

[@thomastc4535]

@@leealex24 Please lah....SG use Sri Lankan big crabs lah...go do research lah......lol !

[@toyshanger8945]

I don’t even need to watch, chili crab is Singapore.

[@FirstLast-cb7sv]

1956- Singapore crab chilli 1957- Malaysia (Singapore inside Malaysia) independence. 1965- Singapore split from Malaysia. Well, it is Malaysia. Technically. In past, basically Singapore is part of Malaysia.

[@seungjusion2614]

When I lived in Dansara in Malaysia, I took a taxi and went somewhere to eat chili crab. I still can't forget the taste. I don't really like stick crabs, but my prejudice disappeared after eating chili crab.

[@Noy201-i3p]

Go all the way to Langkawi to find chili crab...wrong reference!...Just in KL it self there are plenty,...Wong Poh rest in PJ, Sai Gong rest in Kepong, Fatty crab in Wangsa Permai, B lui rest in Kepong any many more. Chili crab is easy to cook, cook many time at home too. No secret about this dish.

[@wakakabravo7998]

We malay do have similar dish that look like chili crab which is ketam masak lemak. The difference is the colour is yellowish green and instead of spicy, its salty.

[@thomastc4535]

Also SG use Sri Lankan Big Crabs for more meat too!

[@itshry]

Crab is amphibians animal. i am wondering Muslim eat amphibians animal?.

[@wakakabravo7998]

@@itshry they are not amphibian animal. lol

[@wakakabravo7998]

@@thomastc4535 so in singapore it cant be said as chili crab if u dont use sri lankan big crab ?

[@joey070893]

@@itshry lol tf is this comment? bhahahahahahahahaha

[@BizByte]

Bruce Lee invented Jeet Kune Do, Donny Yen popularized Wing Chun, and Ip Man is a practitioner of Wing Chun. Bruce Lee foundation is Wing Chun, but don't mind saying he invented Jeet Kune Do because he did. Do Jeet Kune Do have some technique from Wing Chun, i don't know? So, some old master invented Wing Chun. Chili crab is just a dish and many Chefs can invent something similar no matter where and when. They always say, "I invented it". Yes, you invented your version of Chili crab. Food or dishes always evolving all the time depending on styles, taste, popularity, etc. "Singapore Chili crab" is invented in Singapore and become popular. Malaysia Chili crab is invented in Malaysia and may not be so popular. As long as it taste good, I am all in for it. There is no answer to it, like someone came to you and said, i know the answer chicken came first and not the egg. Next will be Pan Mee, who invented it first? My son told me, there is no good Pan Mee if he study in overseas. I told him yes, eat as much as you like now and please go back to study. What research method does the food historian use to find their conclusion - I hope not by just eating a lot of Chili crabs and talking to people! and what supporting evidence is solid enuf to support the research? Can food historian wrong, of course! Can they be right, absolutely as long as they have good evidence the history of it origin. Find someone 1st generation from China migrated to South East Asia - if he/she alive and have eaten Chili crab before and you will know when this this dish was invented.

[@stanleyyeep1]

Chilli crab was invented by the 4 Cantonese migrants heavenly king chef in Singapore. One of the early restaurant Cantonese chef set up 永春園 Wing Chun Yun at Upper East Coast road. Another chef heavily king also sell this in Red Star restaurant. That olden time, upper east road that stretch is a beach seaside.

[@cocaineminor4420]

As a Singaporean I don't get why we are fighting lol all our Chinese food come from china

[@andrewho18]

Chilli crab was actually invented by jackie chan and donnie yen

[@leealex24]

Haha, chill man, you want to file a case in court on this to determine the verdict? It's just chill crab man. Doesn't bother me where it originate, both sides still can eat. I'm here just to make fun of this.

[@playmakersmusic]

18:58 interior looks like Red Star Restaurant

[@lyhthegreat]

@@cocaineminor4420 chilli crab is not from china omg....next thing you gonna tell us laksa is from china as well?

[@_A_Ong]

you should ask any nyonya family in Penang who willing to make this crab for you, we dont call chili crab, (i dont really know if there is a name of it.) because we only have one type of cooking crab.and we also add egg at last. it is nyonya cooking .

[@Rayong33]

When I was a kid in the 60s, my dad used to bring us to eat chili crabs abd ginger baked crabs in a restaurant ran by a fat chef named Ah Luan in Malacca. The look and taste is exactly the same as that in Singapore. Ah Luan migrated to Singapore later. I believe the chili crab originated from him or chefs from Malaysia when they went over to Singapore for greener pastures.

[@KeoNz]

did you even watch the video? Roland's mom invented the dish in the 50s so how could your Ah Luan guy be the inventor when he migrate in the 60s?

[@chipmunkeydog]

According to vid, chilli crabs created in 1956 when Singapore was still in Malaya. IMHO it originated in Singapore and Malaysian also

[@KeoNz]

Singapore only joined Malaysia for 2 years from 1963 to 1965. Nice try though

[@thomastc4535]

@@KeoNz Well, they can still claim its' theirs....

[@KeoNz]

@@thomastc4535 as usual, shameless Malaysians trying to claim everything

[@wanzmejuez]

Roti Canai origin Singapore Nasi Lemak origin Singapore Rendang origin Singapore Tempe origin Singapore Laksa origin Singapore

[@zulfadhlihakim-jo9xj]

@iz 00 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@f.s.firdaus8106]

Self-Destruction origin Singapore

[@blasphemy4333]

Pizza origin Singapore Pasta origin Singapore Sushi origin Singapore Mac n' Cheese origin Singapore I guess 99% foods on the earth is originally from Singapore

[@Kenneth-rw2hg]

lazy and lepak origin malaysia

[@mikey6538]

after reading all the comments, the conclusion is chilli crabs, nasi lemak, BKT n chendol are all from britain because both countries were under the british rule.. fair

[@Tungku66]

A lot of seafood restaurants in Malaysia don’t even offer chili crab!

[@calvinang1]

Indonesia, since all the crabs originates from there

[@thomastc4535]

Crabs use is from Sri Lanka.....hahaha!

[@spriinngflowerrs]

欸... 这个系列很无聊啦 不要再做了 毫无意义的斗争

[@jonxu6856]

whether or not it came from malaysia or singapore, it was made famous by singapore. thats what matters and fact is chili crab in singapore is alot better.

[@halimahmad1973]

Famous doesnt change the origin place...😂😂😂😂

[@thomastc4535]

@@halimahmad1973 Malaysia Boleh!! Btw, do you use Sri Lankan Crabs??

[@romeocivilino6667]

Chili Crab cooking palate have been eaten in the Philippines as Heirloom dishes in the Philippines as far as 17th century, especially in Manila and Cavite, where ingredients from the New World(Americas/Mexico and Peru) and Europe is being brought altogether. Many Heirloom Recipes of many Prominent Families from the Spanish Colonial Times, have been created during 17th-18th century where most of new ingredients first reached the Philippines before the rest of Asia thru Manila Galleon Trade.

[@jonross8925]

@Romeo Civilino ., That's by sea, So what happen? why it is not an everyday dishes like pancit, Kari-kari? Don't you think any spices would reach other countries by land first? like from India or China that reaches the neighboring Asian countries.

[@heheneji]

phillipines food are mostly sub par when compared to other south east asian dishes. so, chili crab definitely didn't come or inspired from phillipines.

[@erni25]

oh cool!

[@Nice-Biscuit]

Welcome Philippines, to the Chilli Crab food war! XD That's if you want to join in.

[@pacquilanomilano4540]

😂😂 selamat datang.. welcome to fight philippine.. by the way im from Indonesia (referee) 😅

[@orianawr9579]

Chili Crab ? I thought it could be some random dishes that any cheff could cooks

[@SgRoomGym]

Are you sure Indonesia never had it much earlier?

[@mazda503]

Did Madam Cher have any apprentices?

[@agungprasetyo2665]

Everything in the world is from Malaysia.. according malaysian.. its just their nature. Its just.. them

[@BoOmMaGuOpEeP]

That’s in their blood!

[@wilsonwong9418]

Please do a Loh Hei as I know this was invented in Singapore . Malaysia is copying this dish and so not want the Malaysian to claim this

[@thomastc4535]

Think it's origin was from HK, then came to SG and becomes very popular. The preparation and style were also modernised in SG.

[@andresloft]

It is just good and constant marketing from Singapore like bloggers, STB and programme like this. Why not Singapore claim and promote Bak Chok Mee or Hokkien Prawn Mee? Singapore won’t, because these food are not ‘sexy’ or ‘sophisticated’ enough to have a good narrative as Singapore food

[@tanahtumpahnyadarahku]

Quite true. Singapre Bak Chok Mee and fried prawn mee are 2 of the dishes i must have whenever i enter to Singapore, but they just ignored these and went after those which super popular Malaysian Food.

[@liberaltart7531]

So Just don’t claim invention or origin. Just claim Singapore has tastiest Chilli crab. By claiming origin , you just mocked others copycat, where you can’t prove the origin. Be more decent. Claiming nasi lemak or laksa origin in Singapore is such disrespect of Malay culture, and taste buds.

[@andresloft]

Laksa, Singapore i s arguing who is the original Katong laksa that is basically noodle cut into short strips to eat with spoons- it’s just so that the shops do not need to wash additional utensils. Laksa in Malaysia is about the different taste from different states. They are so exquisitely distinct that reflects the culture of the different States

[@tinateh]

Singaporean la. Malaysian seafood shops serves sweet and sour crab not chilli sauce crab. Dunno why suddenly now called Chili crab.

[@blackumbrella6199]

You guys don't need to argue, Chilli Crab is Thai. In fact, it's Curry Crab in Thailand but Singaporeans and Malaysians had taken the curry out and added more chili to the dish when you guys stole it from us, hahaha. So please stop fighting over each other, you're both a thief.

[@vincentchin88]

I thought it would have been from India cos when I was there they had chili crabs but without tomato ketchup. Theyb probably would have a longer history as a civilisation and for spicy food.

[@ottomantaiga8118]

No lah..it’s from curry crab is from Malaysia also…somebody at home in Msia cook it 😂

[@vassanab4243]

@@ottomantaiga8118 we also cook this at home, so what?

[@ottomantaiga8118]

@@vassanab4243 well Malaysians claim is theirs because somebody in their family / makcik cooked it. Hence the dig ;)

[@thomastc4535]

Nah....it's from Sri Lanka cos the Crabs is from there.

[@ethos-]

Originally Sri Lankan brought to Malay peninsular. Over the years, Chinese cooking method used by the vendor/cooker then it became somewhat we see today. It also popularised in Singapore in late 80s

[@bonnieculla6210]

jadi agak ngeri ama Ayam Geprek, Ayam penyet, ama Ayam gepuk ciptaan JAWA yg sekarang juga terkenal di maleis entar diklaim lagi 😂

[@ethos-]

@@bonnieculla6210 Indon mendonia show how education is important and how debate should be interconnect lol

[@bonnieculla6210]

@@ethos- entar pake alasan apalagi mo ngeklaim per-Ayaman JAWA yg diciptakan tahun 2000an ini? kan dulu alasannya "Indonesia tak wujud", trus makanan modern dari Jawa ini pake alasan apa? 🤪

[@ethos-]

@@bonnieculla6210 I dont entertain indon pedophile with zero knowledge of history

[@ethos-]

@@bonnieculla6210 jd ngeri sama babu jawa yg sekarang jd kuli wkwkwkwk

[@robertjudono4183]

suprise its acutally indonesia

[@Armz69]

Lol 😂

[@starsea122]

My first encounter of Singapore Chilli Crab 40 years ago is Fried Crab with Maggi Chilli Ketchup Sauce

[@cfdsg2455m]

I really dislike this kind of content,you want to show the dish just show lah,why alway kiasu ,wanted so much No 1, did Malaysia show alway like that?Pleaselah,

[@spriinngflowerrs]

ikr…it‘s not about kiasu but the fact that reaching a conclusion by just interviewing a few people. lol

[@KeoNz]

Malaysia can't produce this kind of show because they got no proof at all to any of their food origins. all is hearsay only .My ah gong ah ma last time eat before / cook before / grandma dad give to me before. How to produce a show? 😂

[@lemon2524]

There are plenty of Malaysian videos praising Malaysian food.

[@Carolf1213]

Food is culture is alive. It travels.

[@theravster3363]

Anything done in Singapore is always better!❤

[@taqwadynamic]

Chili Crab is a singaporean dish. Because whenever I taste it in Malaysia, it has a weird taste to it. Like a fictional taste? That it adjust to suit a Malaysia palate. But when eat it in Singapore, yeah it taste like the original or taste like home. That's how I knew that it must be originally in Singapore. I'm Malaysia but I admit that this is Singaporean dish. Anyway I really love this channel. It teach or give us the knowledge of the roots of our dishes. I learn a lot. But what I don't like is the comment section where there will be a lot claim going on. Well I don't really care, but it does annoyed me. Just enjoy the shows

[@LokWeiJunSylvesterWestwoodss]

nvm guys i am Malaysian too and i think that it is also originated from singapore

[@jaslynkoh7364]

Not suprised to see chilli crabs in both Malaysia and Singapore in the 60s. As long as you are a chilli lovers, you will add chilli sauce to your crabs. So why bother where it come from?

[@yp5282]

I don’t think talking to one family in Langkawi can settle this question though admittedly, popularised in Singapore

[@randomreal3228]

The real origin of chilly crab is from Chile "hundred years ago a fishermen from Chile selling his catch" it goes like this buyer: hey where are you from, what are you selling? chile fishermen: i'm from chile.. i sell crab buyer: ohhh chilly crab.. case closed....

[@thomastc4535]

Chilli as well. Should be Chilli Chilli Crabs!

[@amberxIaoAya]

I never heard Malaysian claim Chili crab is Malaysia food, you can have it la Singapore, because we got more delicious food

[@thomastc4535]

Malaysia has delicious COCONUTS!!! Malaysia BOLEH!! hahaha!!

[@enkii82]

are you not a Chinese Malaysian living in KL? if so, that's why you never heard of it.

[@chumi05]

Please share yr recipe Chef😅

[@nmsyfq]

I’m Malaysian and chili crab not common in malaysia

[@PeterTan1122]

Actualy from both countries. Once Singapore was part of Malaysia.😊

[@adjromulos]

Grandmother used to make this since way before 63...

[@ongernie7216]

Some of them that come to Singapore as immigrant to work. Also call themself Singapore. Without any documentation to proof.