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 screen grab of Ms Felicia Song's TikTok video showed her husband referring to his notebook for guidance in his attempt to order nasi padang entirely in Malay.
As the couple were walking to the stall located in Bukit Panjang Hawker Centre, Mr Hong whipped out a notebook that would aid him in the ordering process and proudly showed it to his wife. When they arrived at the stall, Mr Hong is seen flipping through his notebook and walking over to the stall next door in an attempt to gather his nerves before going back to place his order.
While he stumbled through some parts of the ordering process and had to refer to his notebook for guidance, he eventually managed to order rendang, chye sim, egg, potato and sambal as his choice of dishes to go with his rice. Many netizens expressed their delight at Mr Hong's efforts at using the Malay language, with many praising his ability to pronounce the words accurately.
"To see him finish off his plate and how humble he was when ordering... I am very impressed. Good job oppa," one wrote, using a Korean term of endearment.
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