There's this sensitivity lately about "cultural appropriation".
While this is not really cultural appropriation, it's still an appropriation of some kind. At least I feel it is....on the word "nyonya".
People just affix the word "nyonya" to anything and everything just so that the product could (i) catch more attention, (ii) be priced at a premium, and/or (iii) sound fancier or more exotic.
K and I were at a wholesaler for bak kwa last week. They sold "nyonya bak kwa".
Like what the hell is "nonya bak kwa"?? Nonsense lah....I didn't bother to try it at all.
And then KFC is marketing it's "nyonya chicken" now. Simi "nyonya chicken"??
No such thing lor...there are different chicken dishes in Peranakan cuisine...but none of it is even similar to whatever KFC is selling now.....ayam buah keluak, ayam pongteh, ayam sio, ayam curry....
Bah to such gimmicks!
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