NY Times pulls ‘Singapore curry’ video after backlash

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Singapore (AFP) – The New York Times pulled a video Friday showing a Taiwan-based writer making a “Singaporean chicken curry” after furious critics in the city-state said it resembled sewage rather than a local dish. Singaporeans are fiercely proud of their culinary traditions, which fuse influences from the country’s multi-ethnic population, and are sensitive to botched attempts by outsiders to portray their cherished dishes.  The controversy began when the Times posted a video this month on its “nytcooking” Instagram account showing Clarissa Wei, a Taipei-based American freelance journalist,…

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