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WORD WAR BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND MALAYSIA: BEST AND WORST FOOD

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L-R: Radzawan, Tayag, Comerford
L-R: Redzuawan, Tayag, Comerford

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (The Adobo Chronicles®)  –A word war is brewing between the Philippines and its neighbor country, Malaysia.

And no, it has nothing to do with the Philippines’ claim over Malaysian-occupied Sabah, nor the territorial dispute between the two countries over the Spratly islands in the South China Sea, which also involves China and other Southeast Asian nations.

It is all about food. Yes, food.

Shortly after a CNN report named the Philippines the second best food destination in the world, next only to Taiwan, Malaysian celebrity chef  Datuk Redzuawan opposed the survey results, saying that sixth placer Malaysia should have topped the list.

“Blessed with an abundance of seafood, tropical fruits and creative cooks, there’s more to Filipino food than the mind-boggling balut (duck embryo),” CNN said in its report on Monday.

It highlighted the world-famous adobo, which it said was originally Mexican that Filipinos devised as a cooking method. “And that is exactly why the Philippines should not have garnered second place,” the Malaysian chef argued. “ All its foods are copycats from Spain, China, Japan and the U.S.”

In response to the Malaysian criticism, Filipino Chef Claude Tayag, whose version of the adobo was featured in the CNN report, challenged Redzuawan to a one-on-one “Cook-off,” where either chef would prepare his best local cuisine in a show to be broadcast live from the Mall of Asia in Manila.

White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford has been invited to judge the competition, to the objection of Redzuawan.  Comerford is Filipina.

The date is yet to be determined.

The Adobo Chronicles® will be among the sponsors of the cook-off.

International, The Media, Travel

CNN, FOX NEWS IN A FIERCE CONTEST TO SOLVE MISSING AIRASIA FLIGHT MYSTERY

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Screen grab, FOX News
Screen grab, FOX News

Atlanta, Georgia (The Adobo Chronicles) –AirAsia flight QZ8501 went missing from radar en route to Singapore. The plane lost contact somewhere over the Java Sea and while there was no emergency or distress call, the pilot did request an altitude change citing severe weather just before the plane vanished from radar.

Like the still unsolved mystery of the Malaysia Airlines  Flight 370, the  loss of contact with the AirAsia aircraft has triggered a fierce contest between cable news networks CNN and FOX News. Either network wants to be the first to solve the mystery.

CNN Aviation Analyst  Mary Schiavo said that  terrorism happens  when it’s nice out, not when there’s bad weather which seems to be the case with AirAsia Flight QZ8501.

“At this point, given it was extremely bad weather, the chances of this being some sort of a terrorist activity are very small.,” Schiavo said, on television. “Because most terrorist activity takes place in good weather.”

Today Fox News host Anna Kooiman invited former FAA spokesperson Scott Brenner to discuss the difference in the way American pilots and non-American pilots were trained and if maybe that had anything to do with what happened to the Air Asia passenger jet.

While it seems pretty clear Brenner was probably about to address the difference in pilot training, Kooiman took the opportunity to highlight the dangers of the metric system and “a difference in the way that we measure things.”

“Even when we think about temperature, it’s Fahrenheit or Celsius,” she pointed out. “It’s kilometers or miles. You know, everything about their training could be similar, but different.”

Brenner agreed with Kooiman, saying that the U.S. should convert to the metic system since “we are the only country still using the imperial system.”

Then Kooiman’s co-host Charles Payne proceeded to blame Asian culture, saying that all Asian people will humbly and unquestioningly obey procedure even if that means crashing an airplane killing hundreds of people lest they bring shame and dishonor on their family.

For up-to-date analysis, wild speculation, out-of-this-world theories about what may have caused the AirAsia jetliner to go missing, tune in to either CNN or FOX News in the next 90 days. They could use your support to boost their ratings.

Which news network will win the contest?

International, Travel

FOR THE PHILIPPINES, IT JUST KEEPS ON GOING AND GOING

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imagePutrajaya, Malaysia- Just like the energizer bunny, the Philippines just keeps on going and going and going.

On the last evening of 2013, the Philippines won yet another international beauty pageant, Miss Tourism International held in Malaysia. Miss Philippines Angeli Dione Gomez bested 59 other beauties from around the world to win the title previously held by another Filipina. Miss Gomez joins the list of Filipinas who won major international beauty crowns this year including Miss World, Miss International and Miss Supranational, not to mention the third place finish in this year’s Miss Universe Pageant.

As a result of this latest win, the decision by the Association of Beauty Pageant Franchise Holders (ABPFH) to ban the Philippines from participating in beauty pageants for the next two years has been revised yet again. The ban will now remain in effect for four years.  See previous story about the ban as reported in The Adobo Chronicles.