“We cannot continue to let other countries hijack - “We cannot continue to let other countries hijack our food,” Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen said on Thursday according to the Star newspaper. “Chili crab is Malaysian. Hainanese chicken rice is Malaysian. We have to lay claim to our food.” Other dishes Malaysia claims as its include the fragrant coconut milk rice “nasi lemak,” the spicy soup noodle “laksa” and the pork ribs herbal soup “bak kut teh.” “In the next three months, we will identify certain key dishes [to be declared as Malaysian]. We have identified laksa — all types of laksa — nasi lemak and bak kut teh,” she said.