Taiwanese tourist sorry for criticising M'sian food

Compiled by DIYANA PFORDTEN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A TOURIST from Taiwan, who drew flak online for claiming that Malaysian food was not fit for human consumption, has apologised, Sin Chew Daily reported.
She explained that she had wanted to convey the message in a light-hearted manner, but now regretted her choice of words.
'I wanted to make a funny post once I returned home about how Malaysian food did not suit my palate. However, my poor choice of words led to a misunderstanding,' she wrote on Instagram.
'I bear no ill will and did not mean to attack anyone. I apologise to all Malaysians!'
It was reported earlier that the woman had said she never wanted to return to Malaysia due to the awful food, and that she was glad to be back in Taiwan so that she could enjoy food 'fit for humans'.
Her post drew a wave of criticism from Malaysians, many of whom urged her to respect the culinary culture of other countries.
'Many people say they love Malaysian food. If it does not suit your palate, there is no need to belittle another country's food.
'Respect and politeness are things everyone truly needs to learn,' one Internet user wrote.
> The daily also reported that a man in China's Yunnan province started seeing sea creatures like octopi and jellyfish in his living room after consuming wild mushrooms but recovered thanks to quick medical intervention.
On May 20, a man surnamed Hu bought lurid bolete mushrooms from the market, cooked, and ate them. Soon after, he began hallucinating octopi, jellyfish, butterflies, and even a phoenix in his living room.
It's believed that other toxic fungi resembling lurid bolete were mixed in his mushrooms, leading to accidental poisoning.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.

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