Malaysian man sparks online storm by cooking, eating RM2,800 flowerhorn fishWan Norlela Wan Sazali
New Straits TimesJuly 19, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR: Would you eat a flowerhorn fish that you paid almost RM3,000 for?
One Malaysian man certainly did, and even posted a video of him preparing and cooking the fish after paying almost RM3,000 for it.
Luohan or Flowerhorn cichlids are ornamental aquarium fish best known for their striking colours and the unique shaped heads.
Muhammad Firdaus Othman posted the video on his Facebook page on July 12 after purchasing the fish from his friend for a whopping RM2,845.
The video shows the fish being placed on a chopping board, with its distinctive head bump cut off because according to Firdaus, the latter is merely made up of fats.
The 28-year-old then seasoned and fried the fish before consuming it with his friends, shown in a series of pictures on his Facebook page.
Firdaus described the taste of the luohan as “..tasty, sweet, and juicy, even better than tilapia.
He also questioned those who said the fish should not be eaten.
“What do you mean it cannot be eaten? Fish is food; its vivid and beautiful appearance does not mean you cannot touch it,” he wrote.
The post has since caught drawn more than four million views and has been shared over 23,000 times.
Social media users were quick to voice out their discomfort in the comments section.
One commenter said, “Thank God it was not my fish, I would have slaughtered him if it was mine.”
Another person wrote: “I heard that if you eat this fish, it will bring bad luck to your life.”
Firdaus shrugged off the criticism by saying: “I don’t think there was anything strange in eating the fish.”
He also questioned those who said the fish should not be eaten.
“What do you mean it cannot be eaten? Fish is food; its vivid and beautiful appearance does not mean you cannot touch it,” he wrote.
The post has since caught drawn more than four million views and has been shared over 23,000 times.
Social media users were quick to voice out their discomfort in the comments section.
One commenter said, “Thank God it was not my fish, I would have slaughtered him if it was mine.”
Another person wrote: “I heard that if you eat this fish, it will bring bad luck to your life.”
Firdaus shrugged off the criticism by saying: “I don’t think there was anything strange in eating the fish.”
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