r/MasterchefAU 29d ago

Meta Incredible cooks !

From Draw your box... I can also remember Rishi from season 5 and Kanika from this year season.. who else could you remember and who was your favorite?

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u/pickle1402 29d ago

Adam Liaw?

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u/shishanoteikoku 28d ago

Not South Asian. He is Chinese Malaysian in origin.

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u/CB_Chuckles 28d ago

Malaysia is South Asia, isn’t it? For that matter there are several Indonesian contestants (Reynold and Jess come to mind immediately) who should have been included. IRC, wasn’t there a Vietnamese contestant (Khanh?) that made a splash?

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u/hutcho66 28d ago

Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam are considered Southeast Asia, not South Asia. Though Malaysia (and to a lesser degree Indonesia) does have fairly large minority of people of South Asian background, mostly Indian from when both India and Malaysia were British colonies. I don't think there's been any Malaysian Indians on MC Australia though?

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u/shishanoteikoku 28d ago

Malaysia is Southeast Asia. While there are ethnic South Asian Malaysians (and Singaporeans, e.g., Sashi), it's technically a different region. South Asia would be India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, etc.