KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 ― Malaysian celebrity Redzuawan Ismail, better known as “Chef Wan”, today advised other professionals in the field to improve their English, after the embarrassing slip-up in a Parliament dinner menu that said “scissors salad” instead of “caesar salad”.

According to NST Online, the outspoken Chef Wan said no “properly-trained” chef would have made such a mistake, although he later admitted that it may be possible that some in the profession here do not know the dish.

“Not everyone is exposed to the classics. Especially with some segments of society, who are more exposed to pizza, pasta and spaghetti,” he was quoted saying.

He added, however, that local chefs should try and improve their language skills, noting that even though he was no master of English, he often pushes himself.

“I push myself, even though my Instagram postings have ‘berterabur' grammar,” he said.

“Go out and explore more, you need to connect yourself with the world.

“Their English is very bad. Even if they go to London, they’ll come back and they speak 'berterabur' (haphazardly),” he added.

The hashtag #scissorssalad trended on Twitter and Facebook yesterday, with Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin posting a picture of scissors-shaped lettuce on Twitter saying,

“Couldn't resist. Hidop scissors salad,” which means, long live scissors salad.

The error also occurred when renewed discourse over the declining level of English among Malaysians is taking place, following Sarawak’s decision to adopt the language as one of its official tongues.

Earlier today, the Parliament secretariat said the spelling error was a mistake by the firm catering the dinner in question.

It further explained that the faulty menu had not been viewed by guests at the dinner as the error was rectified before the event, and criticised the dissemination of pictures depicting the mistake.