It's a rice dish that resembles fried rice.

It's called nasi goreng.

One small tweet, one big reaction

In case you're wondering, yes; we know that nasi goreng is fried rice, but some people don't.

A post on Twitter has gone viral - and struck a nerve with us fellow Southeast Asians who can't live without our fried rice - because of a little boo-boo by an Indonesian rapper.

Twitter page @Food Insider recently posted a video showing Indonesian rapper Rich Brian cooking fried rice, with a caption that did not go down too well with many foodies out there.

“Resembling fried rice, nasi goreng is made with a thick, sweet Indonesian soy sauce called kecap,” read the caption.

Resembling fried rice, nasi goreng is made with a thick, sweet Indonesian soy sauce called kecap pic.twitter.com/fnGVvfmyOX

— Food Insider (@InsiderFood) December 30, 2019

OK, just in case some of you really do not know because you don't speak the language, nasi goreng literally translates to fried rice:

The only shocking thing for us is that despite the Bahasa Malaysia language sharing similiarities with Bahasa Indonesia, an Indonesian rapper does not know that nasi goreng is literally fried rice!!!

Of course, Food Insider's tweet was mercilessly ‘attacked’ by Netizens:

"Nasi goreng" is "fried rice".. it's the very same thing... you white people made Google Translate but never bother to actually use it for cross-checking a simple phrase or vocabulary is beyond me.

— ❄️ ｚｉ (@kleponwajik) December 30, 2019

of course it resembles fried rice, nasi goreng is literally fried rice...

— Kev Marc (@KevMarcPoh) December 30, 2019

"ReSeMbLiNg fRiEd RiCe""NaSi gOrEnG" → Malay/Indonesian for "fried rice" pic.twitter.com/4BdfePx6r0

— eggy (@acidicchristie) December 30, 2019

dude It's a literal direct translation.... not just "resembling" lmaoooo??? pic.twitter.com/fTVo1hM3Ae

— ズミ??✨ (@me_wo_tojite) December 30, 2019

It doesn't resemble fried rice. IT IS FRIED RICE. NASI GORENG LITERALLY MEANS FRIED RICE omfg

— Kate Walton (@waltonkate) December 31, 2019

I love nasi goreng! Best eaten with telur goreng which is another popular dish resembling fried egg.

— Merci Arsène (@fuadsyazwan) December 30, 2019

Lmao nasi goreng is freaking fried rice...Nusantara country is shakingg

— إيز لإرشد⁦☄️⁩ (@izzulirsyad1114) December 30, 2019

“Resembling fried rice”? Excuse me?? Nasi goreng a) is definitely fried rice and b) literally means fried rice!Nasi = riceGoreng = fried

— ??? (@NotNickMurray) December 30, 2019

After the whole issue blew up the Internet, Food Insider finally realised their mistake, but it's too little too late:

The tweet above incorrectly states the dish "resembles" fried rice. It is, in fact, fried rice.

— Food Insider (@InsiderFood) January 7, 2020

Oh well, all we can say is that we need to do some research before posting anything online.