SINGAPORE: After a local man complained in a Facebook post about a woman who took the butter out of her order of kaya toast before dipping it in her eggs, others online said that maybe that’s just how she likes it.
In the much-commented-on post, the digital creator Greg Leow, who is behind the Greg’s Big Eats channel on YouTube, wrote that he "had to do a mental facepalm seriously” after seeing what the woman had done to her order at Ya Kun Kaya Toast. After all, the sweet-and-salty toast is traditionally dipped as is into soft-boiled eggs with soy sauce, salt and pepper.
Evidently, for the post author, the butter is one of the best parts of the dish.
Mr Leow then went on to write that butter is as nutritious as the soft-boiled eggs, if not actually more so, as it “provides fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K2), butyrate for gut health, CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid).”
He added that butter also contributes to feeling full and has a lot of energy, particularly for those who don’t get it from carbohydrates and sugar, such as those who are following a ketogenic diet, or, say, diabetics who follow food restrictions.
He did acknowledge the concerns people may have over the effect of saturated fat on cholesterol levels, but wrote that this “risk is often overstated.”
“It’s already been scientifically proven that dietary cholesterol has limited impact on blood levels for most people because your liver is the one producing cholesterol for your body, not what you consume,” wrote Mr Leow, who also pointed out that the kaya toast chain serves real butter, and not margarine, which “is infinitely worse” for as it contains trans fats, which are bad for heart health.
He ended his post, which he admitted was a rant, by saying that he could at least console himself in that the woman still ate her eggs.
In the postscripts he added after his post blew up, he explained that the point of his post was to promote the benefits of butter, which, to be fair, has had a bad reputation due to modern dietary theories linking its high saturated fat content to heart disease.
“This page exists just to promote healthy ways of eating, and I don’t make money. It’s all volunteer work,” Mr Leow added.
Many commenters reminded him, gently and not so gently, that ultimately, it’s the woman’s choice as to how she wants to eat her kaya toast.
“I don’t take butter either. I always tell the cashier that I don’t want butter in my kaya toast. Consumers are entitled to their own preferences, aren’t they?” one wrote.
“Maybe she just doesn't like butter?” a commenter added.
“Maybe she's lactose intolerant, or she can't take fat like some people who got gallbladder removed and fat might trigger stomach upset,” a Facebook user guessed.
Another asked, “Now got butter police?”
Mr Leow took this in stride and answered, “Anything to extol the virtues of butter.” /TISG
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