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SEA Games food chief explains why athletes mistook chicken sausage as kikiam

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - Some SEA Games athletes mistook chicken sausage as a non-Halal Filipino street food after hotel staff tried to tweak the processed meat with spices, a tournament official said Wednesday days after pictures of the alleged &quot;kikiam&quot; meal <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/25/19/breakfast-of-champions-sea-games-athletes-kikiam-and-egg-meal-trends">went viral</a>.Officials of the Whitewoods Convention &amp; Leisure Hotel in Cavite earlier <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/27/19/sea-games-hotel-served-chicken-sausage-not-kikiam-to-football-players">belied allegations</a> that they served the usually cheap dish to national athletes, saying that game organizers inspected the processed meat before it was cooked and served to SEA Games delegates.&quot;It basically is just a chicken hotdog,&quot; SEA Games Executive Chef Bruce Lim said when reporters asked him to confirm the hotel&#x27;s claim.&quot;The hotel wanted to liven it up a bit so what they did was saute it with soy sauce and different spices so it looked like kikiam, but it really wasn&#x27;t,&quot; he said.Philippine Malditas coach Let Dimzon - who earlier said that members of the country&#x27;s national women&#x27;s football team were served with kikiam - &quot;did not taste it,&quot; Lim said.&quot;I think the hotel is requiring them to issue a public apology but that is out of my control. It&#x27;s up to the coach and the hotel,&quot; he said.Officials in charge of SEA Games dishes will &quot;triple-check&quot; the dietary restrictions of delegates and will require hotels to provide an allergens list for every dish served, the tournament&#x27;s executive chef said after reports that Brunei&#x27;s football team captain was brought to hospital over the weekend due to peanut allergies.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/27/19/after-brunei-royals-food-allergy-sea-games-food-chief-to-triple-check-athletes-dietary-needs">After Brunei royal&#x27;s food allergy: SEA Games food chief to &#x27;triple check&#x27; athletes&#x27; dietary needs</a></li></ul>Despite assurances that only Halal-certified food is served in the 30th SEA Games, some countries have decided to provide food for their athletes to ensure that their delegates receive sufficient nutrients throughout the 11-day regional competition.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/11/26/19/sea-games-chefs-in-clark-subic-assure-athletes-of-quality-halal-food">SEA Games: Chefs in Clark, Subic assure athletes of quality, halal food</a></li></ul>

Some SEA Games athletes mistook chicken sausage as a non-Halal Filipino street food after hotel staff tried to tweak the processed meat with spices, a tournament official said Wednesday days after pictures of the alleged "kikiam" meal went viral.

Some SEA Games athletes mistook chicken sausage as a non-Halal Filipino street food after hotel staff tried to tweak the processed meat with spices, a tournament official said Wednesday days after pictures of the alleged "kikiam" meal went viral.

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SEA Games food chief explains why athletes mistook chicken sausage as kikiam

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 28, 2019 07:54 AM PHT

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Updated November 29, 2019 12:17 AM PHT

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