Almost anything can be high class. It's all a matter of
presentation.
I am also inclined to believe that the local organizers are the
real snobs. If you put tau huay in a nice china bowl with gold
accents and serve it to a clueless Frenchman, he would see it as
some exotic dessert.
It's only the locals who see tau huay as a poor man's food. And
even a poor man's food has its merits.
Quiche, soup, pasta and sandwiches, even those fancy
sounding dessrts like macarons, sticky pudding and panna
cotta are definitely everyday food items in Europe. The same
goes for Japanese ramen, but look at the difference in prices for
renditions of similar quality. I think it's safe to say that we're
classier than these organisers, on the basis that we don't reject
hawker stalls that sell French, Italian and German food.
