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Former Aussie test cricketer Usman Khawaja has caused drama for Queensland tourism after making scathing claims about the lack of culinary options in Brisbane city.
The former opening batsman has torn open old wounds for Cricket Australia airng explosive claims in his new autobiography Sabr.
Aside from mentioning all that stuff about how the entire Australian cricket side knew that about the ball tampering blah blah blah... Uzzie has made some outrageous remarks about his adopted home of Queensland.
“Moving to Queensland was a huge shock,” he writes.
“Mostly culturally. It felt like I’d gone back in time, about 30 years. Everything was slower paced, and the way business was done was so old school. When I got my Queensland driver’s licence, I walked into this old building that looked like a school demountable and filled out these paper forms. Nothing electronic at all."
Initially, these comments were taken as compliments by Queenslanders - who take pride in their laidback way of life. However, it was when Khawaja accused Queensland of being monocultural that controversy arose.
"One night, I felt like Turkish food." he wrote.
"I drove for an hour, looking for a Turkish restaurant. There was nothing — at least not within 10 kilometres of the city. I couldn’t believe it. Where had I moved to?”
While these comments have outraged the many Turkish family restaurants within ten kilometres of Brisbane's CBD, the wider Queensland community cannot understand what the big deal is.
While Khawaja stands accused of being detached from Australian life outside of his multicultural echo chamber of suburban Sydney - Queenslanders insist that there are other options for anyone looking for a bit of wog tucker.
"Sould've gone to West End" Queensland cricket fan, Bucky Hayden, told the Betoota Advocate
"I mean sure that's Greek, but it's basically the same.
When informed that both Greeks and Turks would take issue with being basically the same, Bucky looked up Türkiye on google Maps.
"Oh so it's between Greece and Lebanon" he says.
"Mate, I'm telling ya. You go down to the corner of Vulture and Boundary street and you'll find both Lebanese and Greek. Just get a plate of each"
