SINGAPORE - When representatives of American dating show The Bachelor approached Ms Li Mu Zi last October to order an array of barbecued dishes from her stall, she was excited for her food to be showcased on television.

What the 36-year-old manager of BangBang Seafood BBQ in Chinatown did not realise was that her stall's barbecued chicken feet, pork intestine skewers and pig trotters would be met by exclamations of disgust and treated like a joke by the show's contestants.