Malaysian Food

Enjoy a Sumptuous Array of Tastes and Flavours

Malaysia has some of Asia's finest cuisine, given the wide variety of cooking styles and cultural influences. Here, visitors can savour not one, but an irresistible variety of tastes and flavours. enjoy the best from the kitchen of various  communities such as Malay, Chinese, Indian as well as the indigenous people. The successive colonial influences and intermarriages have led to the birth of unique communities such as the baba & Nyonya and malaysia Portuguese, famed for their gastronomic delights and specialties. The gastronomic journey is endless in malaysia!

Malaysia Culinary Scene

• International events such as Fabulous Food 1 Malaysia
• Countless dishes and cooking styles
• Availability of halal food
• A variety of dining experiences, from exclusive gourmet creations to hawker fare
• World famous local specialties such as satay, nasi lemak and roti canai
• 24-hour restaurants

Must Try Items on the Menu

Nasi Lemak

A Perennial favourite, nasi lemak is rice cooked in coconut milk and enhanced with spices such as ginger, star annise and cinnamon. This wholesome dish is served with fried anchovies, boled eggs, a spicy sauce called sambal, fresh slices of cucumber and cruncy groundnuts.

Rendang

Rendang is a thick, dry Malay dish that is made of beef or chicken. It is usually eaten with white rice or glutinous rice (sticky rice). Rendang is a must have specialty during Hari Raya, a major Muslim festival.

Chicken Rice

Coming from the Chinese kitchen, this delicious rish dish features roasted steamed or poached chicken. It is served with ginger paste, chili sauce and soy sauce.

Yong Tau Foo

Yong Tau Foo is a Chinese soup dish with a variety of ingredients such as fish balls, crab sticks, ladies finger, bitterground and chili. Vegetables such as bitterground and chili are stuffed with fish or pork. It can be eaten by itself or with a bowl of steamed rice or noodles.

Mee Rebus

This is a noodle dish with a thick frangrant gravy. The gravy is made of potatoes, curry powder, salted soybeans and peanuts. It comes complete with hard-boiled eggs which are cut into two halves. Th dish is garnished with spring onions shallots as well as chili.

Char Kuay Teow

An iconic hawker dish, char kuay teow is a type of flat noodles that is  stir-fried over high heat with cockles, prawn, chicken and bean sprouts. There is usually a long queue for a plateful of sizzling char kuay teow, but food lovers say that it is well worth the wait!

Nasi Briyani

Rich and satisfying, nasi briyani is a great choice for rice lovers. Briyani is a special type of rice grain, infused with saffron and turmeric. It is a sensation of aromatic flavours and tastes. Briyani rice is  served with curry and a traditional yogurt salad.

Rojak

a traditional fruit and vegetables salad, rojak consists of chopped cucumber, young mangoes, pineapple, turnip, deep-fried tofu and fritters. It is  served with a thick sauce made of shrimp paste. Another variation of Rojak, known as  Mamak rojak, consists of prawn fritters, boled potatoes, cuttlefish and hand-boiled eggs. It is savoured with a peanut gravy.

Roti Canai

Roti canai is a crispy  Indian pancake which is made from  wheat flour. it is easily one of the most popular choices in Malaysian restaurants at any time of the day. Other Indian delicacies include  thosai and capati. When you order roti canai, don't miss the chance to watch the experts pound, stretch and loss the dough before it is cooked on a griddle.

Teh Tarik

Teh tarik literally means 'stretched' or 'pulled' tea. It gets its name from the art of 'pulling' (or pouring) the tea from one mug to another, to increase the aroma and cool its temperature.

ABC

Air Batu campur or ABC is easily one of the most popular desserts in Malaysia. It is filled to the trim with shaved ice and variety of condiments such as red beans, crushed groundnuts, creamed corn and colourful jelly. It is sweetened with condensed milk and sugar syrup.