var time = now.getTime(); break; [a-z]{2,})$/i)) { It comes from Chinese influence, and is a dish of flat rice noodles that are fried up with pork lard. He also slipped me a free piece of chicken, which was unbelievably tasty. You can't just dump store bought laksa paste into coconut broth! What appears next is this fluffy bread (roti) that has a perfectly crisp outside. 3) Otak-otak Braised pork is marinated in five-spice powder, then wrapped up in a soft bean curd skin.

Malaysia has a multitude of authentic south Indian Chettinad restaurants. It is highly satisfying and highly addictive. I’m still dreaming about that mutton murtabak… and everything else we ate! The pork juices along with cornstarch and a beaten egg are used to create this gravy. Nasi lemak is basically rice cooked in coconut milk. When it comes to hawker food, I still prefer Malaysian food.

At one bazaar in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia, a vendor has set up what he calls "mackerel-filled food from the east coast.". 4) Satay

You haven’t had sweet until you’ve tried tepung pelita. The Baba Nyonya people, also known as Peranakan or Straits Chinese, are mainly of Chinese descent, originally from Fujian province in southeastern China. (You'll find chicken, vegetable, and seafood rendang as well.) allInputs[i].checked = true; A traditional Malay food made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and salt, cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaves in order to prevent the rice from sticking to the bamboo. i am travelling to malasia hoping to taste the malasian food.

There are endless varations of laksa, Malaysia's beloved noodle soup, but there are two umbrella categories: asam laksa and curry laksa. A type of curry dish cooked using chicken and spices. While you’ll find it in more than a few varieties, it consists of using a pouch of palm leaves to encase a good handful of rice. The white variety is simply as is described, but the black variety comes with the addition of a sweet, dark soy sauce. mark: its a symphony and pictures after pictures of good food mark. validate_field(input, true); tooltip.innerHTML = text; for (var i = 0; i < elem.options.length; i++) { You’re are one of the locals that told me that haha!!! I’m still not sure why the rice is blue… but it sure tastes good. }; But don’t. Other varieties include asam laksa, which is made with tamarind to give it a spicy yet sour flavor that is unlike anything else you’ve ever tasted. }; The photo on the right is one my favorites of the trip – and despite his stone face, he’s the the one that asked me to take his photo haha! Hey Carol, thank you very much for reading this post, haha that’s a good idea to eat everything in a single day!