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Cuisine and restaurants of Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

The most luxurious and famous restaurants in Kuala Lumpur can be found in Bangsar where the famous Cantonese restaurant The Ming Room is located. Popular Chinese dishes are prepared here according to interesting author's recipes, this restaurant is sure to impress connoisseurs of fine cuisine. They will be able to taste exquisite goose liver pate with mollusks added during the cooking. Crabs and shrimps with honey sauce are skillfully prepared in this restaurant as well. The most enchanting … Read more

Johor Bahru

The local cuisine has been replenished for centuries with dishes from Chinese, Indian, Thai, and even Portuguese culinary traditions. It is surprisingly syncretic and original today. You can find individual Indian, Thai, and European restaurants, European fast-food chains like McDonald's, and Chinese restaurants here. Chinese restaurants are especially plentiful here. The proximity to Singapore, where a lot of people come from China, contributes to this. In general, the local cuisine is quite … Read more

Langkawi

To appreciate the features of Langkawi traditional cuisine, just take a walk along the coast and visit some seaside restaurants. The city is dominated by Thai restaurants, which serve very interesting seafood dishes. The resort also boasts a lot of Chinese, Indian and Malaysian restaurants where they use a lot of authentic spices. Thrifty tourists will certainly love the fact that even in popular restaurants prices remain very attractive. Here you can try wonderful crabs and shrimps, a large … Read more

Penang

The main ingredient of ethnic cuisine in Penang is rice being put to the heart of many local dishes. Expert cooks prepare rice in great many ways. The rice can be roasted with vegetables and spice and herbs, steamed or stewed in coconut juice. The most known and much fancied dish among foreign guests is still satay. The treat consists of slices of chicken or other sorts of meat grilled on an open fire and added with astonishing accompaniment made of rice named ketupat. This is rice wrapped in … Read more

Melaka

Traditional cuisine of Melaka slightly differs from classical Malaysian. The main treat is rice; skilled chefs cook it in various ways: stewed in coconut milk, stir fried with vegetables, steamed and mixed with fruit for desserts. Of course, there is a lot of interesting treats complementing rice. They are called Lauck, which literally means ‘supplement to rice.’ One of the most popular national treats is satay, small pieces of chicken or beef roasted on an open fire. Satay is usually … Read more

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