Malaysia Travel Guide
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Food
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Excellent and inexpensive food can be obtained virtually
anywhere in Malaysia, largely because of the strength and
ubiquity of food stalls.
Whether be it in villages, small towns, or big cities,
visitors can find stalls offering mouth-watering treats.
Dining at a cart or streetside stand may sound plain and
piecemeal, but in Malaysia eating food at the roadside
stalls is a much-loved practice mainly for its originality
and exquisite taste.
The following are some of the popular cuisines unique to Malaysia:-
Nasi Kandar - Fish curry served with meat
in chili sauce and boiled eggs
Satay - The most popular dish of Malaysia.
Bite-sized pieces of beef, mutton or chicken are marinated
in spices, then skewered through thin bamboo strips, and
barbecued over charcoal fire. Satay is served with ketupat
(rice cake) and a raw salad of cucumber, pineapple, and
onions. Sweet, spicy peanut sauce accompanies the dish.
Nasi Lemak - A rice dish cooked in
coconut milk. It is served with ikan bilis (anchovies),
sambal, boiled egg, fried peanuts and cucumber slices. A
popular breakfast dish.
Roti Canai - the all-time breakfast
favorite of Malaysians. Made from wheat-flour dough, Roti
Canai sometimes incorporates beaten egg and diced onions
for a crispier pancake.
Nasi Dagang - A popular breakfast dish
in the country provinces of Kelantan and Trengganu. Brastari
rice and fish curry are the simple but delicious elements of
this dish.
Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) - A complete dish
in itself with bits of meat, prawns, egg and vegetables.
Rojak - A salad of pineapple, cucumber,
bean curd, prawn fritters and boiled egg, is served with
peanut sauce.
Char Kway Teow - Flat rice noodles stir-fried
with minced garlic, fresh prawns, bean sprouts, cockles and
eggs, seasoned with soy sauce and chili paste.
Chicken Rice - There are several variations
of chicken rice, but the most popular is the Hainanese version.
The chicken is served with rice which has been cooked in chicken
stock. Garlic, chili sauce, cucumber slices and coriander
leaves impart a fresh texture and irresistible flavor to this
dish.
Curry Laksa - A noodle dish served in curry,
blends boiled chicken, cockles, tofu and bean sprouts for a
surprisingly good treat.
Penang Laksa is the most popular laksa dish.
Rendang - A type of meat dish preparation
which takes hours to prepare. Meat, coconut milk, chilies
onions and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, coriander and
nutmeg are cooked over low heat.
The result is a moist, tender dish with subtle and complex
flavors. Eaten with rice ketupat (rice cake) or lemang
(glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk).
Steamboat - An in-house dish. Diners sit
round a table which has a soup tureen in the middle of the
table. A fire below keeps it boiling hot. One then places
prepared raw pieces of prawns, chicken, quails' eggs, sea
cucumber and liver in the boiling soup.
Tantalizing meat-free dishes can be found in Buddhist vegetarian
restaurants or in South Indian banana-leaf restaurants. Instead of
plates and cutlery, you will be served your food on a banana
leaf; use your hand to eat.
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