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Malaysia, with its blend of multi-racial, multilingual and multi-cultural offers a fascinating cultural mix with colourful festivals, unique arts and crafts, architecture, food and a rich array of dance forms.

In Malaysia, you can find all sorts of food, from fine dining to road-side stalls that serve finger licking food.

But most visitors prefer to dine in road-side stalls, which have rich culture of Malaysia. Among them, some are foods that someone must try.

Malaysia Delicacy

Nasi Lemak : “Nasi” typically means rice. It is rice cooked in coconut milk made aromatic with pandan leaves (screwpine leaves).
Chili rating: 3/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Satay : Marinated chicken or beef, are skewered onto bamboo sticks and grilled over hot charcoals.
Chili rating: 1/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Ikan Bakar : Which means  (Baked Fish) is a popular dish which grills over hot charcoals the fish which is marinated in spices, coconut milk, and sometimes stuffed with sambal, then wrapped in fresh banana leaves.
Chili rating: 4/5
Must-try rating: 4/5

Mee Jawa : It is a popular dish influenced by the Jawa Island, Indonesia. Mee (yellow egg noodles) served with soupy fresh prawns, slices of potato, tofu (soy bean cake), egg, vegetables and shrimp garnishes the dish.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 3/5

Hainan Chicken Rice : originating from Hainan in China, this dish is one of the most popular everyday meals. Chicken is slow poached whole, allowed to cool to room temperature and cut up into bite-sized pieces. Rice is then cooked with the flavorful chicken broth. Cucumbers, scallions and cilantro garnish the chicken. And always - a must-have dipping sauce made of red chilies, garlic, ginger and lime juice completes the meal.
Chili rating: 2/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Clay Pot Rice : Baked with Lap Cheong (sweet Chinese sausage). This one-pot rice meal has a smoky exotic aroma. The crispy part of the rice at the bottom of the clay pot is savored. It is a typical Chinese-style dish.
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Must-try rating: 3/5

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Penang

Penang has the nick name of “Food Paradise”, there are a lot of food courts where you can enjoy delicious food.

Char Kway Teow : Fresh flat rice noodles are stir fried in a little lard with shrimp, cockles, bean sprouts, egg and chives. A smoky chili adds kick to this popular noodle dish.
Chili rating: 3/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Hokkien Mee : Also known as Prawn Mee, by mixing Beehun (thin rice vermicelli) and Mee, Hokkien Mee is served with soup made from both a pork broth and prawn broth. A key ingredient to the tasty soup is spiced with a pan-roasted chili sauce.
Chili rating: 5/5
Must-try rating: 5/5
 
Asam Laksa : It is served with a spicy and sour fish gravy soup. The fish meat is picked so that there’s no bone in the soup, with the spice and local peppermint leave, asam laksa is served with prawn paste which makes it even tastier.
Chili rating: 5/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Ais Kacang : Also known as ABC by the locals, it is a mixture sweet red beans, seaweed jelly, barley pearls, sweet corn and fruits are covered with shaved ice, then laced with rose syrup, brown sugar syrup and sweetened condensed milk.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Curry Mee : Beehoon and Mee are served in a spicy coconut curry soup with fresh cockles, shrimp, cuttlefish, pig's blood cake, fried & deep fried tofu, bean sprouts and a hot pan-roasted chili sauce. It is often mistakenly called 'Curry Laksa', which is altogether a different noodle dish.
Chili rating: 5/5
Must-try rating: 4/5

Tom Yam : Tom Yam is a Thai dish, but tom yam here has already customize with local taste which is not as spicy as the original Thai cooking, and it has more sour taste with it to kick your taste bud.
Chili rating: 5/5
Must-try rating: 4/5

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Perak

Ipoh, the capital of Perak is a city with a lot of Cantonese around, and is influence by Hong Kong style cuisine, here you’ll find most of the dishes are Cantonese style fusion dish.

Dim Sum : It is normally served during breakfast, with a wide variety of choices, among the choices, ha gao (made of prawn meat), siu mai (made of pork meat), chee cheong fun (rice flour with some dried shrimp), and pai guat (pork ribs) are among the favourite.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Kai Shi Hor Fun : “Kai Shi” (Chicken slice), “Hor Fun” (Fresh flat rice noodles), it is served with chicken slice and chicken soup.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 4/5

Yim Gok Gai : Which means “Salt baked chicken”, the chicken is wrapped with paper nicely and cooked with salt covered. Don’t get mislead by the word salt here, in fact, this dish is never salty, it is just nice and it brings the best out of the chicken.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Nga Choi Gai : Which means “bean sprout chicken”, it is a dish that comes with a dish fresh bean sprout which is specially planted and dish of steam chicken. It can also be served with “Hor Fun”.
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Must-try rating: 5/5

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Kuala Lumpur

KL is the capital of Malaysia and is the most populated city in Malaysia. It is not surprise that you’ll find all the Malaysian food in this city.

Bak Kut Teh : Which means “Pork Rib Tea”, it is a very popular Hokkien herbal soup. Pork ribs are long simmered in a 'tea' of Chinese medicinal herbs and whole bulbs of garlic, often with dried shitake mushrooms added . Best served with Ewe Char Koay (Chinese crullers). Can be found everywhere throughout Malaysia but is famous dish around Klang.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Yong Tau Foo : Tau Foo, also known as Tofu (soy beans) is stuffed with Fish Mousse. Normally also serve with deep fried tofu cakes, bitter gourd, whole red chilies, zucchini. Choose from the variety, it is then steamed or boiled and served with a dipping sauce. Famous dish around Ampang.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Lok Lok : It is a Chinese-style fondue. Fresh seafood like shrimp, squid, cuttlefish, fish balls and other delicacies are skewered on bamboo sticks. Diners help themselves, by dipping the skewers into a cauldron of rapidly boiling hot water to cook. Different sauces from sweet to tangy to hot are served.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

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Melaka

Melaka has long been written down in history book, it is also well-known for its rich culture of Eurasian and Baba Nyonya.

Satay Celup : “Celup” which means dip in English. It is similar to lok-lok, but instead of dipping the skewers into a boiling hot water, it is replaced by the boiling satay gravy.
Chili rating: 4/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Chicken Rice Ball : It is similar to Chicken Rice. Just that in Chicken Rice Ball, the rice is rolled into a ball.
Chili rating: 2/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Devil Curry : Portuguese Devil Curry is a rich and fiery hot dish, made with mustard powder, turmeric powder, vinegar, candlenuts and lots of chilies - hence its name! Chicken, pork and occasionally wild boar, is used to make Devil Curry. Try it with fresh Blue crabs for a superb Devil Crab.
Chili rating: 5/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Chicken Kapitan : Different from Devil Curry, this curry is a Nyonya flavored chicken curry. Cooked with tamarind juice, candlenut, fresh turmeric root and prawn paste.
Chili rating: 4/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Ayam Pongteh : “Ayam” which means chicken, Ayam Pongteh is another Nyonya dish.  Chicken is cooked with preserved soy beans, dark soy sauce, sugar and other ingredients. This dish if not spicy but it is slightly sweet.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Cendol : Cendol is a small strip made from green pea flour and sweet red beans are toped with shaved ice and thick coconut milk.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 4/5

Pineapple Jam Tarts : The pineapple jam used to top this pastry tart is made from locally grown fresh ripe  pineapples.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 3/5

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Sabah

Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, is just facing the South China Sea, hence it is blessed with seafood. There are also a lot of native dish that worth the try, what you need to do is just explore the city and you’ll find something interesting.

Pan Mee : Pan mee is a homemade mee made of flour, it comes in the form of flat and thin mee. It is served in both soup and dry.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 4/5

Seafood : Kota Kinabalu is a famous place for cheap and fresh seafood, you’ll get spoiled by the choice of seafood stall over here in Kota Kinabalu.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Bake Coconut : As strange as it sounds, fresh coconut if baked over hot charcoal. It is believe that the baked coconut juice has the abilities to clean your urinary system.
Chili rating: 0/5
Must-try rating: 5/5

Tapai : It is a locally brew rice wine and it is sweet. The Kadazan (native) is a group of people that love drinking, tapai is just one of the rice wines. When you ask for a rice wine, you can have a lot of variety, there’s even a cocktail using this local rice wine and can be found in local bar.
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Must-try rating: 5/5

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