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The 10 Most Popular Food In Malaysia. Malaysians love to eat and we are blessed to have a wide range of delicious food to fill our tummies. The food in Malaysia represents the multi-ethnic population here. Among them are the Malays, Chinese, Indians and the large list of minority groups.
However being a Malaysian, I can proudly say that we don’t differentiate our food according to our races. We can all enjoy the different types of food as long as it doesn’t go against one’s religion. For
What Is The Most Popular Food In Malaysia?
If you ask any Malaysian what is the most popular food in Malaysia, I am sure 99% will give you the same answer which is NASI LEMAK. I can assure you that every Malaysian love this dish. You can even brand nasi lemak as our national dish. It is sold almost everywhere in Malaysia.
Nasi Lemak
Nasi Lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked with santan (coconut milk) and daun pandan (screwpine leaves). It is usually served with sambal (spicy chilli sauce), fried ikan bilis (anchovies), peanuts, boiled egg and a few slices of cucumber.
It can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner and actually at any part of the day. Nasi Lemak is usually tastier when it is wrapped in banana leaf.
Satay
Satay is a skewered grilled meat that is marinated with various ingredients. It is served with
Satay is usually made of sliced chicken meat, beef or mutton. Some places also served rabbit and deer satay. The sliced meat are first marinated before it is skewered, usually using bamboo skewers. And finally it is barbecued or grilled over charcoal fire.
Roti Canai
Roti Canai is a very popular food in Malaysia. The word ‘Roti’ means bread while
Though Roti Canai is considered a breakfast dish. You can still see Malaysians having it for lunch or even dinner.
Rojak
Namely, there are two types of Rojak… Rojak Mamak and Rojak Buah. Both consists of different main ingredients. But I can assure you both are absolutely delicious. The meaning of Rojak is a mixture of many things.
Rojak Mamak or Rojak Mee consists of fried dough fritters, prawn fritters, fried bean curd, hard boiled egg, beansprout and cucumber. A thick spicy and sweet peanut sauce is then poured over it. You can also have it with yellow mee but many prefer it without the mee.
Rojak Buah resembles more of a fruit salad. Some of the must-have ingredients in rojak
Cendol
Cendol is a sweet iced dessert. It contains green rice flour jelly in coconut milk and palm sugar syrup. Other toppings that can also be added are steamed glutinous rice, corn, red beans and durian.
This cold, sweet and creamy dessert is very popular in Malaysia and you can see people queuing up to buy it during the hot season. In
Char Kway Teow
Char Kway Teow refers to stir-fried rice noodles strips. This noodle dish has a Chinese influence to it. Its main ingredients consist of flat rice noodles which is stir-fried with egg, prawns, cockles and chives.
Even though it is said to be an unhealthy dish because of its high saturated fat content, Char Kway Teow remains a much sought after dish not only in Malaysia but also in Southeast Asia. And I also heard that it is a popular
Laksa
There are two types of Laksa that is popular in Malaysia. One is sourish and spicy while the other one is creamy and spicy. Both are equally delicious.
Asam Laksa which has a sour and spicy gravy is made of shredded fish and tamarind. Also added to this gravy is
Curry Laksa or Nyonya Laksa which has a
Mi Goreng Mamak
I have earlier mentioned rojak
This is a spicy noodles dish that also includes the yellow noodles, egg, vegetables, soya sauce, dough or prawn fritters and chili paste.
Apam Balik
Apam Balik is a sort of pancake with fillings. The pancake batter is cooked in a thick round iron frying pan. The fillings consist of crushed peanuts. sweetcorn and sugar. Some add in chocolate and cheese as well.
The pancake is then folded in half and that’s where the name Apam Balik comes from, which means turnover pancake. The apam balik is then cut into several pieces.
Ais Kacang or ABC
Ais Kacang or ABC (Air Batu Campur) is another iced dessert that is enjoyed by Malaysians. Though it has the green rice flour jelly and palm sugar syrup like the cendol, it somehow has its very own unique taste and presentation.
The Ais Kacang is served in bright colours and consists of many yummy toppings. A motorised ice shaving machine is used to churn out the shaved ice which is then formed into a mountain of ice. Next, red bean, sweet corn, grass jelly, colourful agar-agar (jelly) and roasted peanuts are added to it. Finally to make this dessert sweet and attractive, evaporated milk or coconut milk and red rose syrup is drizzled over the mountain of shaved ice. Sometimes a scoop of vanilla ice cream is also added at the top.
My List Of The 10 Most Popular Food In Malaysia
Well there you go, that is my very own list of the 10 most popular food in Malaysia. I can assure you that 99.99% of Malaysians will agree with me on this.
Have you tasted any of these? Or which would you love to taste from my list of the 10 Most Popular Food In Malaysia?
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When it comes to food, you always find me at the forefront! I love to discover exotic and very different foods, far from the ones I usually eat!
Then you must taste these Malaysian dishes. I am sure you would love them.
These all look delicious! I can say I am a massive fan of Chicken Satay skewers. I’ll be exploring some of the other dishes you have mentioned though!
Honestly, these are all delicious. Do try them if you have a chance.
Every dish looks so tempting, wish I could be there and try them out. Going to bookmark this for sure.
Do try all of these food if you do come to Malaysia 🙂
Oh wow, this post made me smile, all these dishes looked so good, now I’m hungry 🙂
Oops sorry to make you feel hungry…lol. They not only look good, they taste delicious as well 🙂
I have a recipe blog myself but never tried preparing Malesyan food. Those meals look delicious!
I will try to share some recipes with you.
I can honestly say I have never tasted any of these dishes. I love food and am always eager to try new foods from other cultures. I will have to find a place in the US where I can try food from Malaysia. All these dishes do look delicious!
I hope you can find a place that sell these food so you can try them out. I am sure you would love.
When it comes to food, especially vegetarian tasty food, I would have most of it. I would definitely NAsi Lemak,Roti Canai(as we have roti’s in our country), and Apam Malik. These are must for me. So thank you for this knowledge.
I am sure you would enjoy all those food if you are in Malaysia. Since you love vegetarian food, I would suggest you try Banana Leaf rice as well. I am not sure if it’s the same as in your country.
Whenever it comes to food, I always go out for tasty vegtarian foods. Now, you have given me option what I can have, if I ever go to Malaysia. I would have Nasi Lemak for Dinner and Lunches. So I am not worried that much now.
Yes, you definitely don’t have to worry about food in Malaysia. We have a wide range of delicious vegetarian food too.
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The Curry Laska and of course the ABC caught my eyes. I am not sure if the Currey Laska reminds me of another meal I have had before or if I am just hungry but It looks delicious
I am sure you will enjoy both. The Curry Laksa is spicy, so the ABC can cool down the spiciness 😀
Omg these all look so delicious! I have never had Malaysian food, but now I want to try it!
You must try them all. I am sure you would love all these food 🙂
Laksa is my favorite, and I cannot say “no” to Nasi Lemak and Pork Satay. Yum. You made me want to go to our favorite Malaysian restaurant with these photos!
Glad to hear that you enjoy Malaysian food. By the way, where is your favourite Malaysian restaurant?
These look absolutely delicious! I love foreign foods I would love to try these foods one day!
Then I am sure you would love all of the Malaysian food listed in this post.
The pancake with filling looks so delicious and unique. I’d love to try Malaysian food. It looks so full of different flavors.
Every different filling gives a unique taste to the pancake. Yes do try the other Malaysian food too, all are rich in flavours.
Mmmmm all of these look so delicious!!! Some of the dishes remind me of food I’ve had in Thailand. Hope to experience beautiful Malaysia and its wonderful looking food one day!
Some of the food is almost the same since we are a neighbouring country with Thailand. But do visit Malaysia one day to try out all these. I am sure you would love all of the delicious food we have here.
All the food looks so good! I thing I’ve tasted the Laksa and Satay already, so delicious!
Glad you enjoyed the laksa and satay. I would suggest for you to try Nasi Lemak
We have been to Malaysia two times and do enjoy the place… I would love to taste that dessert. I wish I could grab and take a bit… Sweet tooth is talking!
Glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay in Malaysia. The next time you are here, do try cendol and ABC. Since you are a sweet tooth, you would love it 🙂
Those dishes look absolutely delicious. I used to go to a restaurant NJ and my favorite was Roti Canai. This post brings so much memory. I am looking for a Malaysian restaurant where I am until I can travel to Malaysia for real authentic food.
I am hoping you will find a Malaysian restaurant that serves any of this popular food. But one day when you do travel to Malaysia, don’t forget to try them all.
I am not really a huge fan of Malaysian food except chicken satay. It’s really delicious. I was able to try it first during my trip to Kuala Lumpur that I ended up eating it every day during my whole stay.
I hope you enjoyed your stay in Kuala Lumpur. Having satay everyday? Wow, I am sure you are a Satay fan then 🙂
I would love to visit Malaysia the food looks so incredible! I love Satay so I think that would have to be my top followed closely by the Laksa.
Please do visit Malaysia one day, I am sure you are going to love the food 🙂
All of these foods look so good! How fun to try so many different things.
Yes, it’s a blessing to try so many different kinds of food 🙂
These look incredible! Why is there no local Malaysian restaurants near me! I could eat everything on this list right now!
I am sorry about that. But you can come to Malaysia anytime and try all these food 🙂
This post made me feel so hungry! The pictures look so yummy – i’d be especially keen to give Mi Goreng Mamak a try!
You would love the Mi Goreng Mamak if you love spicy food 🙂
I’ve not visited Malaysia yet… although some of these dishes are familiar to me. And they all sound delicious!
If you do visit Malaysia, do try out all these food 🙂
Oh Karen! Well, I’m unsure of what I’d take first while in Malaysia! But above all, the dessert , fragrant rice and satay will be my favorites. Looking so yummy!
I am sure you would love them all Darlene 🙂
roti canai sounds so good! I’m always a sucker for flat bread and I love finding interesting new ways to enjoy it!
I am sure you are going to love the roti canai 🙂
Wow, I’ve never heard of any of these dishes, but they all look amazing! I’d love to try any of them, although couldn’t have a few with a peanut allergy and my body just doesn’t like spicy. But trying out new foods in different cultures is always so fun.
If that is the case, then you must try the roti canai. The lentil curry is usually not spicy at all.
Thanks for sharing. All the food looks so good! If anyone is planning to visit there then this article is so helpful
Hopefully this can be a guide for tourist searching for Malaysian food 🙂
All of those plates/meals look soooooooo delicious and now when I have my lunch it will look sad compared to these photos of popular foods in Malaysia… I want to vacation there just for the food alone ; )
YUM
Do come to Malaysia and taste the food. I am guessing that you would love all the food 🙂
Everything looks delicious! I don’t know I am that adventurous!
Let me assure you that once you try it, you would love it 🙂
MERCY! That all looks so delicious! I’ve been to the Philippines and some of these dishes looked like Filipino cuisine, but there are also so many that are new to me and now I NEED to find a Malaysian restaurant!!!
If you can’t find a Malaysian restaurant anywhere around then do come and visit Malaysia one day to try out these food 🙂
This made me hungry! I’ve only tried Satay and I loved it. I’ll try the other food on my visit to Malaysia.
If you loved Satay, I am sure you would love the other food too 🙂
These all look so yummy! I love satay, but haven’t eaten many of the others yet!
You must try the others too Liz. All are very yummy too
I never had Malay food but I would love to try some, especially the ABC ice!
The ABC is sweet and very refreshing on a hot day 🙂
WOW! I have never even HEARD of any of these, let alone tasted them. But you now have me thinking a trip to Malaysia would be fun, if only to eat my way through 🙂
If you do come on a trip to Malaysia, you must taste all of these. I am sure you are going to love them all
I have not heard of most all of these so that is super cool to know about these. I would love to see you add the phonetic way to sound out the names of the dishes. I would love to try to sound them out to know how to say them.
That is a good idea. I will try to add them next time 🙂
All those delicious dishes and photos had me salivating. I went to school with a few Malay kids and they introduced me to the cuisine.
Did you? I am sure you have tasted some of this food then 🙂
All of this looks so good! That satay looks to die for!
The satay is very delicious 🙂
All food items looks so delicious. I want to eat those satay – looks so yum…
The satay is very delicious and so are the other food on the list too 🙂
These all sound and look really good! I have never has Malaysian food but I think I will look into places here in the US.
I hope you will find a place that serves yummy Malaysian food 🙂
I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with the food options here. It all looks pretty tasty to me.
Yes all of these food are very tasty 🙂
This is fantastic! Everything looks and sounds delicious. I love Malaysian food too!
Do you? I am sure you have tried many from this list then.