Malaysia Food and Drink
Food
Malaysian cuisine is a mixture of hot and spicy influences including Chinese, Indian and of course, traditional Malay dishes. The best places to try real, local foods are in hawker stalls at the side of roads and in coffee shops. In these places, visitors will find cheap, but delicious menus to sample.
Popular dishes in Malaysia include:
Nasi Lemak: this is the most common breakfast food found in Malaysia. Rice is cooked in light coconut milk with anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and a bit of chilli.
Rengand: this dry curry dish is usually made with beef and consists of stewed meat in a spicy curry paste.
Chili crab: this dish is essentially what the name suggests, a whole crab that has been covered in sticky chilli sauce.
Laksa: the exact recipe of this dish changes depending on region, but it is usually just coconut served with seafood or chicken.
Bak chor mee: this is a noodle-based dish cooked in a chilli sauce with minced pork, fried anchovies and vegetables.
Drink
It is best to avoid tap water in Malaysia and visitors should try to stick to bottled water. Coffee (kopi) and tea (teh) are popular drinks usually served with condensed milk. Visitors are encouraged to try “teh ais” which is an iced milky tea. Kopi tongkat ali ginseng is a mixture of coffee, a local aphrodisiacal root and ginseng which is then served with milk. Locally brewed beer includes Tiger and Anchor while local brew is called tuak and is fermented rice wine that has been flavoured with either sugar or honey.
Things to know:
Malaysians don’t normally adhere to the practice of tipping as a service charge of 10% is already added to your bill.
Drinking age:
18
Malaysia Travel Information
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