One of my hobbies when travelling is to enjoy the local cuisine. I really fall in love with the Malaysian cuisine because of its diversity and uniqueness. There is a fact that you can’t stop eating in this country because all of Malaysia food are served in everywhere at a low price and all of them looks so delicious that you can’t ignore. In Malaysia, you will realize that the local people enjoy 5 or 6 meals per day. A typical day in this country can start with breakfast, then elevenses, followed by lunch. A light bowl of noodles is for 5pm, and dinner is their main meal of the day.

We stay in a hostel on Jalan Petaling (Chinatown) so we have an opportunity to explore and enjoy lots of special dishes.

Haha, although I want to enjoy my breakfast with something related to Malaysia, I have to go into McDonald’s and buy my breakfast only because this is the only place having some staffs able to speak English. I just get off from the Singapore-Malaysia bus, so I need someone knowing English to ask the ways to my hostel. Anw, eating McDonald’s with Malaysian savours is a great experience. ❤

As we know, Mc is very famous for its strategy “Think globally, act locally”. There are many situations where McDonald’s adapted some products and change their savours because of religious laws and customs in some countries. Like Israel having Big Mac without cheese, India having Vegetable McNuggest, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China having black burger and the white burger (called ying or yang), Malaysia has some special dishes with halal certificate which indicates the absence of pork. Therefore, Malaysian Prosperity Burger only has a beef or chicken patty, black pepper sauce and onions.Besides, if you look at the Mc Donald’s menu in Malaysia, you will realize that Malaysia has brought a twist to breakfast time with the McDonalds Chicken porridge. So excellence marketing strategy!

Because we leave Singapore by bus and get off at Berjaya Times Square, we walk to McDonald’s in Bukit Bintang area to enjoy breakfast!

This combo costs only 5.4RM. That’s why Malaysia is said to be the 3rd cheapest place to buy a Big Mac. The price paid for a Big Mac in Malaysia is 7.4RM, which is equivalent to 2.3$.

If you don’t want to eat Mac for breakfast, you can choose chee cheong fun to enjoy. Chee cheong fun is the most popular food for breakfast in the markets in Kuala Lumpur. Chee cheong fun is a type of steamed rice rolls. “Chee cheong” means pig intestine and “fun” means noodle in local language. This dish has this name because rice noodle is rolled more tightly and resembles the small intestine of a pig. In Kuala Lumpur, you will see chee cheong fun is served in 2 different ways, dry and wet. I choose the “dry version” which is served with soy sauce, sesame seeds, fried shallots, onion oil and sweet chilli sauce.

It’s my chee cheong fun with soya bean drink I buy at famous Kim Soya Bean store in Petaling street market

It’s my friend’s dish ❤

After finishing breakfast and going around the China market, you can enjoy some other local foods. I really loves Apam balik – a type of pancake which is sold at roadside stalls throughout Malaysia. The batter of this pancake is poured into a thick frying pan and then other ingredients will be sprinkled on the pancake, such as sugar, peanut granules, chocolate sprinkles and sesame. Finally, the pancake is folded and cut into several pieces. In Malaysia, the dish has been declared a heritage food by the Malaysian Department of National Heritage.

You must try apam balik when visiting Malaysia

When feel tired after walking a lot, I choose a chrysanthemum tea! The seller tells me this is called yellow flowers tea 😀 You can see many roadside stalls selling a variety of drink and satay near National Museum… The longan juice, lemonade and other drinks are available for you to choose!

Among other drinks, I love soya bean drink by Mr. Kim best! It tastes good, really! What can I say? The syrup isn’t overly sweet but it tasted so rich.

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It’s hard to ignore when you walk past this stall. I even choose Kim soya bean for my lunch! ❤ It’s so cheap to buy soya bean here. Only 1.6RM per soy milk cup (white or black sugar syrup) and 1.9 RM oer soy milk cup with herbal jelly (cincau).

This is my lunch in Kim Lian Kee Resto in Petaling Street. Although Kim Lian Kee restoran is best-known as the birth place of hokkien mee in Kuala Lumpur, it’s also very famous for char kway teow. This resto is currently the only place to make char kway teow with distinct taste. Only 8.5RM for a big plate. Besides, it’s very convenient for u to down stair and buy a soya bean drink only with 1.6RM in the famous Kim Soya Bean. So cheap for malaysia food lunch in Jalan Petaling.

Besides, moonlight kway teow with raw egg on top is also one of the signature dishes in Restoran Kim Lian Kee.

Another food you should try in Malaysia is Loong Kee dried meat. The best choice is dried bacon (I don’t remember the exact price, but I think 38RM for 300 grams)

Here is muah chee by famous Madam Tang – a Chinese-style snack sold throughout Malaysia. The boiled gooey rice dough is cut into small pieces and coated with finely chopped peanuts and sugar.

Here is pineapples tart I buy for my family and friends as gifts from Malaysia