Malaysia’s Top Foods—Treats of Every Kind to Delight Your Tastebuds

This is a crispy treat with lovely sweet stuffing. Apam Balik is made like a pancake and is then rolled to contain within its centre peanuts, sugar and sometimes corn. This is the perfect snack for when you need an energy surge on the go, so watch out for the golden rolled pancake-like treats when out and about.

A lovely amalgamation of Tamil and Muslim cooking techniques, Mee Goreng Memak is a dish made with yellow noodles, shrimp, chicken or beef, eggs and crunchy veggies. The dish is given a bit of heat with chilli and tastes best when enjoyed at an outdoor hawker stall in Kuala Lumpur. However, the dish is available in all its glory at some of the best restaurants in KL. Most like Thyme located at the PARKROYAL COLLECTION Kuala Lumpur offer all-day dining and are perfect to visit whenever you get the munchies.

Percik sauce makes this barbequed chicken dish a real winner. Made with a blend of ginger, garlic, chilli and other spices and creamy coconut milk, the dish is one of the more popular options at hawker stalls and hotels in Kuala Lumpur.

This flavoursome rice dish comes from the State of Kelantan located on the north peninsula of Malaysia. The dish contains blue-tinged rice, bean sprouts, fried coconut flakes and a salsa. The rice gets its lovely blue tinge from a flower called telang, which is crushed and mixed into the grains as it cooks. No utensils for this dish, you must enjoy eating it with your hands.

This is one dramatic sandwich made with grilled chicken and egg placed inside a thin submarine sandwich, that has been slathered on a mix of mayonnaise, ketchup, barbeque sauce and chilli. You can, of course, choose just one of the sauces or be adventurous and try them all in one big sandwich. A popular snack to take back to your hotel in Kuala Lumpur, roti john can be enjoyed on the go.

This is a rice dish with a side dish that is quite popular. The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served as a small mound in the middle of the plate. The sides are served around the mound of rice and can include any of these depending on where you choose to enjoy a plate of Nasi Lemak; chicken, seafood, beef or lamb curry together with peanuts, vegetables and a hard-boiled egg. All the sides are brought together with a spicy sauce otherwise called sambal.