Food I sampled

辣死亞媽 - Nasi Lemak 椰漿飯

辣死亞媽, as translated by Malaysian Chinese from 椰漿飯, was a rice plate with peanuts; dried fish; egg; coconut paste and salad. It was not that spicey or hot but now for sure you will remember the name of the dish by heart. :-)

雪耳茘枝

This 'old fashion' 雪耳茘枝 was a very popular dessert in Malaysia. You could find it in most restaurants and was surprisingly consumed by many young people.

齋咖哩羊肉

This vegetarian curry mutton dish tasted GREAT just like the real thing.

招牌飯

旺角餐廳的招牌飯. The vegetable was fried and crispy. I was so hungry that I started eating before taking the picture.

亞汕肉骨茶 Bak Kut Tea

亞汕肉骨茶, the most famous cultural dish in Malaysia, was prepared with a secret Chinese herb recipe with golden mushrooms; tau foo; clams; sea asparagus; and a lot of pork in a red hot boiling clay pot.

亞汕肉骨茶 Bak Kut Tea's cook

Patrons were lining up for lunch before 11AM.

亞汕肉骨茶 Bak Kut Tea

Click the "Play" button below to watch a boiling pot of 肉骨茶.

囉吔 Mamak Rojak

囉吔 Mamak Rojak was a fruit salad prepared by food vendors on the street. It used 凉粉/大菜糕 as a base and added in many kinds of sliced vegetable, fried dough fritters, bean curds, boiled potatoes, prawn fritters, hard boiled eggs, bean sprouts and cucumber mixed with a thick, spicy peanut sauce. It was perfect for the hot climate.

Mamak is a term used to describe Tamil-speaking Indians in Malaysia with Islam as their faith. Some of them operated mobile food stalls serving Rojak. It was acceptable to use this term in Malaysia when referring to food but shouldn't be used elsewhere.

囉吔魷魚 Rojak Sotong

囉吔魷魚 Rojak Sotong was a variation of rojak stuffed with squids, tart fruits such as raw mangoes and green apples in a thick dark sauce. 囉吔魷魚 Rojak Sotong was said to have originated from Penang 檳城.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was a local concoction of 涼茶 herb tea and 豆槳 soy milk, meaning 黑白.

Icee

Malaysian icee was also served with 凉粉 on the bottom but with slush ice and red beans on the higher layers. On top was ice cream. To enjoy this dessert, one had to mix the slush ice with the red beans and suck it with a straw so the ice cream would drop below the rim of the glass container before melting :-)

四星期後食第一碟油菜 First vegetable in 4 weeks

There weren't many vegetable dishes on the menu until this one.

Curry Laksa 咖哩叻沙

Curry Laksa 咖哩叻沙 was my favorite, with coconut sauce, bean sprouts, lime, red pepper, hard-boiled egg, 魚旦, bean curd puffs, and of course noodles/yellow mee.

Curry Laksa 咖哩叻沙

There were many variants of Laksa which might include fish, shrimps, lala/clams or chicken. This one featured gluten bean curd 面筋.

Curry Laksa 咖哩叻沙

Curry Laksa 咖哩叻沙 was very common and inexpensive in Malaysia. Here's a flyer from a restaurant. For the equivalent of about US$3, you could have a fantastic dinner.

石窩麻婆豆腐 Ma Paw Tou Fu

Sizzling hot 石窩麻婆豆腐.

炒貴刁 Mee Mamak - Pan Fried Fat Noodles

炒貴刁 Mee Mamak - Malaysian style. This was one of the signature dishes from Malaysia. That was my lunch in front of my hotel windows and was the best 炒貴刁 I had.

馬來大牌檔 Road Side Restaurants

If you were adventurous, there were plenty of 馬來大牌檔 road side restaurants you could sample their food. These BBQ pork slices were so good that they could melt in your mouth. Next to it were 魚旦 with pork noodles and an ice cold sugar cane juice 甘蔗汁 drink.

Another 馬來大牌檔 Road Side Restaurants at night

Here were more 大牌檔 food over dinner with soy sauce noodles, fried rice and greens. For "Food Heavens", click the following video ...

甜酸魚 Sweet & Sour Fish

Ipoh Bean Sprouts Chicken 怡保芽菜鷄

河邊荷葉飯 和 蛋角 Lotus Leaf Rice & Eggs

Seriously the lotus leaf lunch was served right next to a muddy river/creek/open drain adjacent to a popular shopping mall. I guessed when you were hungry, any place would do!!

海鮮餐 Seafood Plate

They didn't come from the muddy creek :-)

The Original Ipoh Old Town White Coffee

You can't get any more Malaysian than these - White Coffee and toasts with Kaya 咖吔 coconut spread.

The Best of the Best and the More the Merrier with Durian!!