Top 10 favorable food in Malaysia

1.  Nasi Lemak - Served in a traditional triangle of rice wrapped in a banana leaf (kind of as a snack) and a meal version served on a plate.  Breakfast made of coconut milk rice served with sambal ikan bilis and slices of hard boil egg and cucumber. Chicken, squid or even beef is added for better satisfaction.

2.  Roti Canai - Resembles local fried pancake which is made from flour, margerine and a bit of evoporated milk which has a wide variety of toppings such as eggs, sardines, banana and anything you can named. Best served with Dhall, curry or even only white sugar.


3.  HainancChicken rice  - Cooked with chicken stock and topped with steamed chicken! The specialty of the dish is the chicken meat where the smoothness and juiciness remains! Dipping the meat into the chillies and ginger.

4.  Mee goreng mamak - This fried noodle dish is sweet and spicy and the noodle used is the fresh yellow noodles.

5.  Char kuey Teow - A type of noodles. Ingredients such as prawns, fishcake slices, cockles, eggs or even Chinese sausage can be found inside. But, the dish varied from one place to another.

6.  Bah kut tey - Originated from the Hokkien word which means herbal soup served with pork. A bowl of white rice is the best companion to it! But, as time went by, now there is also a halal version called ‘Chi Ku Teh’ which replaces the pork with chicken.

7.  Nasi kandar - One of  Penang's specialties. Rice is being served with a wide variety of food from vegetables to meat to seafood or Indian curry.

8.  Banana leaf rice - Banana Leaf Rice is served on banana leaf with dishes like fried fish, fried chicken, vegetables or anything that the consumer likes.  Indian mostly like it vegeterian.

9.  Satay - Marinated chicken, beef and mutton being barbecued over the charcoal. The peanut sauce is a must as companion. Some would also like to be served with onions, cucumbers and even ketupat, a rice cube wrapped with palm leaves.

10.  Nasi Campur - Means mixed rice in Malay.  Favourite Malaysian lunch that is cheap, fast and convenient.  A plate of plain rice and instructed to pile on whatever pre-made dish that suits your liking.  Most people like it topped with various meats, vegetables, peanuts, eggs and fried-shrimp.