Malaysia Food

Malaysia foods are a real Connoisseur Delight and a true gastronomic adventure. Visitor’s will find such a great variety; spicy Malay Food, outwardly endless variety of Chinese food, interesting cuisine from North and South India, as well as Nyonya and Portuguese Food. Moreover, western cuisine is also easily available in numerous international fast food chains operating in major towns along with thousands of road side stalls and food bazaars.

Malaysia foods are exotic with an exciting range of flavors and culinary styles offering the amateur an endless gastronomic adventure. Malaysia food embraces three main groups - Malay, Chinese and Indian with each having its own distinct style of cooking. There are also cuisine that have evolved from the meeting of cultures notably those of the Nyonya and Indian Muslim communities.
 
Rice forms the staple diet in any Malaysia foods. It is often served for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper too. Most meals are eaten by using your fingers, and eating utensils are kept to a minimum. All dishes are served at the same time, accompanied by a refreshing drink. Fish is popular as with other seafood such as shrimps and cuttlefish. Beef and mutton are very popular choices but never pork as it is against their religious beliefs to eat pork. The other popular white meat is chicken.

For tourists interested in dining out, Kuala Lumpur possesses an astonishing number of hawker stalls, coffee shops and restaurants, most of them offering a high standard of cuisine and often at very low prices. Indian influence in Malaysia food entered in the 19th century when large arrivals of Indian migrants into the country as contract laborers to work in rubber estates and on the railways. In Malaysia, there is an abundant of Indian restaurants and food stalls.