Malaysia

🇲🇾Malaysia

Ais Kacang

Ice Kacang

Shaved ice with sweet corn, red beans, grass jelly, syrup.

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Akok

Akok is a Kelantanese baked custard made with eggs, coconut milk, flour and palm sugar.

🇧🇳Brunei

Ambuyat

Linut

Stretchy sago-starch paste served hot with the candas (chandas) utensil and rolled into a bite dipped in cacah sauces. Ambuyat is a shared Borneo identity: Brunei serves it as a national staple, while Sabah and Sarawak use names such as Linut and Nantung.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Apam Balik

Min Chiang Kueh

Thick or thin pancake with peanut and corn filling, crispy edges with generous filling and balanced sweetness.

🇧🇳Penang, Brunei

Asam Laksa

亚参叻沙

Penang sour fish-based noodle soup with mackerel, tamarind, and pineapple, tangy tamarind balance with fishy depth.

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Ayam Buah Keluak

Peranakan chicken stew built on buah keluak, the fermented nut of the kepayang tree, cracked and scooped out to make a black, earthy.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Ayam Masak Merah

Chicken cooked in tomato-based spicy gravy, red tomato-based sauce with tender chicken and balanced sweet-spicy flavor.

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Ayam Percik

Grilled chicken basted with spiced coconut milk gravy, charred grill marks with sticky glaze and smoky-sweet flavor.

🇲🇾Malacca, Malaysia

Ayam Pongteh

Chicken stew with fermented soybean paste, potatoes, and mushrooms, tender chicken with balanced salty-sweet flavor and soft potatoes.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Bahulu

Light and airy texture with golden color, especially during Hari Raya.

🇲🇾Selangor, Malaysia

Bak Kut Teh

肉骨茶

Pork rib soup with medicinal herbs and spices, Klang style is darker and herbal, deep herbal flavor with tender meat falling off bone.

🇨🇳China

Bakkwa

肉干

Bakkwa is thinly sliced meat marinated in a sweet-savoury mixture, grilled until caramelised at the edges, and sold as a festive Chinese New Year snack.

🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

Bambangan

Wild mango endemic to Borneo, fibrous and aromatic.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Bamboo Tube Cake

Putu Bambu

Steamed rice cake in bamboo tubes with palm sugar center, street snack

🇮🇳India

Banana Leaf Rice

South Indian meal served on banana leaf with various vegetable curries and rice, fresh banana leaf with variety of vegetables and crispy papadum, a Malaysian Indian icon

🇲🇾Malaysia

Bandung

Rose syrup milk drink, pink and sweet.

🇲🇾Ipoh, Malaysia

Bean Sprouts Chicken

Nga Choy Kai

Fat crunchy bean sprouts from Ipoh's mineral water with tender chicken.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Black Dodol

කළු දොදොල්

The dodol cooked longer until the coconut oil separates out and the mixture turns jet black and glossy

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Black Pepper Crab

Ketam Lada Hitam

Crab cooked with black pepper sauce, fresh crab with aromatic pepper sauce and proper spice level, a Malaysian seafood specialty, bold and peppery

🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

Bosou

Fermented fish or meat with rice and pangi fruit.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Bubur Cha Cha

Coconut milk dessert with sweet potato, taro, and tapioca pearls, creamy coconut broth with tender root vegetables and balanced sweetness.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Bubur Lambuk

Ramadan porridge with rice, meat, and spices, distributed at mosques during breaking of fast.

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Budu

Fermented anchovy sauce from Kelantan, used as dipping sauce, golden brown color with balanced umami-salty and smooth liquid.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Cempedak

Cempedak is a tropical fruit related to jackfruit, with strongly aromatic orange flesh that is softer and less fibrous than jackfruit.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Cendol

Chendol

Green jelly noodles in coconut milk with palm sugar syrup and red beans, firm green jelly with fragrant gula melaka and creamy coconut, a legendary Malaysian dessert icon

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Char Kway Teow

Flat rice noodles wok-fried with prawns, egg, beansprouts and chives over high heat.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Chicken Soto

Soto Ayam

Indonesia's most popular soto with turmeric-yellow broth, chicken, compressed rice cakes, and vermicelli

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Chilli Crab

Ketam Cili

Crab in spicy sour sauce with egg, fresh crab with balanced spicy-sweet sauce and mantou bread, a Malaysian seafood restaurant specialty, rich and messy

🇲🇾Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chilli Pan Mee

辣椒板面

Handmade noodles with spicy dry chili mince, egg, and anchovies, springy noodles with spicy sambal and runny egg yolk.

🇲🇾Malacca, Malaysia

Cincalok

Fermented small shrimp with salt, pinkish color with balanced saltiness and intact shrimp.

🇧🇳Brunei

Compressed Rice Cake

Lontong

Rice compressed in banana leaves and boiled until firm, served with various dishes as a staple

🇲🇾Malaysia

Curry Laksa

咖喱面

Coconut milk-based curry noodle soup with fish cake, tofu puffs, and cockles, rich coconut broth with aromatic laksa leaves.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Dendeng Paru

Beef lung boiled, sliced thin, dried and fried until brittle, then coated in a sweet-spicy chilli and tamarind sauce

🇲🇾Malacca, Malaysia

Devil's Curry

Kari debal

Eurasian curry of leftover roast meats stewed with candlenut, vinegar, mustard seed and a great deal of dried chilli, traditionally eaten at Christmas.

🇧🇳Brunei

Dodol

Sticky coconut and palm sugar toffee, slow-cooked for hours, sticky chewy texture with deep caramel flavor and glossy appearance, a festive sweet

🇮🇳India

Dosa

दोसा

A thin, crispy fermented crepe made from rice and urad dal batter. It is a staple breakfast across South India, served with sambar and chutneys