Malaysia

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Samosa

समोसा

A crisp South Asian pastry is folded around spiced potato, peas, onion, or meat, then fried and served with chutney

🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

Sarawak Laksa

Laksa Sarawak

Coconut milk, and special spices, distinctive spice blend with reddish-brown broth.

🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

Sarawak Tuak

Sarawak Tuak is a named drink prepared in Malaysian cooking.

🇲🇾Terengganu, Malaysia

Satar

Satar is spiced fish mixed with coconut, wrapped in banana leaf and grilled on skewers in Terengganu.

🇧🇳Brunei

Satay

Marinated meat skewers grilled over charcoal, served with peanut sauce and cucumber

🇲🇾Selangor, Malaysia

Sate Kajang

Sate Kajang uses large marinated meat pieces grilled over charcoal and served with a separate thick peanut sauce.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Savory Martabak

Martabak Telur

Savory stuffed pancake with spiced meat, eggs, and scallions, fried until crispy and flaky

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Serunding Daging

Spiced beef floss cooked until dry and fibrous, served as condiment or snack, dry fibrous texture with golden brown color and aromatic spice blend.

🇧🇳Brunei

Shrimp Paste

Belacan

Fermented shrimp paste blocks made from tiny geragau shrimp, essential umami ingredient in Malay cooking, deep purple-brown color with strong pungent aroma, foundational

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Singapore Fried Radish Cake

菜头粿

Steamed radish and rice-flour cake cut into cubes and fried hard with egg, garlic and preserved radish; served white, or black with sweet dark soy

🇮🇩Indonesia

Snake Fruit

Salak

Salak is a palm fruit with reddish-brown scaly skin and crisp sweet-tart flesh that peels into segments.

🇲🇾Kelantan, Malaysia

Solok Lada

Solok Lada stuffs green chillies with coconut, fish and aromatics before steaming or simmering them.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Sotong Kangkung

Squid with water morning glory in sauce, tender squid with crisp vegetables and balanced sauce, a Malaysian street food dish.

🇧🇳West Sumatra, Brunei

Sour Spicy Fish

Asam Pedas

Sour and spicy fish curry with tamarind, popular in Melaka and Johor, tangy tamarind balance with spicy kick and fresh fish, a regional Malaysian specialty

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Spicy Dried Shrimp Sambal

虾米辣

Dried shrimp pounded with chilli, shallot, garlic, lemongrass and belacan.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Sup Kambing

Soup Kambing

Goat meat soup with spices, clear greenish-gold broth with tender meat and aromatic spices.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Sweet Potato Donuts

Kuih Keria

Sweet potato donuts coated in sugar glaze, crispy sugar coating with soft sweet potato interior and not oily, a Malay and Nyonya snack.

🇲🇾Ipoh, Malaysia

Tambun Biscuits

Green bean paste biscuits from Ipoh.

🇲🇾Perak, Malaysia

Tambun Pomelo

Limau Bali

Large citrus with sweet segments and thick rind, sweet juicy segments with thick rind and not bitter membranes, a Malaysian tropical fruit.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Tapioca Cake

Kuih Bingka Ubi

Baked tapioca cake with coconut milk, soft chewy texture with caramelized top and fresh tapioca aroma.

🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

Tebaloi

Sago crackers from Sarawak, crispy and savory, crispy texture with not burnt and sago aroma.

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Teh Halia

Black tea brewed with crushed ginger, sweetened with condensed milk and pulled between two jugs until it foams

🇲🇾Malaysia

Teh Tarik

Pulled tea with condensed milk, frothy top with good pull aeration and balanced sweetness.

🇲🇾Pahang, Malaysia

Tempoyak Ikan Patin

River catfish cooked in fermented durian paste, distinctive durian aroma with tender fish and balanced sour-creamy flavor.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Tepung Pelita

Tepung Pelita is a two-layer pandan and coconut custard set in a small banana-leaf cup.

🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

Tuaran Mee

Tuaran Mee is a Sabah wheat noodle dish, wok-fried with egg, meat and vegetables.

🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

Tuhau

Wild ginger stems, fresh crunchy stems with distinctive aroma and properly prepared.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Ulam Raja

Cosmos caudatus leaves, antioxidant-rich herb eaten raw as ulam, fresh leaves with distinct herbal aroma and crisp texture, medicinal.

🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

Umai

Melanau raw fish salad with lime juice and onions, fresh fish with tangy lime and crisp onions and not fishy.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Wantan Mee

云吞面

Egg noodles with wontons, char siu, and leafy greens in light or dark sauce, springy noodles with silky wantan skin.

🇧🇳Brunei

Woven Rice Cake

Ketupat

Rice compressed in woven palm leaf pouches and boiled, rice cake for Eid celebrations

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Yee Sang

Yusheng

Prosperity toss salad with raw fish, vegetables, and condiments for Chinese New Year, fresh raw fish with colorful ingredients and crispy crackers.

🇨🇳China

Yong Tau Foo

酿豆腐

A pick-your-own assembly of beancurd, bitter gourd, chilli and okra stuffed with fish paste, served in clear soup, dry with sauce, or in laksa gravy