Penang is known for its delicious dishes. From the famous char kway teow to tasty laksa, there’s no shortage of amazing food to try. But for something truly special, Penang Hokkien mee is a must! This flavoursome dish is packed with the best fresh ingredients: thick yellow Hokkien noodles, pork slices, prawns, water spinach (kangkong),…
A steaming bowl of noodle soup is true comfort food to some people. But one Malaysian twist on the theme, Penang Koay Teow Th’ng, may be more challenging than comforting to the uninitiated! Penang has a bounty of Nyonya hawker food stalls, preparing to order a colourful menu of Chinese-Malay dishes, and th’ng is one…
Part of the joy of visiting a tropical country is exploring exotic fruits you’ve never encountered. In Malaysia, ambarella should be high on your must-try list. It’s known as buah kedondong in Malay and shortened to “ambra” in Penang. Some refer to it as the golden apple (its colour when ripe), June plum or Indian…
Assam prawns, or tamarind fried prawns, is one of the simplest dishes to make in the vast Malaysian menu. Yet fans of this sweet-and-sour seafood dish declare it the country’s best! Known as “assam hae” in Hokkien, this Nyonya dish draws from both Chinese and Malay influences. It was created by descendants of early Chinese…
Salt-baked chicken is the perfect example of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” This unassuming dish looks very much like a regular cooked chicken, yet once tasted it’s easy to understand why it has almost legendary food status in Ipoh.
Yau char kway is an oil-fried pull-apart dough stick popular throughout Southeast Asia. Behind it is a tale worthy of a soap-opera.
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Tourism Malaysia’s online series Street Food Journeys featuring cooking segments with Masters of Malaysian Cuisine and local chefs, and filmed in Malaysia, covering Laksas of Malaysia in Series 4 and Malaysia as the Melting Pot of Asia in Series 5
Street Food Journeys: Malaysia returns with a second series and this time, we turn our focus on the famous street food of Kuala Lumpur. If Malaysia is the melting pot of Asia, then KL can be considered the melting pot of Malaysia; you can find just about any type of Malaysian cuisine represented here, thanks…
Masters of Malaysian Cuisine Partners with MAFI to Promote Malaysian Flavours in Europe The Masters of Malaysian Cuisine (MOMC) group is getting ready to launch a Europe-based campaign in partnership with The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries of Malaysia (MAFI). The theme for this campaign is Malaysian Flavours in Europe (#MYFlavoursEurope). The aim is…
MEDIA RELEASE 13 April 2021 Masters of Malaysian Cuisine is doing a special Live series titled Ramadan Kitchen during the Muslim fasting month, and they will be joined for the first time by a number of Malaysian diplomats based around to world. Among those currently confirmed are the Malaysian Ambassador to Peru Ms. Fenny Nuli,…
