Kuala Lumpur Local Customs

Jalon Alor is the well known street for night time food stalls. It is quiet through the day, but at night it comes alive with a heap of activity and cheap food...

Some of the best food I have tasted has been street food in Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur as well as in George Town, Penang. Don't be afraid to taste, just be sure...

Different kinds of ikan bilis = small dried fishes. They are used in curries and for giving a salty taste like in nasi lemak, the national dish eaten as...

Most of the past thirty or forty years of my learning about Islam has been from the perspective of people from the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria,...

"Hari Raya" is one of the important holiday festivals in Malaysia. It is equally to Chinese New Year in China or Christmas in the States. It is a celebration of...

since I lot collecting assorted knick knacks of my travels, besides buying refrigerator magnets, I also usually buy Shot glasses of the particular area that I...

I am an avid collector of refrigerator magnets and whenever I travel, I usually buy them as part of my souvenir collections of the local area that I've visited...

Like any country around the world, malaysia has a varied and numerous kinds of sweets and candies and biscuits. There are chinese and indian and indonesian...

again Roti is a flat bread that originated from North India and Pakistan and brought here by Indian Immigrants and is available everywhere. the roti is also an...

the Naan bread is a northern Indian food flat bread cooked in a tandoori oven that became popular in Malaysia due to the influx of Indian Immigrants and is now...

the Satay is the Malaysian and the Indonesian Version of Barbecue and since both are Muslim Majority Countries, you would hardly see pork satay in these...

malaysia has a variety of small snacks and cool drinks from western to local favorites. Local specialties include the squid balls and fish balls and shrimp...

The Hainanese chicken rice is as popular here in Malaysia as it is in Singapore but it is the National Dish of Singapore. this dish orginated from hainan island...

I visit Kuala Lumpur a lot but not resident there, so my expenses would be higher than a resident and I am sure expat (european and non european) as well as...

the cendol is a trans southeast asian dessert that you can taste even in thailand, vietnam, singapore, myanmar, indonesia and here in malaysia. It is one of my...

the southeast asian and east asian region are crazy about iced shaved desserts and here in Malaysia is no exception, one of the most popular iced shaved drink...