Putu Buluh

Putu buluh or another name that is putu bamboo is another famous yet delicious street food that can be found in Malaysia. Even though its delicious but I’m not a fan of this food because it is to dry you can practically choke on them. It is made from ground rice, stuffed into bamboo tubes and steamed. Grated, fresh coconut flesh is stuffed inside them.

Putu buluh are sold at RM 2 for 5 pieces.I think it is a good experience eating this food..But make sure u have water when u eat this food.

Hot and tantalizing spicy noodles

After finishing all the assignment, I realized that I am so hungry, but im not feeling eating rice I simply wanting something lighter but spicy. So I decided to ask my friend to go on food hunting in shah alam area. After passing by section 13 TESCO I see a small stall where there are many people standing. We decided to stop at that stall, after approaching to that stall we see a full of white noodle in a big bowl, Its Laksa!!! After trying the laksa I would say it is so delicious, I think this is the best laksa that I ever tried. With a price RM 3.50 per bowl that also serve with some vegetable and perfectly boiled egg.

Yummy dessert from Istanbul

Have anyone try this deliciously ice cream ??

Dondurma, which is the name that Turkish called for the ice –cream that mean “freezing”.This dessert contain ingredient such as milk, sugar, salep and mastic. It has two unique features, firstly the ice cream texture and the other one is the resistance to melting. The salep is used as the thickening agent, flour that is made from the root of early purple orchid other than that it use mastic ,a resin that impart chewiness

Mouth Watering Cendol

One other street food that captures our attention during our journey to Meru is cendol. As we passing by the Jalan meru we see one stall in the corner of the street and the owner are so busy shaving the ice, because of the hot weather, we decided to stop at that stall.

Ever wondering what is cendol??

Heehehe…Cendol is a cold dessert that is popular in Malaysia. It’s also consumed in many other Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and southern Thailand. The name "cendol" might come from the Indonesian word jendol, meaning "bump" or "bulge." Often, it’s served in restaurants or sold as a street food in vendor booths. Made in a variety of ways, cendol almost always consists of green, chewy, jelly-like noodles mixed with coconut cream, palm syrup and pieces of ice. Nowadays cendol also comes with variety adding flavor such as cendol durian and adding pulut and tapai in the cendol.

The New Leko Cheezy- Mayo

The easiest way to describe Keropok Lekor is to call it fish sausage. It is the specialty from Terengganu, a state at the east coast and omnipresent in the streets and villages and very much a part of the live of the people there. This deliciously fish sausage are one of the most popular street food in Malaysia. During our journey to the city we are attracted with keropok lekor that are serve with cheesy as it sauce.

This keropok lekor are sold at RM 2.50 for small cup ,medium RM3.70 and RM 5.90 per cup for large cup.The sauce are made from cheesy mixed with mayonnaise and black pepper sauce.From my opinion this is not a good combination, its taste a little bit odd..I think keropok lekor should best be eaten with the sauce that are made from chilli.

Bubur (Malaysian Traditional Porridge)

Assorted traditional porridge( bubur) is a fine desert that u can find near the street..here is some of bubur you should have to try bubur pulut hitam or Black Glutinous Rice, bubur cha cha (popular Nyonya dessert of sweet potato, yam, black-eyed beans, tapioca jelly and sago pearls in thick coconut milk )and bubur kacang hijau durian or called as Green Beans Sweet Porridge with Durian .

Semangkuk seringgit! Semangkuk seringgit! Stand for my BUBUR…NO PROBLEM!

Jagung Bakar (Grilled Corn)

Jagung Bakar Kg. Baru, the best in town! So who wants Jagung Bakar?

Jagung Bakar is quite popular, whereby along the way you'll find stalls selling lots of Jagung Bakar by the roadside.

As simple as:

1. Apply some margerine on it
2. Sprinkle some black pepper
3. Grilled it!

And its ready to serve! Enjoy it!

Pisang Goreng , Kuih Muih( Banana Fritters And Assorted Malay Kuih)

Malaysian says….”macam pisang goreng panas” or meaning that something is fast selling and guess what? it is true because it is one of the most favourable Malaysian street food.. Malaysian fried banana fritters recipe consist of bananas, desiccated coconut, coconut milk, eggs, sugar, flour and oil.

When you see banana fritters, what else you can see is..

Typical Malaysian cakes, commonly referred to as kueh (or kuih) made by the Malays and Chinese are usually steamed and some fried. Most are made from rice, rice flour, wheat flour. You can try this Malaysian traditional pastries or called Kuih such as:

1. kueh koci - (steamed, made of rice flour and served with fresh grated coconut) 
2. ondeh-ondeh - (steamed, made from rice flour with sweet fillings of coconut) 
3. kueh lapis - (layered, colourful steam cake of rice flour cooked with coconut milk)

And so much more Malay Kuih.. Don’t forget to try it

Malaysian Traditional Steamed Buns (Pau)

Simple and Delicious!

Guess how it is made?? The dough is a Mix dried yeast with lukewarm water and stir with sifted pau flour that is mixed well together and roughly form into a ball of dough then will go into a steamer

You can found it anywhere on the street even in Puncak Alam. Assorted type of pau with an interesting twist of flavours! Pau Kacang, Pau Kaya, Pau Ayam, Pau Daging, Pau with coconut filling and much mare flavor would be nice to eat hot as it is being bring out from the steamer. YUMMY !!

What is so special about PAU??

It is cheap, simple and delicious, pau is very soft, white and clean..and of course it is cheap! You can get it for rm 1 for each but for the gravy filling (chicken, beef or anchovies) they usually charge at rm1.50

Pau is delcicious, just simply love the chewy pau infused with the curry flavor and personally I don’t like the kacang merah(red bean) flavor. What about you??

Rojak Buah (Malaysian Fruit Salad)

Location nearby the Sek7 lake, Shah Alam. Popular among the students of UiTM , UNISEL and also family for their snacks and teatime.

Malaysian well known veggie food, Rojak (Malaysian Fruit Salad). It’s a very simple dish that you can eat during the day or even night, during a wedding ceremony, tea time or picnic time..it is an enjoyable to eat..simple but yet irresistible.

What is it in ROJAK??

It is all about fruits and vegetables that been cut and served with special home made sauce(prawn paste and sweet sauce) and for extra taste it is garnish with a generous amount of coarsely pounded peanuts or roasted groundnuts . The food that is usually been served is of course the Malaysian local fruits a firm ripe papaya,fresh ripe pineapple that was cut into cubes, water-chesnut and some slice mango and a also cucumber ,sengkuang and some even include baby shrimps and prawn crackers.

Exotic Deep Fried Insects

Here is some of the exotic street food I had personally come across, but these are not in Malaysia.

Deep fried crispy insects in Thailand. These are some of the local favourite snacks and mostly savour by the people at the rural area especially those stay near the paddy field.

The local drinks made of lemon grass, pandan leaf and many more serve in the traditional clay vase.

Rice Dumplings

This is one of the stall that grab our attention. This stall sells Chinese vegetarian meal and it is written on the sign board “di tanggung halal”. We also see a lot of Muslims purchase the rice dumpling and other food item from this stall and eat at the nearby table. Therefore, we decided to give it a try and post it here in our blog. The rice dumpling was surprisingly awesome!! The sticky rice dumpling stuff with chestnut, red bean and mushroom. The perfect combination of flavour. The dumpling only cost you RM 3.00 per pieces.

This uncle is the owner of the stall. He can speak Malay so fluently without a Chinese accent. The rice dumpling wrapped with corn leaf and the leaves also contribute to the flavour of the rice in it.

Beverages

Beverage stall like this one can be found anywhere in Malaysia. Coconut drinks as well as sea coconut not only sell near the beach in Malaysia. This stall located at the Central Market area sell only coconut drinks. The refreshing coconut drinks is the perfect beverage for a hot sunny day in KL. For those who never try sea coconut before, you have to try it, and I am sure, you will love it.

This beverage stall in the normal view along any street in Malaysia especially KL. The drinks normally cost RM 1.00 per glass.

"Cha Kuih" or "Cakoi"

This is the Chinese deep fried snacks that savour by all Malaysian despite of their races and ethnicity. The Malay would called this snacks as “cakoi” while the Chinese pronounce it according to their own dialect (different name for this snacks in different Chinese dialect). The stall located at the Chinatown area, and the “cakoi” are freshly handmade at the store

The “cakoi” with sesame seed and the deep fried “pau” with red bean filling.

An Indian girl buying the "cakoi"

The Indian Snacks and Sweets

When we walk along the street at the Little India in KL, we can see a lot of Indian Street Food and the Indian festivities as well as everyday ready to use stuff.

 Here is one of the stall that selling the Indian traditional sweets and snacks. This auntie had been selling all this sweets since 1989!! A family recipe that she’s grandmother brought together from India mainland during the colonization era. This auntie sell 6 to 10 different type of sweet and snacks a day. The price range from RM 1.00 per pieces to RM 2.00 per pieces depends on what type of ingredients used to prepare the items. Her laddu is the best in town!!

Kebab

The food that originated from Middle Eastern countries had long been accepted into Malaysian palate whereby we can find the kebab stall almost anywhere in Malaysia especially at the night market. In KL, the kebab stall located at the Central Market attract our attention because of their creative packaging and this shows that the street food in Malaysia had and can be improved in some ways.

The packaging is so convenience, the price is cheap, clean preparation, great vendor, and above all…its so yummy. Worth it for RM 5.00 for a Jumbo Beef Kebab.

Non-halal Chinese food

In Malaysia, the population consist of various ethnic and races whereby these different ethnicity have their own distinctive culinary tradition, with no exception to street food. In Kuala Lumpur, most of the Chinese street food can be found at the Chinatown area where the population occupied mostly by Chinese and tourist from continental countries.

The stall normally provides the table and chair for the customer to dine along the street. Menu served normally different from one stall to another but the famous menu for the non halal street food are the roasted pork belly and the roasted duck with rice. This stall located at the Petaling Street, within the Chinatown area, and the stall open daily from 10 am till late at night. 

The roasted duck sold on the motorcycle at the Chinatown. Whole roasted duck cost about 45 Malaysia Ringgit.

Nasi Campur And Satay

“Nasi campur” is the Malay term for white rice served with a wide selection of condiment from meat items, poultry, seafood, and vegetables cook in different way and flavour, while “satay” is the skewer of meat or chicken served with spicy peanut sauce. These 2 different meal can be found anywhere throughout Malaysia, and I suppose, in most of the south East Asian countries.

The price relatively different from one stall to another and it also depends on the quantity of food and condiments selected. For satay, the price can be range from 70 cent per stick to RM1.50 per stick, according to the size and type of meat used.