What to eat in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur eats at the hawker stall: nasi lemak for breakfast, char kway teow, roti canai, laksa, satay, durian in season, teh tarik and three cuisines at once.

[ ] Eat nasi lemak
    Rice cooked in coconut milk with pandan leaf, with spicy sambal, anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and egg. The national breakfast, wrapped in banana leaf.
[ ] Eat roti canai
    Thin laminated dough spun in the air, folded and griddled, served with dhal and curry for dipping. Mamak breakfast, and food at any hour.
[ ] Try char kway teow
    Wide rice noodles fried over ferocious heat with prawns, cockles, egg and bean sprouts. The smoky note from a screaming-hot wok is the mark of quality.
[ ] Try laksa
    Two different dishes under one name: curry laksa on coconut milk, thick and spiced, and asam laksa on fish broth with tamarind, sour and coconut-free.
[ ] Get nasi kandar
    Rice flooded with a mix of several curries at once, with toppings chosen from a display. An Indian-Muslim format: you point, and everything gets poured over.
[ ] Try satay
    Small chicken or beef skewers in a turmeric marinade grilled over coals, with peanut sauce, compressed rice cubes and raw onion and cucumber.
[ ] Eat Hainanese chicken rice
    Poached chicken with rice cooked in chicken stock and fat, with ginger and chilli sauces and a bowl of broth. A mild dish unless you touch the sauce.
[ ] Try bak kut teh
    Pork ribs simmered in a broth of garlic and Chinese herbs, served with rice, fried dough sticks and tea. The name means meat bone tea.
[ ] Have banana leaf rice
    Rice on a banana leaf with several vegetable curries, papadam and gravy, with free refills. A South Indian format, and ubiquitous in Kuala Lumpur.
[ ] Try asam pedas and rendang
    Asam pedas is fish in a sour-hot tamarind broth; rendang is beef reduced in coconut milk and spices until nearly dry. Two pillars of Malay cooking.
[ ] Have cendol
    Shaved ice with green pandan rice jelly, coconut milk and gula melaka palm sugar. Eaten with a spoon rather than drunk.
[ ] Try ais kacang
    A mountain of shaved ice with syrups, sweetcorn, red beans, jelly and condensed milk. It looks chaotic and beats ice cream in the heat.
[ ] Eat kaya toast
    Thin toasted bread with kaya coconut and egg jam and cold butter, with soft-boiled eggs and soy sauce alongside. The kopitiam breakfast.
[ ] Try durian in season
    A fruit with a powerful smell and creamy flesh whose taste sits somewhere between custard and onion. The season is June to August, when stalls appear across the city.
[ ] Drink teh tarik
    Strong tea with condensed milk poured back and forth between two mugs from a height to build a head. The name means pulled tea.
[ ] Drink kopi
    Coffee roasted with sugar and margarine, served with condensed milk, with its own ordering code: kopi o is black, kopi c uses evaporated milk, kopi kosong has no sugar.
[ ] Try sirap bandung
    A pink drink of condensed milk with rose syrup, sweet and floral. A mamak classic, drunk over ice in the heat.

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