Malaysia
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Nasi Lemak
Malaysia's national breakfast: rice cooked in coconut milk and pandan, served with sambal, crispy anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and egg — wrapped in banana leaf at dawn stalls. Ingredients: rice, coconut milk, pandan leav…
Char Kway Teow
Penang's wok-fired noodles: flat rice noodles seared with prawns, cockles, Chinese sausage, bean sprouts and chives in dark soy — the flavour is the wok's breath. Ingredients: flat rice noodles (kway teow), prawns, cockl…
Laksa
The noodle soup of two worlds: a curried coconut broth (curry laksa) or a tangy fish broth (asam laksa), loaded with noodles, herbs and seafood. Ingredients (curry laksa): rice noodles, coconut milk, curry paste, tofu pu…
Roti Canai
The flaky, hand-flung flatbread of the mamak stall: dough stretched tissue-thin, folded and griddled in ghee, served with dhal or curry for tearing and dipping. Ingredients: flour, water, salt, sugar, condensed milk (oft…
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