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03/07/2026

🔥 Unlimited Steamboat & Grill for only RM39.90!

Pappa Steamboat & Grill has officially moved to their new location:
đź“Ť Wisma Arma, Jalan Sungai Merab, Selangor (Pinggiran Putrajaya)

Bring your family and friends for a satisfying buffet without breaking the bank! 🍲🥩

Same name, completely different dish. That’s Malaysian food for you.In Johor, mee rebus was once commonly called mee Jaw...
22/06/2026

Same name, completely different dish. That’s Malaysian food for you.

In Johor, mee rebus was once commonly called mee Jawa because Javanese migrants brought the dish over. Negeri Sembilan puts durian into cendol and fully stands by it.
Muar otak-otak and Penang otak-otak share a name, but almost nothing else. And in Kelantan, laksam is technically not the laksa most people think of. Any Kelantanese will happily explain why.

Different states kept the names. Then made the dishes their own.
Which version have you tried?

16/06/2026

Most “blue rice” in KL is food colouring. This one is not.

Real nasi kerabu uses bunga telang — butterfly pea flower, boiled until the colour bleeds into the water, petals taken out. That is it.

This stall behind the KWSP building has been here 40 years. Same Kelantanese auntie and uncle. Still RM8 for daging bakar with three proteins. They have not raised prices despite everything.

The budu is fermented for months. The smell is the point. Mix everything before eating — that is the auntie’s rule.

LRT to Bandaraya, 5 min walk. Cash only.

đź“Ť Nasi Kerabu Mek @ Jalan Raja Laut
đź•’ Mon-Fri ~8.00am until sold out
📞 Cash only — no card

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Malaysia has more than 20 sambals. Most people meet 3.A few Malaysian flavours most KL people still haven’t tried. Cinca...
08/06/2026

Malaysia has more than 20 sambals. Most people meet 3.

A few Malaysian flavours most KL people still haven’t tried. Cincalok, fermented baby shrimp from Melaka, usually mixed with lime, chilli, and shallots before eating with rice.
Tempoyak, fermented durian, often turned into a rich sambal in Pahang and commonly paired with patin fish. Budu from Kelantan and Terengganu, an anchovy sauce fermented for months in clay jars. The stronger the smell, the better the batch.
Sambal pengantin is a traditional Nyonya sambal made with galangal and candlenut, slow-cooked until slightly sweet and deeply fragrant.

Which one is your home sambal? Comment below.

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05/06/2026

Two completely different dishes. Same name.

Penang Hokkien mee is a prawn soup. KL Hokkien mee is dark, soy-tossed, totally different. Both real, both correct — depends where you ask.

This bowl in OUG carries the recipe of Seang Lim Hokkien Mee, Penang’s “Prawn Mee King” from the 80s. He retired in 2017. They opened here the same year to keep it going.

From RM10. Closer to Penang than the flight is.

Which Hokkien mee is your default? Drop your version in the comments.

đź“Ť Prawn Noodle King @ Taman OUG
đź•’ Daily 8.00am-3.00pm
đź“ž 012-690 7777

Most Malaysian rice dish names were never really about the rice.Nasi kandar was named after the wooden pole used to carr...
01/06/2026

Most Malaysian rice dish names were never really about the rice.

Nasi kandar was named after the wooden pole used to carry curry baskets across the shoulders. Nasi dagang came from travelling traders along the east coast. Nasi kerabu gets its name from a Thai-rooted word for herb salad, and the blue rice comes naturally from bunga telang flowers. Even nasi lemak doesn’t mean “fatty rice”. “Lemak” refers to the richness of coconut milk, and the dish was already mentioned in Sejarah Melayu in 1612.

Malaysian food has always carried stories with it.
Which one surprised you the most? 👇

26/05/2026

Most people in KL still confuse this with curry laksa. It is not.

Sarawak laksa has no coconut milk. The broth comes from over 36 spices and dried prawns. Anthony Bourdain called it “Breakfast of the Gods” back in 2014.

Aunty Christina is from Padungan, Kuching. She has been making this same bowl in the Klang Valley for over 20 years. Now in a kopitiam in Sea Park, RM8 standard.

Squeeze the calamansi. Not the lime. There is a difference.

Comment “calamansi” if you knew. We see you.

📍 Aunty Christina’s Sarawak Laksa @ Sea Park, PJ
đź•’ Tue-Sun 8.00am-2.30pm (Closed Mondays, occasionally Wed)
đź“ž 019-383 5561

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Some days call for a simple comforting Ayam O. and some days only a bowl of rich Nyonya Laksa Melaka will satisfy the cr...
19/05/2026

Some days call for a simple comforting Ayam O. and some days only a bowl of rich Nyonya Laksa Melaka will satisfy the craving 🍜

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