r/MalaysianFood

Hi! im travelling to Malaysia for 14 days. Will be covering KL, Penang, and possibly Langkawi. What foods should I try and from where (more important than what to try). Please suggest your favourite places to eat and what I should try there. I have no restrictions in food :) If you have suggestions of local joints that most videos online don’t cover but are a must try, please suggest those too!

Craving some good old Egg Mayo Sando. Give you suggestions

So im looking for a places that sell ninja creami in KL for the best price possible any recommendations? Would help a lot.

This is a 3 in 1. Grocery store special.

Pre-marinated meats sold at alot of grocery stores are made from meats that have passed the best by date or sell by date.

Sushi that contains raw seafood/sashimi is upcycled into a cooked item and sold the next day. (Dont know if still being done till today)

The flower crab you buy is probably from Pakistan and not local even tho they tell you its freshly caught.

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I think the pre marinated meat most people will know by now that they actually use the meat that has reached its sell by date. When they add a marinade they can extend this shelf life by 3 days sometimes 4. Some grocery stores do use fresh meat but alot use the old meat. You can tell which use the old meat as it would be a few pieces marinated. If you buy this, youre eating meat that has been “renewed”. For some reason my friends like to buy it cause they said they dont know how to marinate meat themselves.

You know how some supermarkets sell sushi, sashimis, onigiri etc. Usually they put on a discount sticker to sell most of it off but sometimes you may see sashimi without the sticker. I was informed that stuff like sashimi and the salmon from salmon nigiri can be upcycled into onigiri or rolls and sold the next day hence why he doesn’t discount those items. They would take the raw salmon off the rice, throw the rice and cook the raw fish with the other trimmings they saved and add mayonnaise and then use it to make the filling for onigiri etc. This way instead of selling it discounted at cost, they now earn a little more by upcycling. Now, i learnt this in 2019 from the person that makes the sushi for the grocery store. . I do not know if this practice is still done today. That being said, this is actually safe to do and not really an issue but i think not many knew this.

Boring one but alot of my friends didnt know this and thought they were eating local freshly caught blue swimmer crab. Telling me flower crab sucks the flavour isnt good etc. If you ever buy flower crab from from supermarkets, you probably would think it was local right? As supermarkets like to market as fresh local seafood. But its probably defrosted flower crab from pakistan. We import so much of it. We have way more pakistani flower crab than local in storage. Local one mostly go to fresh markets. And these pakistani ones are really hit or miss, mostly miss. Buffets use them as they cost less than rm1 each. Usually no meat, meat started breaking down and mushy or smell like ammonia. Real fresh locally caught flower crab is really good but of course with a way bigger price tag.

How many of you like smoked duck breast? Probably alot right? Its so close to bacon that its used as a alternative for bacon here. Unfortunately since we started importing smoked duck breast from china precovid, alot of restaurants haven’t been honest with customers.

Many places claim their smoked duck breast is “homemade”, its not… They are using the cheapest smoked duck breast from china and selling it as homemade premium smoked duck breast. In reality all they do is defrost it, pan fry the skin and place in oven to heat through. Turned out after speaking to some of the owners, they said this is why they tell you its homemade in house premium smoked duck breast. “Smoked inside the oven” as waiter says. Just because they pan seared it in the shop and finish heating it in the oven they call it homemade. Thats not honest is it

I supply these shops and i sit inside looking at their menu to see if theres stuff they use that i carry. So i look at items and prices. I noticed a shop had their homemade smoked duck breast selling for 60 but their pan sear salmon at 48. I just thought to myself, a 220g piece of smoked duck breast cost rm4+. Rm20-22 a kilo wholesale. I supply like multiple 10kg cartons at a time so they are going through ALOT of it. My aunt ate the homemade smoked duck breast at one of the shops and told me wow their homemade smoke duck is very good. I said er i supply the smoked duck they just reheat it and put it on top the mashed potato. Her reply was HARHHH.

Do you guys feel deceived or cheated if you found out their homemade smoked duck breast came from a pack and all they did was defrost and pan sear it? I emphasise on the word homemade because this term is used too vaguely. Why isnt the word homemade used on other food items like their pasta and fried chicken etc. Why do they only mention homemade for the smoked duck that comes pre cooked in a bag? I find this suspicious. Is it because they know its from china and are afraid if customers know its from china they wont order it? Please leave your thoughts below.