Ketupat

It is made from rice that has been wrapped in a woven palm leaf pouch and boiled. As the rice cooks, the grains expand to fill the pouch and the rice becomes compressed. This method of cooking gives the ketupat its characteristic form and texture of a rice dumpling. Ketupat is usually eaten with rendang or served as an accompaniment to satay or gado-gado. Ketupat is also traditionally served by Malays at open houses on festive occasions such as Hari Raya Aidilfitri. There are many varieties of ketupat, with two of the more common ones being ketupat nasi and Ketupat pulut. Ketupat nasi is made from white rice and is wrapped in a square shape with coconut palm leaves while ketupat pulut is made from glutinous rice is usually wrapped in a triangular shape using the leaves of the fan palm (Licuala).Ketupat pulut is also called "ketupat daun palas" in Malaysia

Dim Sum

Dim sum is another famous Chinese delicacy in Malaysia which consists of different kinds of light dishes, normally served in the morning or before lunch. All the dishes come in very small portion and most of them are made of meat, flour, seafood, vegetables, etc. If you are familiar with Spanish tapas, you will find some similarities in dim sum. As a matter of fact, dim sum is quite a general term since other Chinese dishes such as Bau (bun with meat or vegetable fillings), Chee Cheong Fun (rice noodle roll) and carrot cakes are also being served in most dim sum restaurants. Famous dim sum dishes include shrimp dumpling, siu mai, char siu bau (bun with barbecued pork filling), lotus leaf rice, steamed fishballs, taro cake, egg tart, congee, etc. You can normally find dim sum in most Chinese restaurants including those in hotels, and also in dim sum specialty shops.

                                            Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak is a very popular delicacy in Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Thailand and Brunei. It is also regarded as the national dish of Malaysia due to its popularity among the local people and also among tourists. If you translate this to English word, Nasi Lemak literally means Rice Cream. It is actually made by mixing the rice with coconut cream and steam the mixture together to produce the cooked rice. The traditional Nasi Lemak comes with the rice, cucumber slices, deep fried anchovies (known as ikan bilis), roasted peanuts and hot spicy chilli sauce (sambal). There are other variations which add fried egg or hard-boiled egg, vegetables, spicy cuttlefish, chicken or beef curry. The possibilities are limitless!