Kelantan

Nasi Kerabu

The nasi kerabu is mix of herbs, the rice is cooked with many types of herbs.

There are also sliced 'bunga kantan', sliced small onions, slice cucumber, beansprout, fish floss and fish crackers. This rice dish is a regional specialty from Kelantan. The rice is tinted bluue from petals of flowers called bunga telang (clitoria). 

Nasi kerabu can be eaten with 'ayam percik' or slices of meat.

Solok Lada

The uniqueness of this type of food is where the filling is placed inside the chilly. 

The filling is made from flesh coconut, fish fillet and coconut milk. 

This tasty food is suitable to be taken with Nasi Kerabu.

Budu

A fermented anchovy sauce that is used as a flavoring, added with chilli, onion and lemon juice. 

It can be eaten with rice, fried fish and 'ulam' (assortment of herbs) such as pucuk paku or fiddlehead fern. The salty and sourish taste can get very addictive as most people tend to add rice when eating this! (Hahaha) 

Budu is not recommended for people with gout or hypertension.

Somtam

One of the famous Thai dish in Kelantan. Most delicious somtam can be find at Tumpat and Rantau Panjang. Somtam is a papaya salah or mango salah with a salty, spicy and sour taste, The salty and lime juicy taste is very popular among people.

Cek Mek Molek

Cek Mek Molek can be translates to pretty lady in Kelantanese haha. It is fried sweet potato with sugar syrup filling. It will be more tasty and delicious when enjoyed while they're still hot and fresh. This dessert is also suitable to be served during a high tea session.

Written by Nik Nur Amira

Perlis

Laksa Kuala perlis is a famous dish in Perlis.

This laksa is made of rice flour, with its savory so appetizing when eaten.

This dish is so famous along the shore especially in Kuala Perlis.

The savory is made from boiled fish, ground and cooked with its ingredients.

Seafood is very well-known along the seaside in Perlis.

Seafood served is all fresh here. Various choices of food prepared in order to meet visitor's appetite. Normally, seafood is enjoyed at night as sea breeze blows.

Kuala Perlis is famous with grilled fishes, crabs, squid and various cooking at reasonable prices.

Pulut Mempelam.

Glutinous rice is eaten with fresh mangoes.

Various types sweet and savory taste of mango and the latest is Harum Manis mango, cut into small pieces and eaten together with 'pulut sibar' or glutinous fat. Wickedly delicious.

'Pulut sibar' is glutinous rice mixed with coconut milk.

This pekasam made from fish or shrimp.

Usually freshwater dish such as puyu, Javanase carp and tilapia used to prepare peksam.

Pekasam avalaible through the fermentation process of fish mixed wuth salt, fried rice powder and can also be included tamarind and palm sugar. The fish pekasam is usually fried and eaten with rice as lunch or dinner meal.

Written by Abdul Qayyum

Johor Bahru

Mee Bandung Muar is a famous dish from Johor Bahru because of the authenticity of it's flavour that originated from JB. People will definitely have a go at this famous dish everytime they're in JB.
Its gravy mildy spicy and gravy is made with diced cubed of beef, shrimps, cuttlefish, and the signature grainy sambal made mainly with ground shrimps, chili and spices,

'Sambal Kicap'

Normally people eat goreng pisang or tempe with 'sambal kicap'. It has signature of Johor Bharu.

Soto is a well known food from Johor Bharu. 

It is nasi impit served with chicken soup and sambal kicap.

Asam Pedas.

The specialty of asam pedas in Johor is their spicyness and the original taste of using 'ikan parang', 'ikan sembilan' or any fish that can make it taste more delicious. They also add tomatoes, ladies' finger, bunga kantan, pickles spinach and sort of vegetables in it.

Lontong.

People normally eat lontong with nasi impit and its gravy that is made of coconut milk. It can also be eaten together with sambal tumis udang or bilis for a richer taste.

Written by Eila Fariha

Kedah

Laksa Beras.

‘Laksa beras’ is not a common laksa and rarely found at anywhere which originated at Kedah. They are using ‘kebob laksa’ in making laksa beras. By eating this food, people will be satisfied with the taste. Its gravy similar to laksa penang which using fish as their main dish.The more use of fish, the tastier the food will be.

Serawa Pisang.

Serawa pisang or Kedahan will call 'seqawa'.

Serawa is the type of sweet dessert. Wedding ceremony usually serve serawa as the dessert.

People always mistaken serawa as porridge (haha).

This dessert normally use bananas but also can use sweet potatoes.

Apam Lenggang.

This food is kind of traditional because it rarely sell in the market or stall. My grandmother always make this as our teatime or breakfast. It has nothing inside, just use flour and sugar but the taste is so delicious and feel the sweetness. I can eat them a lot without realizing how much i take it.

Kuih Karas
Kuih Karas is another famous dessert found in Kedah.
The delicacy is crispy and sweet to taste.
Visitors can come across Kuih Karas in almost ant stall and markets around Kedah.

Written by NurHafiz

Terengganu

According to Athirah Zaki, Terengganu food has shown the influence of Thai culture and taste. Terengganu has abundance of rice based dishes such as Nasi Dagang, Nasi Kunyit, Nasi Kuning, Nasi Berlauk, and Nasi Kerabu. There is Laksam, Laksa Terengganu, Otak-otak, Satar, Ketupat Sotong and Kerepok Lekor. Dining out is relatively inexpensive and there are always plenty of choices range from hotel food to hawker food. The most popular food in Terengganu is Keropok Lekor, Nasi Dagang and Satar.

Keropok Lekor

Athirah Zaki said, Keropok Lekor is a famous local dishes in Terengganu. Some call them fish sausages or fish sticks but in Terengganu they are called ‘keropok’.  It is the specialty from Terengganu. It is the snack instead of a proper meal and sometimes is served as the snack before meal. For your information there are three types of keropok. There are: 

                                                         

                                                       

The long chewy ones are called keropok lekor. This gives it a fishier flavour but tastes as good as the crispy ones according to some people. For your information, you can eat keropok lekor in two ways, it can be eaten either when it is steamed or deep fried, both give different taste. Sometime the boiled one will have fishy smell when they are no longer hot. After that, it will be dry in the sun thoroughly, then deep-fry in hot oil before eating. You can eat Keropok Keping with another food likes fried rice and fried noodles. If you do not taste it with rice or noodles, you can eat them with our own way.

Nasi Dagang

 According to Athirah Zaki, the famous restaurant of Nasi Dagang is Mak Ngah Nasi Dagang restaurant at Chendering. Nasi Dagang or literally the ‘trader’s rice’ which is said is the rice that was eaten by trader on their business journey. Nasi dagang is perhaps the most representing food for Terengganu. The dish is mixes of rice and glutinous rich with coconut milk added once it is cooked. The rice is eaten with tuna curry and light vegetable pickles.

Satar

 Satar is another fish snack in Terengganu Malay cuisine. It is mixture of pounded fish, shallots and ginger wrapped in banana leaf, pierce of few by one single bamboo stick then barbecue over low fire. The best stall are by the road of Chendering, sold by an old couple in a Ford Vargon or Warung Che Wan at Kuala Kemaman or you can try your luck at Central Market. ( Athirah Zaki, 2015 )

Written by Farahim

Pulau Pinang

Laksa Penang.

Laksa Penang is well known in Pulau Pinang and others state. What makes it special in Pulau Pinang is their originality of  using blue ginger, lemongrass, onion, fish and the makrut lime. The taste of sweet sour makes the dish more yummy  and people always addict to eat Laksa Penang.

Nasi Kandar.

The specialty of Nasi Kandar in Pulau Pinang is their originality of taste and all sort of dish that looks delicious and mouth watering. People will be addicted by eating Nasi Kandar because of their ‘kari kepala ikan’ and 'fried chicken berempah'. You can choose any place to eat Nasi Kandar in Pulau Pinang which is at Nasi Kandar Pelita, Nasi Kandar Beratur, Nasi Kandar Kayu Original and so on.

Pasembor

Pasembor or known as pasemboq is one of the famous food in Pulau Pinang. 

This food came from the mixed of crispy fritters, egg, cucumber slices, sweet turnip, bean sprouts and other ingredients and  eat together with satay sauce. People definitely will try this food once they reach Pulau Pinang. This food can be found at Padang Kota Lama and around Jelutong areas. The range of this food from RM 4 to RM 10.

Written by Firdaus