Whole nother level than any other salai masak lemak I've ever had. Really one of the boldest
flavored dishes you will eat in Malaysia. Never had anything like this in KL. Wow
We drove down from KL to a new state for us. First time here in
Negeri Sembilan aka the ninth state and we're in Seremban for the day.
And gonna be eating a lot of food. So first stop we're going to Pasar Besar Seremban
Wow can just smell the aroma here now. So hungry now.
This is the upstairs. This is like the food court spot. Wow it smells delicious.
So this stall is Hioong Kee Mee Hoon Sotong. So actually Sue her family is from this state so that's why we're also very
comfortable coming here with them and they are the ones leading this tour.
We're just tagging along with them. This is what we have. We got here the bihun sotong.
So there's actually slices of pork in here too, there's vegetables, the bihun - the thin rice
noodle. There's a bit of a gravy here too. I'm really interested about this because this
I never heard of this before coming to Seremban. I know it's one of the famous stalls here to try.
It smells very smoky. Whoa this kind of like has a funky smell
like um innard smell in a way. Not like funky funky but like innard smell. I love the broth not
salty it's like it's not really that smoky like it tastes just like it smells. That's what I'll say.
And there's the pork in here like meat pork - pork belly slices.
Belly slices. There's no innards so interesting. And then we have chili paste
So we finished our mihun sotong. Now we're on to our second meal of the day which is the Seremban beef noodles. Maybe the most famous
dish in all of Seremban. It's a very unique style of beef noodle. We love beef noodles we had them
a lot in KL. Never seen one that looks like this. It's very interesting. Yeah very like gloopy texture
of the sauce. A lot of different cuts of beef. She asked if I take all the innards because you know
not so sure, right? Foreigner. Yes I do. So you get all these little cuts of beef here. Nice looking pieces
There's peanuts, there are sesame seeds. This is - it could be like stomach lining. Beef
stomach lining. Smell first. It's not as funky. Actually the mihun sotong has more funky smell to it.
It's not really funky, but it has like hint of funk taste. This one the beef noodle
it's different. It has no funk smell at all even though they have innards in here. The noodles
themselves look very interesting and slippery. Let's give it a go
Funny with that kind of texture I was expecting something sweeter. It's not at all it's very
much savory. You got a little bit of pickled veg a little five spice flavor. It's delicious
And I love the cuts of beef. I'm holding this lining and I need to eat it.
Mmm wow
No funk at all. It's so smooth chewy no funk taste. No hint of it at all. Zero. Wow noodles
As Greg was saying, the noodles are very slimy so thick as well wow I've never had anything like
this in KL. Wow and it's interesting in a good way yeah. I love it really well balanced.
I will say. You could order these as a soup but we really wanted the dry. They're very
famous for the dry noodle. We prefer dry noodles usually. I think we got made the right choice.
Stop one and stop two done all in this little big place. Yeah so apparently
this was renovated due to a fire so it's actually all new. Used to be kind of like
the downstairs wet market according to our friend Sue. Yes and the great thing about
this place is everyone is so nice. So friendly so welcoming smiling everywhere and
and yeah. We love the vibes like the aunties and uncles chilling reading the papers smiling oh
where are you from where are you from? Hope you liked it. So sweet like definitely has like the
small town like friendly vibe here in Seremban so far. For a small town they have a very huge
market. I guess they're not so small it's like a small city maybe. We'll say small city. Okay. Do you
call it small town or small city? This is Sue our local guide. Town small town or small city?It's
definitely getting bigger but I would still call it a small town. Okay. Must visit this market
On adventure. Yeah we're backing out wrong road sorry guys. All good
Here at our next spot Siew Pow Master because Seremban is very
famous for baked siew pau, so that's what we're gonna try here.
So we have our siew pau. We're so excited these look great they're baked we're very used to the steamed ones. These are baked.
We're curious what it's going to be like. So we have got two pork. One each we're not sharing.
And we have a kaya puff and we got coconut tart. I read about this. I read about it being
good. It looks delicious. We also got a butter cake here. We got a butter cake on the side
for the road because he said it's delicious so why not? So yeah here you go.
A nice glaze. Ooh it's still warm too that nice brown color it's still nice and warm.
So nice and flaky. It's a nice ratio of the pork filling to the pastry. That's
what I like about it so they don't skimp on the filling here. Very nice
This kaya puff. Already have bits of kaya oozing out of the side.
The kaya in this one is very coconutty. A little bit of the pandan. Not too sweet. Oh I love it
This coconut tart is definitely unique too. It's like it's pretty flaky and crumbly exterior here, but
then you have the shredded coconut and it's green. Assuming there's some pandan in there.
Also nice. I think these are really a favorite local spot because there's so many people coming in here
just taking their siew pau or any pastries to go so it's totally a must if you are here in Seremban.
Non-stop eating. Now having guess. Cendol from Haji Shariff Cendol. It's a very famous spot here in Seremban.
Open since the 1930s in a really old beautiful building. Over 100 year old building
Real quick. Okay a little bit history of this place. This place started in the early 1930s.
It's now on the third generation. This is their permanent business
location, but it started on a push cart by the current generation's grandfather
who came in in the early 30s. Wow And the cendol that we're having it's with pulut.
That first bite is excellent.
The gula melaka is very fragrant.
The ice is very finely grated.
And I love the coconut milk is nice and creamy. Ohh it's really good.
I love how they serve it in this metal bowl. It adds something to it. It's perfectly refreshing and I love the sticky rice- the pulut.
Here we're on a pit stop from the food for some culture. Learn more about Negeri Sembilan and we're at the Muzium Negeri,
the State Museum. It actually says Muzium N9 on the outside. So there's this beautiful architecture here
the Minangkabau style. So that's the people from Sumatra. Traditional cuts. Actually we're here just
to burn off some calories and getting some steps in before we go another round of makan makan or eat eat eat.
And get a little culture too. Yeah but why not it's our first time here so let's do it. Yeah sun's out
Alright so we're here at the outside part of the museum and it's nice they kind of like
make it into like their own a separate complex there's um a replica of how old or traditional
houses used to be like. Interestingly just read that the style of architecture - this Minangkabau
architecture it's kind of pointed at the top to resemble buffalo horns. This is so nice. This is
a 200 year old house. Let me take you a little bit tour of the inside to see what it's like
Mind your head
Really worthwhile spot to check out. I feel like you're kind of stepping back in time when you're
going to these old buildings. You get to learn more about the state. We didn't really know much
about N9. Now we know a little bit more.
We are out in the kampung. That's right about a half hour outside of Seremban. The neighborhood I think it's called Rembau and we're going. There's a little hint
for you. Here there's wood and there's smoke. One of our favorite dishes in all of Malaysia.
We're gonna try it in the home state. We're so excited. Yes let's go. The dish that we're gonna have up
next we've had it before but as what Greg said it's gonna be the first time we're gonna have
it on its home state. It's just so flavorful I cannot wait to have it. Love that we're here in the
kampung too. We're on the side of the road. You know these roadside spots are always awesome. Classic
This dish calls for lots of rice so we're gonna have lots of nasi. Why not coconut?
We are ready to eat. We've got a feast. Even though we've been eating all day, we're still ready to eat now.
So we have kampung chicken salai, so smoked chicken in this rich masak lemak yellow gravy. It smells good. We got that, we got duck, we have ikan keli aka catfish, beef,
we have mushroom, banana stem, container of tempoyak because why not? We're durian lovers. I don't know where to begin.
That is really smoked chicken.
That duck is out of control. So smoky. It's really fiery rich gravy. Oh my God
Whole nother level than any other salai masak lemak we ever had. Oh man. See why this place is so popular.
Really one of the boldest flavored dishes you will eat in Malaysia by far. I can't talk about anymore, let's just eat.
Nice and full. And it's been a beautiful lots of eating day and a little bit of exploring here in Negeri Sembilan. If you guys are
watching this if you haven't been to this state here in Malaysia it's worth a visit
and that museum was also worth a visit so is this beautiful place. One of the best
meals straight up. Incredible. We really got incredible experience for our first
time in this state so I think we got a good well-rounded experience. Give us any
recommendations for a future visit to Negeri Sembilan in the comments. Yep I know we
definitely have to hit a lot more spots here but so far it's been so good. So yep
that's it thank you guys for watching and we'll see you in the next one bye.