Alright guys, for today's lunch we're at the Central Market here in Kuala Lumpur and we're
going to be trying something that is called Peranakan Cuisine or Nyonya Cuisine.
And basically this is a combination of Chinese and Malay ingredients and cooking styles and
it is the type of food that you'd be able to find in Malacca, Penang, Singapore or parts
of Indonesia.
It is really tasty.
Yeah, and since we're not going to be able to go to Malacca this time around.
Awe!
We found a place that specializes in Nyonya Cuisine right here.
Yes.
So happy guys and my mouth is watering.
The food came out so quickly and the portions are huge and everything smells delicious.
Look at how big the Laksa (叻沙 - 喇沙) is.
Look at the size of this bowl.
Like look at my little hands.
Put your hand over top of it.
There is my little hand.
It is like bigger than my hand.
This could feed like two or three people I think.
But it is just mine.
Or just us.
Just for me.
Okay, alright so let me give you a tour.
This one is mine.
This is the Laksa (叻沙 - 喇沙) and it is a spicy coconut soup.
It looks amazing and uh the main ingredients here we've got some chicken, we have shrimp
and squid.
We have these tofu puffs.
We've got a hard boiled egg.
Yeah.
Lots of veggies.
Oh, look at the size of that shrimp.
My goodness.
That is a big shrimp.
Woah!
That is a nice and of course the rice noodles.
Yeah, rice noodles somewhere.
They're at the very bottom.
Yeah, and lots of veggies.
We have green beans, some bean sprouts.
This looks so so good.
Oh my gosh.
Should I be squeezing this in to it?
Am I going to burn myself.
Let's try.
Try that.
Squeeze some lime.
Lime is always good.
Also, this is a good time to show off my art.
My Henna art.
You just had that done this morning.
Yes.
At the Batu Caves.
Alright.
Let's dig right in.
Let's start with the noodles.
These are thick rice noodles.
Those noodles look really good.
Oh la lah.
Oh man I'm horrible with noodles and chopsticks.
I can do them independently but whenever we can find them it is a little disaster there.
Mmmm.
How is that?
Mmmmm.
Hahaha.
I just love coconut so much.
Me too.
Coconut and spice.
It is really really good.
I'm so happy with this.
And it is really spicy huh?
Yeah.
It burns in the throat.
It is like slow after burn.
You don't feel it right away.
Mmmm.
And Sam's food looks just as appetizing guys.
Yeah.
So I'm trying something called Nyonya Chicken Rendang (马来西亚冷当咖喱鸡).
Yeah.
Let's take a look down here.
So you can see that it is chicken that is in a really nice coconut based gravy.
Yeah.
And it has got a lot of different spices.
Chinese and Malay types of spices.
Yeah.
So what I'm going to do is I just cut off a piece of the chicken here.
I'm just going to take that like this with the gravy and pour this on top of the rice.
This is a coconut rice with coconut milk.
Yeah.
And it is blue.
Yeah, it has got blue.
I love that it is blue.
It is so colorful.
So grabbing a big piece here of chicken.
A little bit of rice.
Let's try that.
A little bit of everything.
Mmmm.
That is absolutely amazing.
Yeah.
The chicken is so tender, the uh gravy is really spicy.
You can taste all of those different spices and then of course you get the nice creamy
coconut milk.
Oh my gosh that is amazing.
That is just so good.
We've going to love this meal.
Okay, I'm going in because this looks so good.
Let me just say this is like a prime cut of chicken.
Like this is chicken breast with not fat and one thing that I sometimes find a little frustrating
is that the way they cook the chicken in Malaysia you get like these weird cuts with like bones
and fat.
This is not the case with this chicken.
This is just nice.
Mmmm.
Do you like that?
Isn't that spicy?
It is wonderful.
Is there lemongrass in there?
I think there might be.
Mmmmm.
It just tastes like Southeast Asia.
Haha.
The spices and the coconut.
Like one thing I'm loving is the coconut.
It just makes everything great.
We're huge fans of coconut.
Whenever we can try something with coconut we've all over that.
Loving this.
It is really good.
And I'm sharing my Nyonya Laksa (叻沙 - 喇沙).
Yes, thank you for that Audrey.
So I'm just going to try the base here.
The soup first.
Yeah.
It is almost like a gravy.
It is such a thick thick soup.
Oooh.
Ha!
That is just so good.
I know!
That is just so good.
It is just so creamy and just so flavorful and all of the spices.
Yeah, like we've been eating a lot of Indian food these last few days because we've really
enjoyed but man we've been missing out.
We should have been having Nyonya more often.
Okay, I'm going to have some of the noodles.
Yeah, and as we mentioned earlier you're best bet for Nyonya food probably in Malaysia is
going to be Melaka which is only like a couple of hours away.
Or also in Penang.
Yeah, so when you're going to Malacca you're kind of heading towards the Singapore area
so along the Malacca Strait.
Mmmm.
Oh yeah!
Those are nice noodles too.
But yeah it is definitely the coconut curry base that makes this so good.
Along with all of the spices.
Alright and to drink?
And to drink we ordered a pot of tea from the Cameron Highlands.
That is a really popular region here in Malaysia.
The temperatures are cooler there so you can go for a nice visit.
This is special for me because many years ago before I met you I went and toured the
Cameron Highlands and I went to this very specific tea factory.
Oh la lah.
So I have been there and it is a highly recommended place to visit if you're traveling in Malaysia.
This should be really good quality tea.
That is nice.
Do you like that?
Yeah.
I wish I were more of a tea connoisseur so I'd could be like mmmm aromas of earth and
grapes and whatever.
Kind of like with wine but I don't know that much about tea.
I just like drinking tea.
Actually I drink so much tea that apparently my teeth are kind of yellow.
And the last time I went to the dentist she asked me are you a smoker?
And I was so offended.
Like no I just like to drink tea.
I drink it several times a day.
That is what happens.
It stains your teeth yellow.
But I don't care.
So Sam here already took care of the chicken and the coconut rice.
And now he has moved on to the Laksa (叻沙 - 喇沙) because I'm full.
This is way.
There is some foods where we're both getting full and okay we'll just leave it on the table.
There is no way I'm leaving this.
This is just way too good.
It is delicious.
This is just way too good.
And we still have dessert to come.
My gosh!
It is just so filling because the soup is more like a gravy.
It is so so thick.
It fills you up right away.
Alright, dessert is here.
I feel like I'm about to burst but it looks way too good to leave on the table.
So we got the Sago Gula Melaka I believe.
Sago to me it looks a lot like tapioca balls.
Like miniature tapioca balls.
And it is in a coconut cream and they also gave us palm sugar.
It has been heated and kind of melted.
Yeah, and he suggested we pour it.
A little bit.
And then try it.
And see if you need more.
So we're going to do that.
Let's try that.
It looks like honey it is so thick.
Man, the sugar and coconut cream.
Because we haven't been getting enough coconut.
Oh man.
Let's go for it.
Mmmmm.
Is it good?
It is a cold dessert.
Okay.
I was expecting it to be warm.
That is quite nice.
You know what?
It doesn't even need the sugar.
Like the coconut cream itself is so thick and rich.
Yeah, it is like you don't even need the sugar.
I just want to taste the coconut.
Mmmmm.
So good.
Alright, time for my first bite.
So I'm mixing it around.
In he goes.
Mmmm.
Wow.
That is some really rich rich coconut milk.
My gosh.
You know everything we've had today has had coconut in it.
Yeah.
The soup.
The rice.
The chicken and now the dessert.
And you know what?
I would I don't think I'd get tired of this for a very long time.
I could probably have this meal day after day.
Just rich coconut based dishes.
Oh yeah.
Yeah, I think we're going to be coming back here even though we've already filmed.
Yeah.
We're just going to come for pleasure Sam says.
Pure fun.
That was amaze-balls.
We just paid the bill.
Tell us about it?
Yeah, I don't know if I just forget about the prices or something but I thought it was
going to cost a little more.
I kind of feel like we almost like I feel like a bit of a thief at this place because
that was such a good meal and it cost hardly anything.
45 Ringgit.
45 Ringgit which at present time is 10 US dollars.
So two mains, rice, a dessert and a big pot of tea.
Yeah, like high quality like high quality tea for ten bucks.
So you can't beat that.
You know we'll be back again soon.
If you're around the Chinatown area go to Central Market.
Go to the second level and you'll find this place.
It is fantastic.