The Uniqueness Of Malaysian Food - Wonder Food Museum, Penang.

This is the final posting to wind up our visit to the Penang Wonder Food Museum. I hope I have not made you bored with all these photos about our Malaysian food.

Malaysian Food - Incomparable, Unbeatable, And Unique

(excerpts taken from the Wonder Food Museum)

The mere mention of Malaysian food immediately conjures up a cultural diversity of mouth-watering foods. Malaysian food is not one particular distinction of food. In fact, it originates from its multi-ethnic population of Malay, Indian, Eurasian, Chinese, Nyonya and the Indigenous peoples of Borneo; with heavy to light influences from Thai, Portuguese, Dutch, and British cuisines. The result is a highly complex and diverse symphony of flavours. The most highly celebrated Malaysian foods are the street or hawker fare; delivering a sensorial combination of the sour, sweet & spicy. Malaysia is also known as the "country where the eating never seems to stop" where food is available every hour and day of week. Let us now take a journey to discover the rich cornucopia of Malaysian food with its varying ways of preparation, using different ingredients from our multi culture and states respectively.

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well,

if one has not dined well" - Virginia Woolf.

 Colourful sweet and savoury cakes or kuih muih. 

 More sweet and savoury cakes (kuih muih) and cookies.

 Roti Jala and curry chicken.

Spicy Stuffed Squids With Young Coconut Filling

Roti Canai - a type of Indian-influenced flat bread found in Malaysia.

 It is often sold in Mamak stalls. It is also referred as Indian pancake or as "flying bread", due to the process of tossing and spinning by which it is made. Roti canai is usually served with dhai (lentil) curry or any type of curry, e.g. mutton, chicken or fish curry. Roti canai has many variations, either savoury or sweet, with a variety of toppings and fillings, which includes eggs, banana, sardines and onions.

Grilled Banana Pancake with grated coconut filling in banana leaves.

Sweet treats

Traditional Ice Cream

Known as "Aiskrim Malaysia" - very popular more than three decades ago. Can be found in various flavours such as sour plum, milo, orange, etc. Over the years, this ice cream has been upgraded to what is now popularly known as "Aiskrim Potong" or "Cut Ice Cream".

You can find this only in Malaysia.

In Malaysia, when we buy drinks from coffee shops or drink stalls to take away, the drinks are carried in this plastic bag together with a plastic straw. They are easy to carry around, and can be hooked on a motorcycle as you ride, or hooked on anything convenient.

Our local fruits - durians, mangosteens.

Eating durians at the durian stall.
The durian seasons is only once or twice a year.

Food artists at work
All artworks are locally handmade with all our hearts and souls - Wonder Food.

High quality handiwork since 1996

Bridging cultures since 2012

World class works of art since 2015

Food and drink stalls

"Being a Malaysian means getting to eat good food at any time of the day! Okay, on a more serious note, I love how we're a multicultural country and we're so fortunate to be able to experience that and enjoy living together. It's truly a beautiful thing."

- Samantha Lee, Food Artist.

"In every minute of every day, four children die of hunger."

- The comedian Eddie Izzard

Every time you decide not to finish the food that you are savouring, that's the time you need to realize and remember that out there, a lot of human beings are forced to ransack the trash cans and feed on leftovers merely to survive - Wonder Food Museum.

I first took this picture from this angle - looks messy.

Then someone told me to take from this angle.

And what a great difference!

"LOVE & FOOD

are meant for sharing, not for wasting."

For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others.

As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk.

(1 Corinthians 11:21, New Living Translation-NLT)