Local Malaysian Food (Madras Lane)

Malaysians love food and I’m no exception. I enjoy my food, especially street food. This is a place which I used to frequent after school, together with my classmates. So it has been in existence way back then, in the nineteen fifties!!

What do you think these people are queuing up for?

See the yummy fare available? Collectively it’s known as Yong Tow Foo. They are actually vegetables and tofu stuffed with fish paste. There are also springy fish balls available.

Has to be good, right, with so many people willing to queue up for their lunch.

Note the place. It’s not fancy. In fact it’s a back lane parallel to Petaling Street, the Chinatown of Kuala Lumpur. It has been roofed over but it’s still very hot and fans are on full blast. Despite this, when the lunch crowds thicken, the place is like a sauna!!

People still patronise the place because the food is good and prices are reasonable. The other stall which is a hot favourite sells noodles, curry laksa and you choose what goes into your curry noodles, whether it is chicken, cockles, vegetables, etc. The other noodle is assam laksa, which has a sourish soup because it is tamarind based and comes with pineapple, fish, cucumber, onion rings, ginger torch flower, and two types of garnishing, daun kesum and mint leaves.

You have to try it and you’ll get hooked!! It’s that good!!

So visit Madras Lane whenever you’re in town but you have to be prepared to sweat it out as you partake of your food.