Malaysia is home to one of the tastiest and most intensely flavoured cuisines on earth. Grounded significantly in Southeast Asia’s rich spice culture, Malaysian cuisine has drawn great inspiration from neighbouring Singapore and Thailand whilst adopting flavours and cooking styles over the centuries from Chinese, Indian, Malay, and Portuguese cuisines. A melting pot of these renowned culinary cultures, Malaysia cuisine is the perfect combination of fresh, crunchy textures and rich, punchy flavours with a vast array of herbs and spices used in local dishes to bring your taste buds to life. With hints of cinnamon and clove combined with zingy hits of chilli, lime, and lemongrass, our authentic Malaysian spice blend evokes the true taste of Malaysia Cuisine. […]

With a complex and intricate history, Malaysian cuisine today has drawn influence from many cultures and regions, as its traders and artisans passed through on their well-travelled trade route. Arab traders and Indian Muslims are said to have introduced noodles to the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia as early as the 13th century. The Chinese established trading centers along the west coast of the Malay Peninsula to create a meeting point for the Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and British traders. Traders introduced their culinary traditions and ingredients. […]

Full of bold, well-balanced flavour combinations offset by fresh, zingy pops, Malaysia cuisine combines locally sourced Malaysian herbs and spices with cooking styles and techniques adopted over its rich history to create a robust and unique explosion of flavours. As with most Asian cultures, mealtime consists of hearty main dishes served alongside mounds of fluffy rice, fresh sides and punchy condiments all served together in a communal setting.  A hallmark of Malaysian cuisine and perhaps its most iconic and celebrated dish is the rendang. An intense, dry-style curry loaded with slow-cooked beef, punchy herbs and spices and warm toasted coconut, an authentic Malaysian spice blend is vital and the foundation to good Rendang. Dried chillies add a raisin-like flavour as well as an intense heat whilst kaffir lime leaves add a tang, galangal and turmeric an earthy hum, and cloves and cumin a warm sweetness along with many other flavourful additions. […]