Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country with three main ethnic groups: Chinese, Malays and India. The Chinese in Malaysia are the second largest ethnic group among Malaysia citizens. As Malaysian Chinese, we have not only retained the traditional Chinese culture, but also had the opportunity to be exposed to different cultures since childhood, which has gradually made us more and more accepting and tolerant. Today, let's take a look at what Malaysian Chinese have to do in terms of food!
Most of them can be eaten spicy
Most of the Chinese in Malaysia are very spicy, and almost every restaurant can order spicy food. ALTHOUGH NOT SIMILAR TO SICHUAN CUISINE, MOST OF THEM ARE ADAPTED TO LOCAL TASTES AND ARE EXCLUSIVE TO MALAYS, SUCH AS SAMBAL BELACAN, FISH HEAD CURRY, ASAM LAKSA AND SO ON. Chili peppers are also divided into many types, such as small chili peppers, large chili peppers, and chili peppers. These are small cases for Chinese in Malaysia, no matter what food can be put with chili sauce or chili powder, to make their favorite taste. The pursuit is not the spicy, but the spicier.
There's nothing a sauce can't do
When Chinese Malaysia eat food, there is usually a small plate to hold the sauce, which is usually garlic chili or soy sauce garlic, for Chinese Malaysians, sauce is like life, indispensable. Sauce can be said to be the essence of the whole food, and even if it is not delicious, it can be turned into a delicious dish.
Meals can be food of different ethnicities
Since Malaysia is a country of three major ethnic groups, compared with the other two major ethnic groups that do not eat pork and beef, Malaysia Chinese have relatively many choices, so eating food of different races in three meals is also an advantage of Malaysian Chinese.
The culture of drinking tea
In Malaysia, as long as it is drunk, it will be called drinking tea, which is what we often call 'drinking tea', most of the tea is divided into Chinese tea such as Tieguanyin, Longjing, incense tablets, etc., and the other is TEH or KOPI that we often see, these two kinds of tea are also divided into many kinds, and there are many combinations such as TEH O, TEH C, KOPI O, KOPI O KOSONG, etc.
No soup, no joy
For Chinese in Malaysia, soup is a must, there will be soup in at least one meal a day, even when buying chicken rice or mixed vegetable rice will give soup, you can imagine how much Chinese care about soup, and many people will first drink a mouthful of soup when eating noodles with soup, eat the previous mouthful of soup, and eat everything is very fragrant.
You can turn it into your own creative cuisine
Chinese Malaysia love to create their own creative cuisine. Anything that can be eaten can be used for innovation, and it is also a spirit of challenge for them. There's nothing they can't do, only what they can't think of. Even the 'King of Fruits' – durian has gradually become a staple food from a durian dessert at the beginning, such as durian chicken pot and even durian shells can be used to make soup.
In order to adapt to the diverse culture of Malaysia, the Chinese in Malaysia have creatively added many elements while retaining their original food culture, just to make the food unique and constantly enrich the food culture to attract more people. This has also created many advantages of Chinese in Malaysia in terms of food.
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