Malaysian Halal Food
Best Halal Food Kuala Lumpur: Arabic Grill, Laksa, Hakka Cuisine and Halal Chinese Food
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Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall view all
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall view all
Reposted from the web
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall
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Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later. view all
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later. view all
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Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later.
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later.
Best Halal Food Kuala Lumpur: Arabic Grill, Laksa, Hakka Cuisine and Halal Chinese Food
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Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall view all
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall view all
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Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 3 maps Malay, Chinese, and international halal restaurants, including Arabic grilled meat, laksa, Hakka cuisine, Cantonese-style tea food, seafood, French food, Japanese ramen, hot pot, Chinese dishes, and Paris Baguette.
Kuala Lumpur has a surprising number of halal restaurants. If you do not know where to start, you can choose from the three categories I have divided them into. The first category is Malay food, or Southeast Asian cuisine, which includes Thai food. Malay people are spread widely across Southeast Asia; they live not only in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and Thailand. The second category is Chinese food, or Chinese cuisine. This is mainly halal food made by Chinese people who moved south to Southeast Asia, based on Fujian and Guangdong styles with some improvements. The third category is foreign restaurants. The most common ones here are Japanese and Korean food, followed by Western food, South Asian restaurants, and Middle Eastern restaurants. There might be some niche halal restaurants, but they basically fall into these three categories. The number of halal restaurants here definitely exceeds that of Beijing, but in terms of variety, it is still not as diverse as Beijing. Beijing's halal Chinese food and foreign restaurant categories still lead the world.
The restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. WRAP'NROLL (Arabian grilled meat)
2. AH CHENG LAKSA (Malay food)
3. Maifenju (Hakka cuisine)
4. FRIDAYS (North American style food)
5. Samtai Yamch'a (Cantonese-style tea restaurant)
6. TWO SONS (seafood, afternoon tea)
7. BACHA COFFEE (coffee shop)
8. TEA ROASTERY (Japanese matcha)
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar (French food)
10. Teppanyaki (tieban shao)
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar (Japanese ramen)
12. The Fish Bowl (light meals)
13. Cili Kampung (Malay cuisine)
14. Fresh (airport light meal fast food)
15. Tengyu (Chinese food, hot pot)
16. Paris Baguette (Western pastries and bread)
1. Wrap'nroll
This is an Arabic fast food restaurant on the B1 floor of Avenue K mall. People call this mall AK. It sits just across the street from the north side of the Petronas Twin Towers. The B1 floor has many halal fast food shops.
You can eat Arabic specialty desserts like kunafa and baklava here.
Address: By the elevator on the B1 floor of AK mall
2. Ah Cheng Laksa
Laksa is a specialty of Malaysia. It is a type of noodle soup that comes in many varieties and flavors. Because many Malay people live in Singapore and Indonesia, you can find laksa there too.
The broth for this noodle soup has many ingredients and a wide range of flavors. I did not quite understand the taste, so I just ordered the signature laksa. I could not finish it after two bites. If you have a conservative palate, be careful when ordering.
Address: AK Mall, B1
3. Ma Fen Ju
This is a small Hakka restaurant. You can probably only find halal Hakka food in Southeast Asia, and this was my first time trying it.
The menu says no pork. In Malaysia, getting an official halal certification costs over 50,000 Malaysian ringgit. Small shops cannot afford that, so they just write no pork instead of paying the fee.
Sambal okra (yangjiaodou) is just okra.
Dried shrimp tofu with minced meat rice, which is a little spicy.
Address: AK Mall, B1
4. FRIDAYS
This is an American-style halal restaurant. You can tell by the decor that it has a Western cowboy vibe.
American restaurants are known for large portions and high calories. I chose this place because my son cannot eat spicy food, but the black pepper in the American dishes still has a bit of a kick.
Fahim took one bite of the salmon and stopped, so I ordered him a kids' meal instead.
Tomato pasta is his absolute favorite.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
5. Samtai Yamch'a
This is a halal-certified Cantonese dim sum restaurant.
They have freshly made dim sum available for takeout.
The restaurant is in the newly opened TRX Mall and is very busy with many Malay customers, but I don't think it is as refined as the dim sum in KLCC.
Spicy wontons in chili oil (hongyou chaoshou) and their signature hand-pulled noodles (lamian).
Fresh shrimp rice noodle rolls (changfen).
Custard buns (liushabao).
Chicken barbecue pork buns (chashaobao). I still think the ones from the Hui Muslim restaurant in Guangzhou that split open at the top are better.
Address: Concourse Level, TRX Mall
6. TWO SONS
Two Sons is a seafood afternoon tea restaurant on the third floor of TRX.
You order by scanning a QR code here, and they serve tea and coffee.
The main meals focus on seafood, which tastes fresh and delicious. You often have to queue for a table, but waiting in line to eat is very common in Kuala Lumpur.
Address: 3rd Floor, TRX Mall.
7. BACHA COFFEE
This is a very popular cafe that also has locations in Hong Kong. It is known as the Hermes of the coffee world, but the prices are not actually that high. A pot of coffee costs about 30 to 60 Malaysian Ringgit.
We visited the branch on the ground floor of KLCC, and I also saw one in the TRX mall.
They have hundreds of coffee varieties, and the menu is as thick as a book. I do not have any specific recommendations, but keep in mind that one order is a whole pot, which is enough for two people. We accidentally ordered two pots, but luckily they were not filled to the brim, so we managed to finish them.
You can pair the coffee with cream and desserts, which are of excellent quality.
Address: Ground Floor, KLCC, near the entrance by the musical fountain.
8. TEA ROASTERY CHA-BA-SHI-RA
A new Japanese matcha shop just opened at the entrance of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
The owner is Malaysian. He went to Japan to learn the art of matcha, and because he loves it himself, he came back home to open this shop.
I have tasted matcha in Hokkaido, where it was smooth and rich, and the quality at this shop is also very good.
Address: Exit of the B1 supermarket in Isetan Department Store.
9. Arte 66 Restaurant & Bar
This is a very luxurious French restaurant located just a few hundred meters from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
You can only find this kind of halal French dining in Kuala Lumpur. I saw one in Dubai, but it was ridiculously expensive at 3,000 yuan per person. This place is about 500 RMB per person.
The restaurant is on the 66th floor of the building, offering a panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Twin Towers visible in the distance.
They charge per person, and you choose your items from the menu. The dishes are served in order, and the whole meal takes about an hour.
They serve TWG brand tea bags, which cost over a hundred yuan online.
The first dish was raw oyster sashimi. The taste was very average and a bit fishy; I still don't like eating raw oysters.
The two of us chose different set menus, and the other one was salmon sashimi.
Seafood soup with scallop meat, large shrimp, and mussels.
Creamy vegetable soup.
This is a French-style duck dish. The meat is quite tender and very lean.
The French-style pan-seared lamb chops taste good. It is a pity I did not get to eat French escargot here; I will have to wait until I am back in Tianjin to eat snails.
The coffee and desserts are high quality, but the main dishes taste very ordinary and a bit rough. They do not seem to match the decor.
Address: Level 66, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
10. Teppanyaki
A Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. I remember the last time I had halal teppanyaki was in Hokkaido.
A chef cooks the meat for you, then you eat it with vegetables and rice. The meal comes with jelly and edamame.
Address: 52100, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Taman Kepong, Jalan Metro Prima, F28, L1, AEON Mall, Metro Prima
11. Shrimp Noodle Bar
This is a Japanese-style shrimp broth ramen shop.
Their shrimp soup is incredibly rich and authentic, made with real, quality ingredients. The shrimp tails are already peeled, which is a perfect touch.
12. THE FISH BOWL
This is a light meal shop on the fourth floor of KLCC. After living in Malaysia for a while, you will really crave this kind of light, healthy food. This shop is also halal certified.
Their drinks are all fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices.
You order by selecting your ingredients on a piece of paper.
If you cannot read the menu, you can also choose a set meal by looking at the pictures.
13. cili kampung
This is a Malay restaurant on the fourth floor of KLCC. It is a chain store that is very popular, so you will need to wait in line.
The large shrimp and squid are delicious. The salty and spicy flavors go perfectly with rice; the two of us ate a whole bucket of it.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC
14. FRESH
This is a fast-food restaurant located after the international security checkpoint at Kuala Lumpur Airport.
There are not many good food options after security. Besides McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, this is the only healthy restaurant worth visiting.
Address: After international security, Terminal 2, Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
15. Tengyu Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant
Tengyu is a hot pot restaurant in Kuala Lumpur opened by Hui Muslims from Xi'an. They also serve stir-fried dishes.
The restaurant has a nice, spacious environment and even includes a prayer room.
They use traditional copper pots with charcoal fire, and the taste is very good.
Their stir-fried dishes are prepared in the Sichuan style and go very well with rice.
Fermented glutinous rice soup (laozao tang)
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce (jingjiang rousi)
Fish with pickled mustard greens (suancai yu)
Address: 83-G PLATINUM WALK NO 2 JALAN LANGKAWI SETAPAK, KUALA LUMPUR. (Next to the side entrance of Setapak Central)
16. PARIS BAGUETTE
A halal Paris Baguette store in Kuala Lumpur.
They have bread, light meals, and coffee.
Address: Level C, The Exchange TRX mall
Best Halal Food Kuala Lumpur: Authentic Malaysian Chinese Food, KLCC Restaurants and Seafood
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Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later. view all
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later. view all
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Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later.
Summary: This Kuala Lumpur halal food guide issue 2 covers restaurants around KLCC and beyond, including Oriental Kopi, Tien, Beacon's, Ben's, Vietnamese food, O'Briens, Mongolian barbecue, dry-pot shrimp, Korean food, a hotel lounge, AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort, and seafood by the beach.
I wrote a halal food map for Kuala Lumpur in February. Now that my child is going to school here, I have visited some different restaurants, mostly around the Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC). Kuala Lumpur has so many delicious restaurants. The variety is great, the prices are cheap, and the food is safe to eat.
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
2. Tien
3. Beacon's
4. Ben's
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
6. O'Briens
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
10. Warong Maa Abah 11. Dodo Korea
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
14. Wak Lan Seafood
1. Oriental Kopi (Huayang)
Huayang was started by a Chinese immigrant from Hainan. He traveled south to work on foreign ships to make a living before settling in Malaysia. Huayang Tea Restaurant is a chain that is very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the customers are Malay, so you often have to wait in line for a table.
This restaurant has halal certification. Halal-certified restaurants are rare in Malaysia. Most restaurants just have a woman wearing a headscarf at the door to show they are halal, which is much cheaper than getting official certification.
Huayang makes everything by hand to ensure quality.
The flaky egg tart (dan ta) is their signature snack, and the crust is very soft and crispy.
The pineapple bun (boluobao) is also a must-order. Add butter inside and follow the shop's advice to eat it with a cup of Huayang coffee.
Huayang Coffee
Curry rice noodle rolls (changfen)
The rice noodle rolls (changfen) are slightly spicy with a strong curry flavor, and the fish balls are delicious.
Lime and plum juice.
Hainan coconut rice (nasi lemak).
The rice is cooked in coconut milk and served with roasted chicken and sweet chili sauce. The coconut rice tastes salty and spicy.
Huayang is an affordable tea restaurant with an average cost of 50 RM per person.
Address: 4th Floor, KLCC Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur.
2. Tien
This is a Fujian Putian cuisine restaurant. It is labeled as a non-pork restaurant, which is very common in Malaysia. This is my first time eating Putian food.
The restaurant focuses on seafood, and their specialty is fresh eel.
Every table has a small bowl of dipping sauce, which is their secret house recipe.
The eel needs to be cooked for 10 minutes. A server helps cook it, and there is a timer on the table.
The cooked eel is tender and firm with no fishy smell. It tastes great with the secret sauce. The eel meat itself is slightly sweet, and the sauce is mildly spicy.
Address: Level 4, Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
3. Beacon's
There is a Decathlon next to KLCC with a play area featuring a ball game projector. Fahim has to come here every day and could play for hours. This restaurant is right behind the court.
Decathlon sells sports gear, and the restaurant here is quite healthy. The shop focuses on organic ingredients without over-processing.
Passion fruit soda.
Most Malay food is very unhealthy, with too much oil, salt, sugar, and spice. It is fine to eat occasionally, but this organic green food spot is a rare find.
Address: Second floor of the Decathlon next to KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Ben's
This is a Western-style cafe inside The LINC KL shopping mall. They start serving breakfast at 8:00 AM. The atmosphere is fresh and quiet.
I prefer shopping here compared to the busy KLCC.
They serve Fahim's favorite pasta, which has a light flavor perfect for kids.
Hainan chicken rice (hainanjifan) is considered a relatively light meal in Malaysia.
Address: 1st Floor, The LINC KL shopping center.
5. KLCC Vietnam Cafe
There is a Vietnamese fast food shop on the basement level of KLCC. They have boxed Vietnamese rice sets that come with a cup of Vietnamese coffee for just over ten ringgit, which is very cheap.
The Vietnamese fast food here is not much different from Malay food, and the taste is also quite salty and spicy.
6. O'Briens
This is an Irish sandwich shop that also has locations in Beijing. It used to be located in Financial Street next to a Fuke Burger, but it closed down later.
They focus on light meals that are very healthy with little oil and salt. I like their vegetable salads and freshly squeezed fruit juices, but this kind of healthy food is not cheap, costing about 40-50 RM per meal.
Address: Basement level, KLCC.
7. Mongolian Barbecue (Menggu Shaokao)
Although it is called Mongolian barbecue, I feel it has nothing to do with Mongolia at all; it is just a Southeast Asian barbecue. The area where this restaurant is located is the famous food street district of Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur.
The lamb skewers (yangrouchuan) are a bit tough. Southeast Asia isn't really a place for lamb, as chicken and seafood are much more popular.
The grilled squid is delicious.
People here don't eat many green vegetables.
The grilled chicken wings taste good.
Address: Bukit Bintang
8. Fanfang Suxiaomeng
This is the Kuala Lumpur branch of Chengdu Fanfang. They serve hot pot on the second floor, and the beef pancakes (niuroubing) on the first floor have become a viral hit.
You have to wait in line for about 15 minutes on average to get a beef pancake.
These beef pancakes have more filling and are crispier than the ones back home.
Address:
Bukit Bintang is not far from the Mongolian barbecue.
9. Mo Song Dry Pot Shrimp (Mo Song Ganguo Xia)
This shop in Kuala Lumpur was opened by an elder (xianglao) from the Lingmingtang gongbei in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are very particular about their food, focusing not just on taste but also on the decor.
The shop has a beautiful environment, and the owner is a student who studied in Malaysia.
The dry pot shrimp (ganguo xia) is delicious. The squid and shrimp inside are very fresh, and everyone praised it. We plan to come back next time to try their hot pot.
Fahim loves their Lanzhou fried rice, and he can eat more than half a portion by himself.
Address: 88, Jalan SS 21/62, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
10. Warong Maa Abah
This is a Malay-style fast food restaurant next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles. It is semi-self-service where you pick your dishes first and then pay, just like a cafeteria. This type of shop is very popular with Malay people.
This combo only costs 10 ringgit. In Malaysia, running this kind of cheap fast food shop is often more profitable than running high-end restaurants.
It features fried fish, grilled chicken, and okra, served with rice and sauce. The flavors are mainly spicy and salty.
Address: Ground floor of Wisma Central, next to Musa Lanzhou Beef Noodles.
11. Dodo Korea
This is a Korean fast food shop on the second floor of KLCC. It is also popular with Malay people because Korean food tastes similar to Malay food, being mostly salty and spicy. It also features fried chicken and rice, though none of it is very healthy.
Kuala Lumpur has something for every taste.
12. Renaissance Hotel Executive Lounge
If you want a healthy and complete breakfast in Kuala Lumpur, the five-star hotels around KLCC are great choices.
Dining at luxury hotels in Kuala Lumpur costs only half as much as in China, offering great value while catering to different tastes.
13. AVANI Sepang Goldcoast Resort
The Avani resort is a drive of over an hour from downtown Kuala Lumpur.
You can see the sea here, and there are few tourists, as the people visiting the beach are mostly local Malaysians.
The seawater is not very blue because it is near the river mouth, so you have to take a boat to further islands to see deep blue water, but Fahim is not interested in that; he only cares about throwing stones and playing in the sand.
The hotel's western restaurant has burgers and pasta that children like.
The price is not expensive, at about 50 RM per person.
Avani hotel's breakfast is served in three halls, featuring Indian food, Malay food, and Chinese food, so you can try them all.
We booked our room on Trip.com. Sepang is close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the airport is an hour's drive from the city, so I recommend coming here if you want to spend a day playing before a connecting flight.
14. Wak Lan Seafood
If you do not want to eat at the hotel, turn left at the main gate and walk 500 meters to find this seafood barbecue stall.
This is a restaurant where locals eat. It is very busy at night, and the crowd starts to grow after 9 p.m. First, pick your ingredients and how you want them cooked. The server will weigh them, and you pay after you finish your meal.
The seafood is fresh and delicious, especially the crab, which is sweet and tender. It is also cheap, costing about 80 RM per person. After eating, you can head to the beach to watch the sunset. This is how the Golden Coast got its name, and you can take photos here that look just like the Maldives.
We stayed here for one night and noticed the tide comes in at night and starts to go out by the next afternoon. When the tide is low, you can see many small crab holes on the beach and go hunting for sea life.
The sand on the beach is fine and soft, so children can have a great time. That is all for this restaurant post. I will update you with more special food in Kuala Lumpur later.