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Bijan
While KL has plenty of places to enjoy good Malay food, there are very few where you can sample skilfully cooked traditional dishes in a sophisticated environment. This is the rare exception. Try the tempeh (fermented soybean cake) with anchovies, tomato rice, fried eggplant in spicy chilli sauce and a surprisingly pleasant durian cheesecake.
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Bujang Lapok
This place serves similar food to Ikan Baka Berempah in a tiled, fan-cooled pavilion.
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Capital Café
If you're wandering through Little India, drop into this hole-in-the-wall café for excellent Malay satay sticks (beef and chicken) with peanut sauce.
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Chop 'n' Steak
A Malay-style steak and chicken restaurant arranged around mock-up of a fishing boat.
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CoChine by IndoChine
The KL branch of a famous Singapore restaurant, Cochine serves dishes from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, subtly spiced and full of flavour. The décor plays tribute to Khmer temples and there's a popular bar, SaVanh, downstairs.
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Ikan Bakar Berempah
Well-known for its excellent barbecued fish.
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Kedai Kopi Lai Foong
Chinatown has a number of informal hawker-style restaurants, with various food stations serving classic Malay Chinese dishes. Almost all offer fried rice, fish curry, rice porridge, mee (thin noodles, fried or in soup) and tofu dishes - a meal should cost less than RM20 . Kedai Kopi Lai Foong is recommended.
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Little Penang Kafé
Probably the most enticing of the midrange restaurants on the 4th floor of Suria KLCC, this airy café serves authentic food from old Penang, including specialities like curry mee (spicy soup noodles with prawns) and spicy Siamese lemak laksa .
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Lotus Hotel in Chow Kit
Just north of Little India, Lotus is Chow Kit's favourite nasi kandar (Penang-style steamed rice) canteen. Expect huge trays of fish curry and lots of spicy fried meat and vegetables.
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Lotus Hotel in KLCC
A second branch off Jln Ampang of this nasi kandar (Penang-style steamed rice) canteen. Expect huge trays of fish curry and lots of spicy fried meat and vegetables. The first branch is in Chow Kit.
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Mythai Jim Thompson
Silk cushions and drapes abound at this posh Thai place that aims to create the colonial mood of Jim Thompson's villa in Bangkok. Refreshingly, style does not triumph over substance - the Thai food is excellent, with numerous regional dishes from around Thailand.
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Old Siam
Part of a large Thai restaurant group, Old Siam still manages to feel cosy and inviting, partly because of the old-fashioned shophouse setting. The Thai food is competently prepared and there are happy-hour specials on drinks before .
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Precious
The owners of Old China Café also run this upmarket place in the Central Market, which manages to recreate the mood of mining-era KL despite the mall setting. The food is good and the art and antiques on display are mostly for sale.
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Restoran Buharry
Giant fans blow cool, moist air around this popular hang out for office workers on Asian Heritage Row. All the usual mamak favourites are on offer, plus excellent tom yam soup and delicious mango smoothies.
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Restoran de Kitaro
A busy open-air canteen next to BB Plaza serving possibly the cheapest roti canai and nasi lemak in KL.
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Restoran Sakura
Try this huge restaurant on the road behind the Ritz Carlton for Malay food in more upmarket surroundings. Look out for good-value late-lunch and early-supper specials.
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Restoran Yusoof dan Zakhir
A huge banana-yellow and palm tree-green canteen opposite Central Market serving huge portions of delicious mamak food. Fresh coconuts are chopped open at the entrance to provide a refreshing natural accompaniment to the spicy dishes served inside.
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Restoran Zhing Kong
Chinatown has a number of informal hawker-style restaurants, with various food stations serving classic Malay Chinese dishes. Almost all offer fried rice, fish curry, rice porridge, mee (thin noodles, fried or in soup) and tofu dishes - a meal should cost less than RM20 . Restoran Zhing Kong is recommended.
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Sao Nam
This excellent Vietnamese restaurant is decorated with colourful propaganda posters. The kitchen turns out huge plates of delicious Vietnamese food, garnished with basil, mint, lettuce and sweet dips. Despite being listed as a starter, the banh xeo (a huge Vietnamese pancake with meat, seafood or vegetables) is a meal all by itself.
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Sing Seng Nam
A popular workers' canteen specialising in inexpensive bowls of chicken rice and 'curry fish'.
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Warong Perasan
Good for mee soto (noodle soup), nasi ayam (chicken rice) and fried fish.
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