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Please "Like" if you enjoy the video, subscribe to the channel, and turn on notifications! - If you ask ten people in Kuala Lumpur, Penang or Johor Baru the question of "what is Malaysian food?" you might get ten different answers. In a vastly diverse country where the melting pot never melted, each village, district, or neighborhood might have its own distinct cuisine- from a dozen versions of Malay-Chinese, to the Mamak Malay-Indians, to the ethnic Malays themselves, and that's not even mentioning the countless tribes of Borneo; sixty percent of the Malaysian landmass in the provinces of Sabah and Sarawak. In this video, our goal is to find the common themes, to try the iconic specialties and to make sense of the concept of Malaysian food- whatever that actually means. - Please consider supporting OTR on Patreon and thanks so much to anyone who does; your support truly keeps us going. http://www.patreon.com/OTRontheroad Website: http://www.OTRontheroad.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otr.offtherails/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D - 0:00 - Introduction 1:20 - The Melting Pot that Never Melted 4:05 - Nasi Lemak 8:14 - Breakfast 10:10 - The Golden Peninsula 12:16 - Kopitiam 13:58 - Laksa and Beef Soup 19:34 - Malacca 21:04 - Curry 23:51 - Itik Salai Masthar 26:34 - Masak Lemak with Smoked Duck and Beef 31:20 - The Oldest Recipe 33:46 - Ikan Bakar Malacca 36:41 - Borneo 39:41 - The Best Meal We Didn't See Coming 44:10 - Linopot 49:54 - The Reason for the Problems 54:37 - Roti Canai 1:00:33 - Malaysia 1:02:26 - Bak Kut Teh 1:06:13 - Last Thoughts - Video Credits: https://youtu.be/j_aqSHNz4-g?si=WYeScLqgbsOocqW- https://youtu.be/CcOts80eQRo?si=jOdyBHh9BIkwlZTf https://youtu.be/nikqbmne7g4?si=PD26pnwbIrQOnMdu https://youtu.be/C_5kC3J4T3o?si=3B0OKm5I6uGJiqVE https://youtu.be/QdXIXhlfwno?si=1D6KYaltDTZ5lwYl https://youtu.be/_lZjm3mMl3g?si=sHa3DQk-2zLUkHSB https://youtu.be/KImOCQV2PMA?si=5L2R30xhoDXP0Qq1 https://youtu.be/39a36uleWw4?si=4xw_pzjopxx74qzB https://youtu.be/rLHAdiNzS1A?si=8PaFRhDeVCP8-J0P https://youtu.be/XbgFIkhMM3s?si=MW7HF8_NciBf7XVa https://youtu.be/thcOtLjzwac?si=WCK5aw1dnstK5XfG https://youtu.be/KG6UhxYj0Sg?si=7ppaeHXDsMRDgm59 https://youtu.be/ks5RhTuD2BE?si=WAE48hrApzuazcrW https://youtu.be/DW-vktCDrrs?si=gHsesF12FHyxFfwD https://youtu.be/TiQBTesZUJQ?si=AF1Cbb8jDpqO8wE6 https://youtu.be/lqKjGCJfpnQ?si=lAN2YnMtQpc0RyUg https://youtu.be/Sthfu4aQkc4?si=zea9t717px1ZJWDr https://youtu.be/zEz0pca2Uho?si=R3y4Yb7ZODG9O7LC https://youtu.be/pfqDfFHK7Yc?si=B8BG6TfZRXWsgLpc https://youtu.be/mYfPMkKroeI?si=09hZLwCrVgThQivz