Malaysia is a distinctive Southeast Asian country divided into two main regions – Peninsular Malaysia extending from the southern border of Thailand, and East Malaysia situated on the northern portion of Borneo island, which it shares with Indonesia.
It’s home to about 33 million people who speak a bunch of languages (Malay, English, Chinese dialects, Tamil…) and practice pretty much every major religion. The country’s got this mix of ultramodern and super traditional, gastronomic identity is also not homogenous: it synthesises Chinese, Indian, Malay, and indigenous cooking traditions…