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USD $62.00
Eat Like a Local: Kuala Lumpur Hawker Center and Street Food Tour by Night
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Get to know Malaysia in one of the most satisfying ways – on a food-tasting tour! With an enthusiastic guide, drop in to three or more hole-in-the-wall restaurants and food stalls at a Kuala Lumpur hawker center or off-the-beaten-track neighborhood that features the best of Malaysian cuisine. As you enjoy the delicious food and meet friendly locals, your guide will ensure you have an epicurean adventure that can’t be beat. All food tastings – no matter how much food you eat – are included, so come hungry!
After meeting your guide at a central Kuala Lumpur location, easily accessible by the city’s Light Rail Transit, your small-group food tour begins as you board an air-conditioned vehicle for the drive to the KL neighborhood of your guide’s choice (the neighborhood(s) you visit are up to your expert guide and will vary based on the day of the week).
One such neighborhood you may visit is the Bangsar area, which boasts a wide array of food spots like mamak stalls serving traditional Tamil-Muslim cuisine, South Indian banana-leaf restaurants serving delectable treats on a banana leaf, and Malay warungs (small family-owned establishments serving both local and Western snacks). Or, you might head to Petaling Jaya, where you’ll visit a ‘round-the-clock hawker center (open-air food court) to try food from select stalls frequented by locals. Another possible destination is Brickfields, a popular hawker center famous for its South Indian restaurants and Chinese coffee shops serving traditional Chinese fare like dim sum.
No matter where you end up, rest assured that you’ll have a vibrant KL experience. As you follow your guide’s lead, you’ll weave through alleys and around food stalls with ease, knowing your guide will order your food and make sure you taste the most delicious dishes of the day (or night). Try nasi lemak, a fragrant coconut rice with chili paste, anchovies, peanuts and vegetables. Or maybe you’ll have stir-fried Chinese noodles; an assortment of Indian breads with chicken, fish and mutton curry; or Malaysian desserts such as ondeh ondeh, rice balls with palm sugar and coconut shavings. As you are introduced you to local favorites, you’ll experience interesting Malaysian customs with the comfort of a guide who knows all the ins and outs of KL’s food culture.
At the end of the tour, you’ll be driven back to the original meeting point.
We so enjoyed this evening food tour. Charles was an excellent guide, so much fun. We particularly enjoyed the Malaysian food night market. A fabulous and full in more ways than one! evening.
Review by: Clemma T, February 2018
This is a very late review as I actually completed it in July last year, but this is quite possibly the best food tour I have ever been on! Even now I dream of Malaysian carrot cake, it was that good! We tried a whole variety of Malaysian foods with roots in Indonesian, Indian and China, and we would never have seen or tasted half of this food if we'd been out alone. The markets and hawker center was amazing and all of the food was prepared in front of us. We were the only two people on our tour and we must have eaten for about 50 people! Do not eat before going on this trip as you need room to try everything. You will not be disappointed! Charlie was very informative too and knew all of the vendors at the market we went to and were all very happy to show us how they were cooking and preparing food and pose for photos! I would go back to Kuala Lumpur just to do this tour again I loved the food that much!
Review by: Jackie, January 2018
Highly recommend this tour. Farah our guide was the best, her food and cultural knowledge amazing, she was hilarious and we had a lot fun!!_br/_ Good instructions for the meeting place, lots and lots of food and drinks. Anything we liked Farah would order more. Detailed explanations of what we were eating. We drove in Farahs car to 3 significant local food eateries and then she drove us back to out Hotel._br/_ A must do if you're in KL
Review by: Beverly B, January 2018
Wow! Probably the best money I've ever spent on a tour. Charlie, our guide, was so enthusiastic about the food, history and cultures of Malaysia. He showed us three different areas of Kuala Lumpur while taking us to three eating places and then through a street food market while having us taste samples of noodles and fruit. He then drove us to our respective hotels as the metro was closing. This is a must do for visitors of KL and I hope you have Charlie as a guide. You won't regret your decision!_br/_ Beverly Bradley_br/_ USA
Review by: Winsome S, December 2017
Good to get out into the suburbs and be taken to three different eating places to experience Malay, Chinese then Indian food. Ken was an enthusiastic guide and the conversation was stimulating. Gave piece of mind to try new dishes. A great night.
Review by: allisoneeson, December 2017
Our guide Charlie was amazing! I would highly recommend this tour, we discovered hidden gems we would never have found on our own. The food was fantastic. Malay curries are the best!
Review by: lukasyin, October 2017
What can I say that hasn't already been said? Gerry and Jo were phenomenal hosts! Our group was small and the setting was intimate. It really felt like Gerry and Jo were long time friends who happened to take us out and show us where the locals hang out and eat. It was such an amazing experience! Highly recommended! This food tour is not to miss!
Review by: Robin C, September 2017
This tour was a gastronomic and really fun experience from beginning to end. Our tour guide Ken was fantastic, with excellent local knowledge and a lovely sense of humour. We visited three food markets - open air Malay and Chinese, and an Indian restaurant. The food and local drinks were divine fragrant goat stew, melt in the mouth skewers of marinated chicken and beef with satay sauce, delicious coconut rice with boiled egg, crunchy peanuts, and spicy sauce wrapped in a banana leaf, local vegetables cooked in scrumptious spices, melt in the mouth banana coconut pancake, spicy dips with roti, and much more! Not only was the food amazing, but the opportunity to eat with the locals in the atmosphere, colour, and buzz of the food markets was a delight in itself. Plus, learning how and what to eat set us up beautifully to enjoy the local cuisine for the rest of our stay in Kuala Lumpar. Being dropped off at our hotel after the tour was much appreciated. Don't miss this!
Review by: d.fish532, September 2017
Food was ok.
Review by: ar2, September 2017
This tour was amazing
Review by: Henry Tse, August 2017
What a full stomach tour. The guide has taken us to taste the local delicacy of KL the local way. We were 2 traveller al together, if not join the tour, we wouldn't be able to taste all those local food Chinese, Malay, Indian dish all in one night. The tour offer a pick up and drop off service, so we didn't need to walk too much.
Review by: Andrew N, May 2017
This tour attempted to take us to try the different ethnic cuisines around the foodies heaven that is Kuala Lumpur. In the end the experience was somewhat disorganised with the guide spending rather more time talking than getting us around the city. This came to bear particularly when we came to return to our hotel - very late.
Review by: Samantha G, May 2017
This tour was great and tour guide amazing
Review by: Joey, April 2017
Farah is an interesting and knowledgeable tour guide, and she infuses her introduction to the local culture with her own experiences. The food is good, and I especially loved the satay, which was surprisingly the best I have ever tasted. I would have given the tour a full five stars if the price of the tour was a bit lower. But other than that, I highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Bernard S, March 2017
Fantastic experience - tried lots of different foods that we would never have dreamt of eating. Our guide Charlie was very, very good - and even dropped us at our hotel at the end of the tour. Would throughly recommend.
Review by: asha l, March 2017
Fun experience. You do get a lot of food.
Review by: M L B, February 2017
Definitely on your list
Review by: Sharon J, November 2016
Charlie was informative and a fantastic guide, tour was a great gave us a look at the different cultures of KL
Review by: Nicholas D, October 2016
We really enjoyed the tour. We sampled local food we would never have tried otherwise. Charlie did a great job in taking us around and pointing out different things as we went round four different markets. Well worth it
Review by: anne_goodwin, October 2016
What a wonderful evening with Fala, our food guide, as well as Geraldine and Lois from NZ! Sampled the 3 different main types of cuisine around KL and was given the background and history of Malaysia - had a great laugh, soaked up the atmosphere, ate and drunk lots of different things we wouldn't probably have had the nerve to try on our own - it gave us the confidence to try some other dishes later on. We would thoroughly recommend this trip as a good way to experience Street food.
Review by: Leah L, August 2016
I would recommend this to anyone interested in all things foodie - we would never have sampled any of the fantastic food without the guidance of the fabulous Charlie. For anyone wondering we ate everything and weren't even the slightest bit sick afterwards so go for it!
Review by: Keith M, August 2016
Our Street Food Hawkers Tour with Charley was the highlight of our Kuala Lumpur trip. So informative and the food was really good. Never would have found or tried the food with out this tour.
Review by: Victoria M, July 2016
Great experience. Excellent guide who made it fun and explained where we were and what we were eating. Good to meet a varied bunch of nationalities too. I would certainly recommend.
Review by: Dianne R, July 2016
This has been one of the best tours I've ever done, could not fault it at all, absolutely brilliant. Tried so much amazing food and had a great time!!!!!
Review by: Natalia H, July 2016
Great food and very authentic places. Charles took us in his very comfy van to the different areas. It was a great choice to do a night tour as the temperature was much nicer to go from one place to another and eat outside in the street. Highly recommend it.
Review by: Tia O, June 2016
A must for all visiting Malaysia! Our tour guide Charles was amazing! He took us to some great places, was accommodating, friendly and informative. There were 2 other couples on our tour was an ideal number. Managed to go to a night market as well which was on my list of must do and #39;s! Recommend to all!
Review by: Tariq S, April 2016
Best tour I did in KL..Farrah was a fantastic guide. She took us to 3 main restaurants plus a food stand. Farrah is very passionate about her work and taught us so much about Malaysian cuisine and traditions. I really recommend this tour!
Review by: Linda D, April 2016
Charles was a great guy and very knowledgable! Love all the local haunts that we went to and the market was an eye opening experience._br/_ There was no shortage of food and by the end we were full to the brim._br/_ Fabulous way to start our holiday.
Review by: Jessica B, April 2016
A good introduction to the different types of Malaysian food. We were slightly disappointed that it was very much a tour of the Hawker Centers, rather than proper street food around the city. And we found our guide a bit much - she didn't make it a particularly relaxing experience, I think she was just trying a bit too hard to fill all the silences and keep us entertained!
Review by: Jessica C, April 2016
Charles by far provided us with the best experience in Malaysia. From the moment he picked us out of the crowd as the tourist that he would be escorting around to the moment he graciously dropped us off at our hotel instead of the meeting place like we thought. He provided us with the opportunity to taste the culture of Malaysia. I thought as a vegetarian, my experience would be slighted, but he took care to include dishes that I could partake in. He was kind, funny and we felt safe. In addition to being a vegetarian we had our toddler with us who was in a mood. She was being rather unfriendly and if I were the tour guide I would have ignored her. Instead, it appeared that Charles made it his mission to win her over which he did by the end of the night. We enjoyed the food, was never forced to eat or try anything and the food was plentiful. We were forced to wave the white flag as Charles was prepared to keep the food rolling in. We sampled fish head curry, nasi lemak, roti, satay, fried chicken and fried ice cream just to name a few of the dishes. It was truly an experience to remember.
Review by: Catherine H, March 2016
We were quite late setting off as there was some confusion over how many in the group. Transfers between the 4 food locations was by air conditioned mini van. It was great to try so many different foods although the portions at the 1st stop should have been smaller to allow room for the final stop. Farah was an excellent hostess.
Review by: Sarah M, January 2016
Amazing! So much good food!
Review by: Anthony B, November 2015
no problem at all finding the guy and the food was excellent well done Charles would highly recommend this trip to anyone
Review by: Larry C, November 2015
The food was outstanding, and Charles was a delight. Despite it being a rainy night, we had an excellent time visiting various food malls, and even a walk through little India as that community prepared for Deepavali. Highly, highly recommended!!
Review by: Mark T, November 2015
Excellent tour led by very knowledgable and friendly guide. Highly recommended
Review by: Jenny O, November 2015
Excellent Tour! Our guide, Farrah, was very knowledgeable and I appreciated the extra service especially since I brought along my 3-year old son. We were stuffed after the tour and the food was super! Highly recommended!
Review by: Stewart R, September 2015
Excellent value food tour of food from the three main ethnic groups in Malaysia - Malay, Chinese and Indian. Very much off the beaten track and all the better for it. We visited places and tasted foods which we would not have done otherwise. Farah was an excellent, informative and enthusiastic guide.
Review by: SRI T, August 2015
The tour leader was informative and funny. Unfortunately the food tasting was too limited, especially in the food market. we were hoping that we can taste more food. Also in the Indian restaurant, we were hoping to get some decent meatand rice for dinner, not only Indian bread and drink. We were kind of disappointed because we were still hungry after the tour ended.
Review by: SRI T, August 2015
The tour leader was informative and funny. Unfortunately the food tasting was too limited, especially in the food market. we were hoping that we can taste more food. Also in the Indian restaurant, we were hoping to get some decent meatand rice for dinner, not only Indian bread and drink. We were kind of disappointed because we were still hungry after the tour ended.
Review by: Nina A, July 2015
Fascinating introduction to the foods of the different ethnic groups in Malaysia - delivered with a lot of enthusiasm by a knowledgeable guide. Be prepared with a good appetite beforehand - there is lots to eat and we were full to burst by the end of the tour.
Review by: Clive G, July 2015
A great experience , a great way of sampling the range of cuisines available in KL . It was also brilliant to get dropped off back at our hotel after an outstanding evening out .
Review by: Iain T, May 2015
Charles was awesome. Very friendly, knew all the cool places and has such a repore with the local chefs we can walk into their kitchen and watch the food be prepared. Overall a very good evening.
Review by: Roger B, May 2015
A fun evening with an enthusiastic and very informative guide, giving us a great insight to where and how the locals live and eat!
Review by: Gwyneth N, May 2015
Great tour guide big festival happening so very busy allow more than an hour to get there a long way out
Review by: Pratheeba S, May 2015
Charles as an excellent guide who stuffed us with food until our eyes popped out!! Charles gave us plenty of information about the food we ate and gave us insight into the daily life and cultural workings in malaysia. Fabulous experience!
Review by: Elizabeth K, March 2015
Fantastic evening. Our guide was fabulous. Definitely recommend this.
Review by: Gerard L, December 2014
Stunning trip - thank you thank you thank you. The food was just stunning. This was clearly the best part of our trip to KL
Review by: Jeff F, August 2014
This tour is a wonderful introduction to Malaysian food. Farah was our guide and she did a great job in telling us about the food and customs of the different ethnic meals we sampled.We began with a Malay meal at a popular Malay hawkers covered eating place. We tried food that we would never have considered tasting. It was delicious. From there by car to a semi covered popular Chinese eating place. A meal tasting a variety of their favourite dishes. Finally to a large And busy Indian hawkers eatery for a taste of their curries and naan bread. All the food was tasty. We loved this tour and would recommend it as a must-do.
Review by: Nancy T, July 2014
My husband and I joined this group and had a wonderful time! The various restaurants:_br/_
Malay where the locals were happy to real off our entire Cricket team once they realised we were Australian was a lot of fun, we tried our hand at making a rice dish in a leaf which was also good._br/_
Chinese was at a "Milk Bar" where we tried sting ray which was a first. It was interesting to see the various stall holders at work and the food was delicious. _br/_
Pancakes on route to Indian were delicious, fresh off the hot plate - yum!_br/_
Indian was amazing with curry and rice and then a beautiful cone shaped delicacy which stood about two feet high, just break a piece off and enjoy - wow!_br/_
This tour is a must do, our guide the food and the experience of being out of town in suburbia was interesting and enlightening. It is on our list of things to do when we visit KL again._br/_
Doug and Nancy Tear_br/_
Australia
Review by: Andrew H, June 2014
Fantastic tour really enjoyed it. Our guide was very good she spoke very good English. We got to try lots of local food and drink and it made a change to get out of the Tourist area. Would recommend for any one visiting KL who love there food. If you like nice restaurants then this isn't for you.
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