Monday, September 22, 2008

Vegetarian Food in Malaysia

I just wanted to document the availability of vegetarian food in Malaysia. Its not at all difficult to find vegetarian food in Malaysia as 10% of Malaysians are of Indian origin.

KUALA LUMPUR

In Kuala Lumpur, there are lots of vegetarian restaurants(mostly Indian, rarely Chinese), which are 100 % vegetarian.There are lots of other Indian restaurants providing both non-veg and veg. They are predominantly south indian restaurants.
What is interesting to note is that,some vegetarian restaurants have mushroom also in their menu, some even have Vegetarian Chicken,Mutton etc...which are made out of soya.
The most prominent places where you will find these veg restaurants are Masjid India,Lebuh Ampang(both near Masjid Jamek LRT station) and Brickfields(near KL Sentral). Prominent ones being Sangeetha and Saravana Bhavan(Hotel chains from chennai).
Maggi noodles available here contain chicken fat, so that option is ruled out. Some other instant noodles(100%veg) are available but they contain MSG,not a healthy option unless you are starving.It is easy to get provisions for indian cooking easily here.
Milk is available in cartons in all Seven-Eleven Shops. You can also buy it from the restaurants.

Melaka, Seremban, Penang and all the big cities should have vegetarian restaurants usually near the Little Indias. There is WoodLands and Ananda Bahwan(The spelling is correct) in Georgetown.

I did not find any pure veg restaurants in Sungai Petani.
There is none in Pulau Redang(Redang Island). I survived by eating bread and jam, which I had carried along from KL.
You may find some Indian restaurants in Kuala Terengganu but serves both veg and non-veg.
There is one Indian restuarant in Genting HighLands which serves both veg and non-veg.

There is not much option when you go out of Kuala Lumpur. McDonald outlets are everywhere and you can survive eating just french fries.

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