Welcome To Malaysia

Welcome to this blogspot of about Malaysian Gourmet!
Malaysia is in South East Asia and consists of Peninsula Malaysia just below Thailand and the other part at the island of Borneo. Although Malaysia is a muslim nation, the people here are very much multi racial with 60% Malays and the remaining 40% consisting of Chinese, Indians and the local ethnic races. Our food, therefore, has all the influences of these races, plus, historical influences from the English (being under the British Protectorate until independence in 1957), the Spanish and the Dutch because of the spice islands.
The beautiful part of our country is that everyone is able to live in peace and harmony and respecting each other's culture and religion and so it will be a surprise to many tourists that the country's list of public holidays is one of the longest in the world because we observe Christmas (for the Christians), Deepavali (for the Hindus), Hari Raya Puasa (the Muslims), Chinese New Year (for the Chinese), Wesak Day (for the Buddhists), Harvest Festival (for the Ethnic races) plus other public holidays (Labour Day, King's birthday etc), just to mention a few.
Oh, not forgetting to mention that we have 9 Sultans who each 'rule' over 9 of the 13States and they take turns to be King of the country every 5 years.
In this blog, I will share with you the cuisine of Malaysia, some classic ones, some fusion.
So stick around!