Nasi Lemak And Hokkien Mee Are On A List Of 100 Best Foods In The World!
Published by Emillio Daniel | 22, Mar 2019
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Malaysians love to eat so much that a regular form of greeting between us is, ‘eh, dah makan ke?’. The Malay phrase that translates to, ‘eh, have you eaten yet?’, unites us in our love for good eats any time of the day because there’s always a place to eat no matter the time here in Malaysia.
But our love for food isn’t weird, our local cuisines are amazing eats after all. In fact, our food is so good that not one but two of our dishes have been added to a list of the top 100 best foods in the world.
Enter the TasteAtlas website known as the World Food Atlas project that documents food from all around the world, preserving heritage foods, traditional recipes, and authentic restaurants to compile an online map compendium of food.
The site that boast a collection of over 10,000 entries of dishes and ingredients that lists Nasi Lemak and Hokkien Mee as part of their 100 best foods in the world; both attributed to Malaysia.
Doesn't that look yummy?
Nasi Lemak and Hokkien Mee have a 4-star and 3.7-star rating respectively on the website as of currently and the site also has a list of where to find the best restaurants to eat these dishes.
Does it make you feel proud to have two of our own foods hailed as some of the best in the world? Sure, makes us want to go out and eat more Malaysian food now!