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Yut Kee

Yut Kee is a Hainanese kopitiam founded in 1928 on Jalan Dang Wangi, now one street over on Jalan Kamunting in Kuala Lumpur, known for its chicken chop.

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Deens Maju Nasi Kandar

  • ★ 4.5
  • $
  • Malaysian
  • George Town
  • Penang

Deens Maju is the nasi kandar Penang locals queue for, a midday-opening Jalan Gurdwara canteen where the ayam goreng line often wraps the block.

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Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee

Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, is the shophouse credited with inventing the dry chili pan mee that copies across the city chase.

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Kim Lian Kee

Kim Lian Kee, founded in 1927 and on its Petaling Street corner since the 1930s, is credited with the dark, lard rich KL style of Hokkien mee in Kuala Lumpur.

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Sek Yuen

Sek Yuen has cooked old school Cantonese food in its Jalan Pudu dining room in Kuala Lumpur since 1953, still best known for its butterflied pipa duck.

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Nam Heong Chicken Rice

Nam Heong Chicken Rice has served Hainanese chicken rice on Jalan Sultan in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur, since 1938 and now holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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Hameediyah

  • ★ 4.4
  • $
  • Malaysian
  • George Town
  • Penang

Hameediyah has served nasi kandar on Campbell Street since 1907 and holds the Malaysia Book of Records listing as the country's oldest, a Penang icon.

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Ho Kow Hainam Kopitiam

Ho Kow Hainam Kopitiam, open since 1956 and now run by a fourth generation, serves Hainanese breakfast on Jalan Balai Polis in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur.

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Wong Ah Wah

Wong Ah Wah anchors Jalan Alor in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, grilling the chicken wings that made this hawker street's night market so famous.

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Sao Nam

Sao Nam has cooked Vietnamese food on Tengkat Tong Shin in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, since the 1990s and now holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand rating.

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Line Clear Nasi Kandar

  • ★ 4.3
  • $
  • Malaysian
  • George Town
  • Penang

Line Clear Nasi Kandar has ladled curry down its famous alley off Jalan Penang since the 1940s, Penang's round-the-clock nasi kandar rite of passage.

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Hot Bowl White Curry Mee

  • ★ 4.3
  • $
  • Malaysian
  • George Town
  • Penang

Hot Bowl has served Penang white curry mee since 1992, the coconut broth arriving mild with a side bowl of chilli paste you stir in yourself.

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Bee Hwa Cafe

  • ★ 4.3
  • $
  • Malaysian
  • George Town
  • Penang

Bee Hwa Cafe cooks halal versions of Penang's Chinese hawker canon on Lebuh Dickens, a Bib Gourmand family shop begun as a 1992 street stall.

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Soong Kee Beef Noodle

Soong Kee Beef Noodle has sold dry minced beef noodles and hand-rolled beef balls on Jalan Tun H S Lee in Kuala Lumpur since 1945, now second generation.

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Sri Nirwana Maju

Sri Nirwana Maju serves banana leaf rice for long hours on Jalan Telawi in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, a long standing fixture of the neighbourhood.

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Anak Baba

Anak Baba serves southern Peranakan cooking on Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, since 2018, and it now holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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Ah Hei Bak Kut Teh

Ah Hei Bak Kut Teh brews pork rib soup from 16 herbs fresh each morning it opens, on Medan Imbi in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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Wong Mei Kee

Wong Mei Kee roasts pork over charcoal off Jalan Pudu in Kuala Lumpur, open only for a three hour lunch window, and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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Tho Yuen

  • ★ 4.2
  • $
  • Cantonese
  • George Town
  • Penang

Tho Yuen steams old-school dim sum on Campbell Street, the veteran Penang teahouse where the first baskets land not long after six in the morning.

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Fatty Loh Chicken Rice

  • ★ 4.2
  • $
  • Chinese
  • Tanjung Bungah
  • Penang

Fatty Loh Chicken Rice is a third-generation Fettes Park shop whose poached birds and chilli sauce set the chicken-rice standard for north Penang.

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Duck Blood Curry Mee

  • ★ 4.2
  • $
  • Malaysian
  • Pulau Tikus
  • Penang

Duck Blood Curry Mee simmers its coconut white curry fresh daily inside a Burma Road cafe, the Bib Gourmand bowl Penang regulars top with cubes of duck blood.

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Kheng Pin Cafe

  • ★ 4.2
  • $
  • Malaysian
  • George Town
  • Penang

Kheng Pin Cafe is the morning kopitiam on Jalan Penang whose loh bak stall, five-spice pork rolls fried in beancurd skin, draws half of George Town.

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Rasa Rasa

  • ★ 4.2
  • $
  • Peranakan
  • George Town
  • Penang

Rasa Rasa keeps daytime hours on Chulia Street Ghaut, pairing pandan nasi lemak sets with Bib Gourmand prices rare even by Penang standards.

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Sri Paandi

Sri Paandi serves banana leaf rice in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, from 09:00 until 23:30 most days, with a dry mutton curry that regulars order by name.

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Oversea Restaurant

Oversea Restaurant has cooked Cantonese banquet food on Jalan Imbi in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, since the 1970s, and the group now runs several outlets.

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MTR 1924

MTR 1924 brings a nearly century old South Indian vegetarian menu to Jalan Thambipillay in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, rooted in a 1924 Bangalore kitchen.

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