Aliyaa is a sri lankan restaurant in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.
Editorially verified September 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Immerse yourself in Malaysian culture with a cooking class in a local home. Visit a market, learn to cook classic dishes, and enjoy the meal you've prepared with your host.
5 hours
Explore a bustling morning market and discover the secrets of Malaysian cuisine. Cook a three-course meal in a local chef’s home and enjoy a shared lunch.
Private tour · 12 hours
Explore Taman Negara, one of the world’s oldest rainforests, with jungle walks, river activities, and nature experiences on a full-day adventure.
Address: 48 Jalan Medan Setia 2, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur
Leen's Middle East Kitchen cooks Syrian food in TTDI, Kuala Lumpur, run by a Syrian chef, and carries a Michelin Bib Gourmand for its smoked hummus.
OrderOrder the smoked hummus, finished with charcoal smoked Syrian olive oil and paprika oil.
TipThe smoked hummus is the dish everyone orders, come hungry enough to add a main alongside it.
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.
OrderOrder the Hainanese chicken chop, fried in an egg coat and dressed in brown sauce.
TipLeave your name and party size at the front counter rather than waiting at the red chairs; staff call names in turn.
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.
OrderOrder the kaya butter toast with soft boiled eggs and a cup of cham.
TipTake a ticket and scan the QR code for the virtual queue, then walk Petaling Street until your number is called.
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.
OrderOrder the dry chili pan mee with a poached egg, then mix in the sambal at the table.
TipThe soup version exists but almost everyone here orders the dry chili pan mee with a poached egg.
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.
OrderOrder the Hokkien mee, noodles fried dark with soy sauce and lard the way KL invented it.
TipThe original tin-roofed corner shop sits across the street from the larger air-conditioned Kim Lian Kee, and the outdoor tables fill after 19:00.
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.
OrderOrder the pei pa duck, the butterflied roast duck the house is best known for.
TipBook ahead for weekend lunch; the restaurant now spreads across three shops on the same stretch of Jalan Pudu.
