Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles has boiled beef noodles on Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown since starting as a stall in 1949.
Editorially verified September 26, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 7A Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, 50000 Kuala Lumpur
Restoran Rebung runs Chef Ismail's heritage Malay buffet above a car park near Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, with lunch and dinner daily and a weekend breakfast.
OrderBuffet-style rendang, ulam and grilled fish from the heritage spread.
TipCome for lunch on a weekday; the weekend dinner buffet draws large family groups and long waits for tables.
Kim Lian Kee has fried Kuala Lumpur Hokkien mee at the Jalan Hang Lekir corner of Petaling Street since the 1930s, and is now in its fourth generation.
OrderDark, wok-charred Hokkien mee with pork lard and prawns.
TipOng Kim Lian's first stall was in Dang Wangi and was damaged in the war; this corner shop dates from the 1930s. Outdoor tables fill after 19:00.
Yut Kee, founded in 1928 on Jalan Dang Wangi and now on nearby Jalan Kamunting, cooks Hainanese chicken chop and roast pork roll in Kuala Lumpur.
OrderHainanese chicken chop and the roast pork roll with apple sauce.
TipThere is no queue line: give your name and party size at the front counter and wait to be called; weekend mornings fill fast.
Sri Nirwana Maju's banana leaf rice, ladled with fish curry and rasam, draws lunchtime queues on Jalan Telawi in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, most weekdays.
OrderBanana leaf rice with fish curry, rasam and fried chicken.
TipCome hungry and ask for extra rasam; the queue outside moves fastest right at the 11:30 opening.
Nasi Lemak Wanjo has sold coconut rice, fried chicken and sambal from a Kampung Baru cafeteria counter in Kuala Lumpur since 1963, open until midnight.
OrderNasi lemak with fried chicken, sambal and boiled egg.
TipAdd the ayam rendang to the base plate; the house sambal leans sweet, with a chilli heat that builds slowly.
Original Kayu Nasi Kandar's Bangsar branch banks curries over rice around the clock, one of Kuala Lumpur's busiest nasi kandar counters after midnight.
OrderMixed rice with fried chicken, squid sambal and mutton curry gravy.
TipAsk for a splash of two or three curries over the rice; the mutton curry is the strongest of the lot.
