Malaysia is one of the those country that has a thing, where religion and race has a connection. Not exactly sure why, but the local Malay are born to be Muslims. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a religion extremist, neither am I racism. I love my Muslims friends, especially those who can respect me who eat pork. I'm just saying, the binding of "religion" into the personal ID is fairly... I shall say unique. I'm sorry I had to start this post with such a serious topic, but it has to do with the restaurant I'm introducing today, "Little Nyonya".

I want to quote my good friend Hive account@redpalestino, as he told me there are Muslims in Israel, but there are Christians in Palestine. Which is exactly what are we going to learn about the word Nyonya. Malaysia has a code of martial conversion for those who choose to marry a Malay, are forced to convert to Muslim. However, before the law was enact, those days we have these peeps originally from Sumatra and China came together, and become a family without converting their religion. And Nyonya is the female descendants of Malay and Chinese mix, whereas Baba refers to male decendants.

So, what's good about Nyonya food? Well, as a local Chinese, I can tell the difference because of the mixture of both ethnic and culture, the taste has been blended together.

If you don't know, most(if not all) of Malaysia Chinese origin from the southern part of China. And the southern Chinese doesn't really eat spicy food due to the warmer climate. Whereas the local Malay took chilli pepper as their fruits 🤣

Added with the local sweet tooth, these Nyonya does know how to give a tongue twister where shaved ice were given a dash of coconut caramel, mixed with coconut milk extract and pandan leaf infused drink. I'm telling you, this thing will blow your mind.

I got myself a bowl of Curry Kapitan Noodle. Originally, I don't know what the word Kapitan came from, until the kids watching cartoon to found out it was Captain 🤣 as they say, captain has all the good food in a sail ship. The curry is very creamy and full of herbs and mints.

We also ordered 10 sticks of chicken satay. Chicken meat has been marinated with spices, it's soft and has a taste of charcoal to it makes them easy to go down. I'd say, if not of wallet concern, I'd sit here and try to eat 50 sticks.

Last but now least, how can I not have a bowl of coconut caramel Cendol which is super famous with their Nyonya style. I can't say this shop is 100% same with what we can find Malacca, but it's close enough.

The Little Nyonya Cuisine

Address: Metro Prima, 52100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

Call: 03-6250 0553

Google maps:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Cnc9MWNuyLT3ca2j7