Food Culture in Malaysia

When İ was living in Belgium, we always have found it strange why Belgian people eating so much outside. For us going a few times a week to a restaurant was (and still is) so much and useless. Why are people eating outside if you can cook at home? I never knew that there could be a country where people go every day outside to eat.

İ am still trying to understand the culture.. Untill now İ have made some analyses why people are loving to eat outside in Malaysia:

1. Food is cheap outside
People prefer to eat outside because the prices are cheaper when they eat outside. You can find a whole lunch or dinner for 10 rm that is compare to 2 euro per person. When they buy stuff in home to cook the same food for a whole family is probably more expensive.
The prices of the restaurants are depending where you eat your food. Prices can variate from cheap to expensive.

2. Easier After Work
Because people are working long days it is easier to eat a ready made dinner outside. They don't spend more energy to cook at home and go home only to rest. When you want to rent a house, you can see in a lot of houses there is no hood recommended. That is why a lot of people don't allowe to cook in the house. So it is not about you want or not.. you have to :)

3. Loving Food
Many nationalities are living together in Malaysia. This makes that you can find differents types of restaurants around. And in general, they like everything!

When we are walking on street, it surprises me to see more foodcorners on the streets instead of clothes shops. May be that was one of my first cultureshoks. Every country has their own culture. We can only learn from them and be respectful to everyones culture. So that is what I do and enjoy the food with them OUTSIDE!