Nasi Kandar

Our bus headed to Penang stopped at a mamak restaurant for lunch. Mamaks are Indian muslims who have developed a distinct Malaysian style. One of the most popular kinds of food by the Indian Muslims is called "nasi kandar" which is white rice or briyani rice served with other dishes of curry either with chicken, fish, beef, or mutton and usually with pickled vegetables too. It is usually accompanied by some Papadums. Nasi kandar originally came from Penang. Also available throughout the country, the omnipresent Mamak stalls or restaurants are particularly  popular among the locals as they offer a wide range of food and some outlets are open 24 hours a day. The waiter serves white rice and asks us to choose our curries from the buffet. There is chicken, mutton, beef, pork, fish and vegetables to choose from. Every curry has huge pieces of meat with the skin of the meat retained. I get a little grossed out but manage to find a non-skin piece of chicken in the curry which tastes very much like the curry I have back home. The Nasi Kandar is a very good option is you are missing the spicy Indian food.