Last updated: 02.01.24

Are you a foodie who love to explore new places by tasting their local dishes? A street food lover? And ready to be introduced to some delicious Kuala Lumpur street food with a local guide who has a passion for food, knows the best places and what to eat in Kuala Lumpur?

Then you’re at the right place! In this travel blog post I share my personal experience on a Kuala Lumpur street food tour, everything you should know about the tour and where to find it.

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Kuala Lumpur street food tour

Why choose a food tour:

Firstly I have to say how much my partner Nicko and I love food tours! It’s a perfect way to explore a new place through it’s cuisine. So far we have been on ones in Milano (Italy), Seville (Spain), New York (USA) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

First of all you try so many new dishes you didn’t know about and the local guide takes you to the best places.

Second you explore the different neighborhoods accompanied by a local guide, who provides you with a better understanding of the place you’re visiting. It might feel overwhelming to navigate a new country, which makes it even nicer to be guided around and get a lot of tips from a local.

We always try to do the food tour in the beginning of a trip, so we know what to eat for the remainder of our visit and to obtain other local tips for the rest of our stay in the country.

Furthermore it is a great way to learn more about a country’s culture, traditions, history and customs.

Information about the private street food tour Kuala Lumpur:

On this Malaysian food tour you will be introduced to Kuala Lumpur’s diverse flavors of Malaysian cuisine with dishes that feature tastes from the Indian, Chinese and Malay cuisine. Experienced in Kuala Lumpur directly from different markets and street food stands.

Here are some fact about the street food tour:
– Minimum number of tastings: 10
– Time: approximately 3 hours
– English speaking local guide
– Private tour
– Combo of Indian, Chinese and Malay foods
– Price: $65
– Meeting point: Jalan Hang Kasturi, City Centre, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Entrance of the Central Market

Our personal experience – Tasting of Kuala Lumpur with a local guide on a private street food tour:

This is our personal experiences and opinions that are expressed here.

We did this Malaysian street food tour in Kuala Lumpur with a lovely guide, who ended up being our guide on all the tours we did in Malaysia. You felt he was passionate about teaching us about the food and history of the places we went.

Our local guide taught us a lot of cool and interesting facts about the neighborhood and Malaysia as a country, while walking around to the different street food stands and markets. A total of 10 stops with tasty treats.

Be aware the stops might look different from tour to tour. They consider allergies and special food requests as well. But one thing is sure, you’re going to try some of the best street food in Kuala Lumpur and you will eat like a local. We had street food we never would have tried by ourselves, because we would perhaps fear stomach issues or likewise – We had no problems after the tour!

This is our experience and opinion for each street food dish we tried. We rated all the dishes on a scale from 1-10 (10 = the best):

1. Location:
Our first dish was Putu bamboo, which is a rice cake in bamboo.

Points for Putu bamboo:
Nicko: 8
Nanna: 8

2. Location:
At the second stop on our tour we had fried Banana.

Points for fried Banana:
Nicko: 9
Nanna: 8

3. Location:
Our next stop served South Indian food. We tried paper dosa with different curries.

Points for paper dosa and curries:
Nicko: 8
Mig: 7

4. Location:
At a hidden market we had Chinese fusion food. We tried Curry Laksa, which is a kind of noodle soup.

Points for Curry Laksa:
Nicko: 7
Nanna: 7

5. Location:
At our fifth stop we tried Machi tang, which is a rice snack.
This famous street food snack wasn’t our favorite to be honest.

Points for Machi tang:
Nicko: 5
Nanna: 5

6. Location:
At this stop we tried two local fruits: Rose apple and Ciku fruit.

Points for Rose apple:
Nicko: 5
Nanna: 7

Points for Ciku fruit:
Nicko: 8
Nanna: 5

7. Location:
Our seventh Street food place served peanut pancake.

Points for peanut pancake:
Nicko: 7
Nanna: 9

8. Location:
This stand specialized in springrolls.

Points for springroll:
Nicko: 7
Nanna: 7

9. Location:
At this stop we tried two different things. A drink with a mix of tea and coffee (iced) and a so called Wife Pastry.

Points for beverage:
Nicko: 7
Nanna: 3

Points for Wife Pastry:
Nicko: 6
Nanna: 6

9. Location:
At our last stop we had two different dishes: Nasi-lemak and Roti Canai.
We also tried a Mocktail with mint, coriander and something more (I can’t remember the rest).

Points for Nasi-lemak:
Nicko: 7
Nanna: 6

Points for Roti Canai:
Nicko: 8
Nanna: 9

Points for Mocktail:
Nicko: 6
Nanna: 7

It was such a nice food tour! The best part was the local guide who made sure we tried a lot of new street foods we wouldn’t have tried by ourselves. We learned what to eat in Kuala Lumpur. It was such a great way to be introduced to new dishes and in general to the culturally diverse flavors of Malaysian cuisine. Especially the dish Roti Canai was one of my favorites, which we had multiple times during our stay. I highly recommend you to try it when you visit Malaysia.

You will find this tour by clicking the bottom below:

Is there a better way to explore a new country than trying their cuisine? I love tasting new foods and it has become a big part of how I explore a new place.

I definitely recommend you to go on a food tour! It’s a great way to learn more about a city, the culture and their food.

On Viator you can find so many different food tours around the world.