[Recap] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Worldwide Foodcrawl Meet-up, 16th Dec 2017.

[StephenAbraham]

It was only a few weeks ago from today that the idea of having a worldwide foodcrawl meet-up event was suggested. We were really excited to have another opportunity to get everyone together again as part of Local Guides in Malaysia. And after some initial discussion, it was set to be in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, in Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Masjid India, Saturday night bazaar on 16th Dec 2017, 6.30pm. This is one of the places where lots of people including tourists visit and where one can sample a lot of halal street food.

Google Maps Location: https://goo.gl/maps/vAvjtXKSMoo

On the day itself, as we approached the evening, the sky was turning really dark, and it really started to pour heavily. Some of us were already in the vicinity as traffic in the evening usually comes to a standstill. The heavy thunderstorm was really worrisome as our food crawl was planned around open air area where make shift stalls are usually set up. We waited for everyone to arrive and thank goodness the rain had relented towards the early part of the night. All in all, we had 14 members join in our meet-up this day. With a very good representation from many countries, including Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, United Kingdom, India.
Members tagged: @Nabeel-Khan, @AkmalB, @Haseeb , @Atiq19, @Gini, @Cweng, @Asmarterway, @PavelSarwar, @StephenAbraham , @Mrspade85

2017 Malaysia Local Guides (from left): Fikri, Haseeb, Wong Chee Weng, Jonathan & 2 friends, Nabeel Khan (in red Google t-shirt), Jonathan's friend, Pavel Sarwar, Stephen Abrahan, Atiq

At just after 8pm, we had started exploring the streets and small lanes around the Masjid India area, where the hive of activity began picking up after the rain. We tried our best balancing walking, exploring the stalls, taking photos, eating, drinking, chatting with each other, with such excitement and happiness. The cool air and light drizzle helped to cool the night down even more. We had spent at least 1 hour walking around and eating snacks from many stalls, before settling down for a hot tea as we chatted into the night.

Watch our food crawl walk summary video here (below).

Watch our short 360-video here (below).

Our group 360-photo (3 photos in tour) here (below).

Some of the food we had encountered, and tried. (There were many others that we didn't get a photo of) (below).

Captions are below each photo.

 Fried Fish Ball Skewers, crispy and delicious. Served with sweet chilly sauce.Crowds filling up the night bazaar after the heavy downpourIndian traditional snacks: varieties of Vada, made with lentils, deep fried until golden brown.Chilly Chicken Rice, fragrant and yummy. Rice is cooked in rich Chicken Stock.Traditional Malaysian Salad: Rojak Pasembur, mixture of vegetables and deep fried dough with sweet peanut sauce.Lots of fresh fruits including PomegranatesLocal favorite sweet drink dessert: Cendol. Coconut milk, flavored with palm sugar and green jelly.Malaysian Fish Asam Laksa. A spicy, sourish noodles dish with local mackerel fish.Malaysian local hotpot skewers: Satay Celup. Self service, pick your own skewers, dip them in hot broth for cooking and enjoy with chilly sauce.Deep fried squid, deliciously crispy and chewy with salty ocean aroma.A must try for all tourists. The stinkiest fruit in the world, the famous Durian!Pickles galore. Colorful sweet sour gooseberries.Malaysian take on Shawarma and Kebabs.Local Malaysian Murtabak (meat stuffed thin fried patries)Malaysia Local Guides walking through the night marketAnother Malaysian favorite, grilled fish paste in coconut leaves: Otak-otakDeep fried parcel of jack fruit joy. Super crispy and sweet.Famous varieties of Malaysian Satay.Chips and more: Here you will find lots of root vegetables turned into chips!Grilled lamb chops: for the carnivores in the night market!Find us Local Guides in the crowd!Grilled cob of corned, basted in butter and salt. Deliciously yummyFish cakes and moreBiryani Rice. Nothing fills you up better than rice!Steve shooting with both mobile and a 360-camHaseeb and Atiq in action..

Thanks everyone for joining, it was just such an amazing experience. This place is a must visit for tourists who come to Malaysia.

And thanks to all Local Guides who made this meet up possible.

We will meet up again soon. Next stop, Cyberjaya. 

Event Page: https://maps.google.com/localguides/meetup/9fec4278d3874da9a8a55d424774d941

Google Shared Photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dOgyOgOpCUgZcvT33

Malaysia Local Guides G+ Community page: https://plus.google.com/communities/106572482380733827878 

Regards

Steve

[StephenAbraham]

Hi everyone, just tagging yourselves to share in our happiness and excitement about all things food !!

@BudionoS, @OSAMA, @Osaka78forTRUMP, @DavidTito, @Shirni, @HelloSamsonR, @KarenVChin, @LuisRG, @YanniY, @BellaWi

[Haseeb]

Nice pictures @StephenAbraham finally we made it after the heavy rain fall 😄

[HelloSamsonR]

Wow @StephenAbraham this is lovely, beautiful pictures of food everywhere. one thing got my mind here, the grilled corn,  in Nigeria we call it roasted corn. wow so good to see this kind of food existing in Malaysia too. when i visit Malaysia in the future, i wont contemplate on what to eat too much, Thanks to Worldwide Food Crawl 🙂

[StephenAbraham]

Sharing some food love.. 

@Sariga, @Rasi, @Attokkaran, @bijusreekumar, @ArunMuralidhar, @AmithES, 

@Alam_Shaikh, @iDepp, @DrShaunak, @AnujDuggal

[Osaka78forTRUMP]

Lovely meet-up, Malaysia Local Guides. Thank you for sharing your stories around the world. Kindest regards from Osaka78

[BishowvijayaP]

What a beautiful post @StephenAbraham.

Congratulations for the successful completion of food crawl event in your town.

[AkmalB]

Hi @StephenAbraham and everyone 

It was an excellent opportunity to meet this number of local guides in our meet up. It was a great time with all of you guys.amazing food amazing place. Beautiful compilation of photos nice video 

Thanks for sharing 

Have a good day. 

[BudionoS]

wowowowowoww.... looks very very yummy meet-up here bro @StephenAbraham

thank you so much for hosting this fun meet-up with fellow local guides from Malaysia and some neighboring countries. good team, food food, good weather, come together make everything happen full of fun and smile.

I hope we can make it again in world wide food crawl meet-up 2018 bro! are you ready? hohoho...

[PavelSarwar]

@StephenAbraham i want to take Malaysian food again and again.