Nasi lemak, twin towers, three food cultures
Malay, Chinese, and Indian food in a city that never closes. The undiscovered gem of Southeast Asian eating.
Kuala Lumpur began in 1857 as a tin-mining settlement at the confluence of two rivers — its name literally means 'muddy confluence' — and grew rapidly as Chinese, Malay, and Indian communities settled around the trade. That multicultural founding is still the city's defining character.