What Ramadan is REALLY like as a foreigner in Malaysia... 

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they arent the police or the army...they are RELA which is a guard who helps the control in the place...actually there is no prohibit on eating for non muslims...maybe the guard is a bit excessive...usually for local non muslims they avoid eating in front of muslims out of respect...but not forced...you can eat if you want there is no law that prohibits eating for non muslims...hope you enjoy your trip in kuala lumpur...

To all foreigners n tourists who are wondering what bazaar Ramadhan is in 🇲🇾, n what sorta food sold at 🇲🇾 bazaar Ramadhan, watch this 🇺🇸 tourist RU-vid video who visited bazaar Ramadhan at Kampung Baru Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The timeline below is where you can spot the dishes (food n drinks) served at bazaar Ramadhan. See how many dishes sold here. Fyi, bazaar Ramadhan will end this April 8th. 1:24 Tepung pelita (Malay dessert). 1:35 Air tebu (Sugar cane juice) 2:00 🐔 golek (Grilled 🐔) 2:10 🐔🍚 2:35 Air balang (sweet drinks, soda, pop, cordials) 2:50 Fried 🐔 on skewers, including 🐔🫁 (paru) 3:20 🍚 Lemak (🇲🇾 traditional dish) 3:35 Mandy 🍚, 🐔+🐑 (Arabic meal) 3:55 Katira drink (green drink) 4:10 🐔✂️ (Cut 🐔 fillet) 4:17 Grilled 🐔 on skewers 4:30 🍚 kerabu (🇲🇾 traditional dish) 4:40 Kuih bakar (baked rice flour🎂 topped with sesame) 4:58 Pulut panggang (grilled sticky 🍚 wrapped in 🍌 leaf) 5:24 🐠 curry 5:34 🐔 curry 6:00 Briyani 🍚, 🐐🍖🐔 7:05 Crispy apam balik 🥞 7:23 Doughnuts, bomboloni 7:57 Fried 🐔 with 🧀 8:08 🐠 patin tempoyak (river 🐠 cooked with fermented durian) 8:42 Malay traditional meals 9:26 🐔 geprek (Javanese fried 🐔) 9:55 Fried 🍄 10:03 Local fruits 10:30 Pomegranate 10:36 Grilled black pepper 🐔 marinated with milk 18:35 Fried 🥔 balls with 🍫 n 🧀 18:50 🌭 18:58 Sweet drinks - 🍯 milk tea, syrup bandung. 22:28 Kunafa (Arab sweet pistachio dessert) 23:00 Popiah basah (raw vegetables spring rolls) 23:13 🌭 cheese 24:27 Busking 25:30 Beggar selling tissues 26:00 Asam pedas clay pot (spicy 🇲🇾 traditional dish with big 🐟, stingray) 29:40 Apam balik (🥞 with crushed peanuts n sweet 🌽) 30:30 🐔 goreng kunyit (fried turmeric 🐔) 32:32 Fresh 🍯 jackfruit 32:50 Popia (🇲🇾 vegetables spring rolls) - raw n fried 33:00 Ben feeling happy seeing many Malaysians smile heartily 😊 34:25 🐔 golek (grilled 🐔) 35:00 Murtabak (Roti filled with minced 🍖 n 🥔) 35:30 🍚 Ganja 😂, 🍖🐑🐔 (cooked with spices) 37:17 Pais tempoyak 🐠 (grilled 🐠 cooked with fermented durian in 🍌 leaf) 37:35 Drinks drinks drinks 37:48 Roti John (🥖 filled with 🍳 n 🍖) 38:00 Grilled lamb, 🍖 38:30 Tauhu bergedil (mashed 🥔 tofu) 38:57 Wok fried 🍚, noodles 39:20 Shawarma 🍖🐔 40:15 Local fruits 41:15 Ben tasting guava for🥇time 42:35 Ben feeling happy n worthy experience that he visits Bazaar Ramadhan Kampung Baru 😁 43:15 Ben was reminded by Rela not to eat in the open at the bazaar because it deemed disrespectful to the muslims who fast 45:25 Anonymous donations

Please don't get offended by that officer. That is unfortunately one of the less-educated and outdated mindsets that we have here in Malaysia. Islam never required non-fasters to respect the fasters by "not eating" in front of them. And as you can see, the vendors were certainly fine with that. You will meet these two types of people but you will certainly meet more of the accepting ones since we are still transitioning towards that.

Nasi goreng literally means fried rice. They exist in practically every rice eating nations

Don't worry about the donation Malaysians are happy to donate. Malaysians are very generous people. Nothing to be ashamed about. Just thank them sincerely and they will be happy

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with RU-vidrs getting donations. They provide entertainment much like watching a movie so if people can afford it shouldn’t be frowned upon. Just my thoughts

Finally you're at a real Bazaar Ramadan, as a foreigner you can eat and drink but not in front of everybody just be a bit more discreet find little hidden alley ways they wont bother you. Paru are cow lungs you might want to try, you can also find tripe (perut) if you want. You wont find cow lungs in America because America banned all lungs (its some antiquated law) anyways if you get it deep fried it might be crispy and chewy. Malaysian sambals are generally sweet from less sweet to very sweet, you would want Indonesian sambals they usually don't use sugar. That ayam geprek earlier with Indonesian sambal should have been your pick. You can sort of tell because if you cook sambal with sugar the dark bright red colors would pop out , without sugar sambals are a lot more dull colored but more spicy. That said most of the Indonesian workers don't really speak English very well or at all that would be your challenge. I understand the sugar restrictions due to health but soy is it because of gluten? Malaysian soy sauce does contain gluten but its different from Thai soy sauce in terms of flavor. The green cake earlier is Kuih bakar from pandan and lots of sugar its is recommended but not if you have problems with sugar. I dare say that a dozen donut is equal to 3 dozen traditional dessert in terms of sweetness. The Syrian dessert " Kunafah" is also super sweet. probably sweeter than them donuts.

As a Muslim, I think it's fine for you to eat as you're not Muslim. But I guess, when in Rome 🤷🏻‍♀️

You have pretty dimples. When you smile, it really stand out!! Dimples in Malay is lesung pipit.

A lot of food traders and their respective menus in the Chow Kit area (where you are now) are of Indonesian origin and influence. The Minang community to be exact.

Since you have some kind of food allergy, I strongly recommend you reach out to local people. Most of our food has salt-sugar combination and what specifically you are allergic to. On a spiciness level, typically Malaysian food is less spicy than Indonesia and Thailand. Possibly your tolerance to spicy food is higher than usual caucasian. Our spicy is typically sweet-sour kind of spicy

"Homeless Leaning" hahaha. A new phrasal verb, Ben.

Tauhu bergedil is basically tofu potato croquette either with chicken or beef filling.

Yes, they're ok if you apologise for eating at Ramada. Usually yes you don't eat in the area where they sell in Ramadan but you can eat somewhere no Muslims around like in a park or buy and eat after sunset.

Some people have the ability to just ramble around and freestyle and gather an auduence. Cheap Charlie used to do it 12 hours straight even tho he was off his arse.....maybe they were watching to see if he was about to crack up.

The one u said looks like taco we called it "APAM BALIK",its quite famous for foreigners to try to.Got 2types of Apam balik,crunchy one or the fluffy one which is quite in bigger size.But maybe a lit hard for u because got sugar on it.😂

nasi goreng is fried rice. 'nasi' is rice, 'goreng' is fried. the name's similar because the language's almost similar. the kind of nasi goreng are what differentiate where it came from. nasi goreng from korea taste differentlly. same with fried rice from uk. no country owns fried rice. it's hard to get a true origin of one's food especially from this region. but it's definitely not shwarma. your best bet would be kueh. unfortunately is mostly sweet because it's desserts. or dish like laksa, nasi kerabu, nasi dagang, nasi lemak forcing anyone who's not fasting to not eat around you is just dumb. me as a muslim think so.

Actually if you're not Muslim you can eat and drink during Ramadan. Not a problem. Many cafes and restaurants are also open.

ABOUT YOUR SUGAR ALLERGIES ARE YOU ALLLERGY TO ALL TYPE OF SUGAR? OR CAN U EAT PALM SUGAR (GULA MELAKA)?

Indonesian and malaysia is the same language mate. Except indonesia has some dutch words mixed in

just want to see i am happy to see foreigners are happy and enjoying Malaysia. Welcome to the humble Malaysia and enjoy your stay here.

Most of the time, even not that spicy is very spicy for white ppl. He may have the thought. 🤷🏻

You like this Bazaar but this isn't even the best, the best Bazaar Ramadhan is in Putrajaya, that has like 400 stalls, a lot of people can't even going through even stalls coz it is too big and too many things.

WELL COME TO MALAYSIA....

All chicken has their type of glace. Murtabak meant Roti with that fill with either chicken or beef mince.

If you are still here next week and like night markets, there's the longest night market in KL - at Taman Connaught, on wednesday nights!

Kesian kena tegur anggota RELA yang bertindak di luar kuasa mereka.

Malaysian curry or rendang are usually added with coconut milk.

Paru is lung

food in Malaysia if you want spicy, you have to eat at home or in a restaurant, you can ask for spicy or less spicy. In general, food vendors at stalls do not cook very spicy food because they know that not everyone can tolerate spicy food. The truth is that good food must be balanced, not too spicy and sweet. The important thing is that we want to feel the deliciousness of the food and we don't want the spiciness. For me, I like spicy and a little sweet, salty and a little sour. that's balanced food for me.

Please be careful in that Sun Ben especially on top of head

Home Cook meals are spicy. But food in stalls not so spicy. Seller needs to cater various customers

Paru is cow lungs

paru is cow lung

The drinks usually they don't add sugar before serving. You can ask for no sugar.

a hat would go a long way in the sun like that

You can eat anywhere no problem, it just maybe what he mean was apply only in that bazaar only you should avoid stay n eat.

Now El Nino season till Aprill in Malaysia... Spicy Malay foods...masak lemak cili api n nasi goreng cili padi...

Nasi ganja does not contain weed, some say it is named that because of their addictive power (when u eat once u want to eat again n again) but others say because. One of the ingredients is poppy seeds (kas kad)

You must bring face towel with you whenever you go out in the 🌞 because you sweat profusely. Wipe your sweat 😅.

During Ramadhan food street vendors start business from 4 pm to 7.30 pm.

Here to support my, eBestie. 😏

If you have food allergies like sweets n soy be careful when buying street foods, especially when you don't speak local language..Us Malays usually marinated our food including beef n chickens with sugar/honey/soy sauce

Hello Ben, I m watching your videos since the more recent Jomtien condo time. Now i m up to date and go back to the Bali ones (very helpful because i go there for the first time soon). With some stuff in your videos i can identify myself pretty much, i like what you said about ur parents in the end. I m thinking about to move to Thailand for 6-8 months a year (have to be 4 months in my country because of my business) and could luckily afford to live there now on around €1.5K a month. But thats without any "retirement money plan". Do you put money into ETFs or have something like a house for later? I can´t imagine that the minimum government retirement money in the USA is much higher than in Germany. Maybe more of the budget and money stuff would be interesting for other people too.....just saying what comes into my mind when i watch your videos. Cool Videos, looking forward for more Thailand stuff!!! BTW as long as money is tight you could try to cut it down on the herb. I got solid thai outdoor herb from the locals last year for not even 20thb a g. 4 different strains which i only vaped and it was definitly ok......sure high end indoor is better but in comparison to the price the oldschool Thai herb is fine in my opinion as a guy who usually has nice organic homegrow.

TEPUNG PELITA is a MUST DESSERTS during RAMADAN in Malaysia 3:54 AIR KATHIRA is also the rarest drinks you can get in Malaysia, famous & quite expensive 😅 Ahhh, sad that you cant try it, but tbh, MALAY Muslim food is either spicy or sweet😂😂 sweet especially from the East Coast of Malaysia😅

Foods high in sugar, all drinks (Air balang), and pastries should be avoided. meal without sugar, fried mee goreng, tiew, laksa, tom yam, and grilled meal, however the sauce contains sugar and chile.

Hey dude - nice vlog- i should be there in a week. Nice to see your blogs

Nice video..

We’re experiencing el nino now… Extreme heat A lot of us locals here too feel extremely uncomfortable… Let alone yourself There was one death reported due to extreme heat Don’t go out in the sun too much

You should try RAMLY BURGER

Hope you're enjoying your days here at Malaysia.There still lots more thing that you can explore here in KL😊 Suggestion from me was to walk around near evening time 6 to 8, cause that was the time the sun was down and people started to doing their thing there, its get more lively Oh man and I hope that whatever going on with your health issue could be getting well in future, watching you rejecting all the nice food due to your health concern make me kinda feel : awww😂😂

Paru=beef lungs

Ramadan bazaar only comes once a year...in d month of ramadan when we fast for d whole month...

Paru sambal is nice. If u cannot ear spicy, ask first the spicy level. Paru is cow lung. Actually, if cow stomach is ‘perut’

i think usually Malaysian food is moderate spicy.. but many foreigner find it too spicy.. dif from u😂😂😂🤣

most dishes in southeast asia hv sugar in it… we hv sweet tooth… our sambal is not as spicy as indonesian one… not sure abt thai sambal… i always feel indonesian sambal has more kick… malaysian sambal still gd for me though… i guess ur spice tolerance quite high… as some western tourist finds it too spicy.. so it must be individual standard.. bro.. use ur iphone camera to translate…. nasi goreng is fried rice in english.. we malaysian do fry our rice though.. thus where our fried rice or nasi goreng (in malay language) came frm.. indonesia patented the name nasi goreng .. but still our version of nasi goreng is diff than indonesian one… malay cuisines do get influenced frm thai.. chinese n indian… because there are malaysians of chinese.. indian n thai origin… daging means meat.. daging lembu is beef.. daging kambing is mutton… most places sell goat meat instead of sheep…

How do you like the Ramadan bazaar in KL.

You can eat … they really don’t mind they understand.

i'm sorry for you bro for being sweet intolerant, you miss a lot of good food.

Have NasiLemak had some spicy source 😂

Paru=Lungs, Stomach is Perut

Just curious , what kind of allergies do you have ?

you sweating likes hell man...lol

Tempoyak = fermented durian.

You should go shopping for a hat

Yellow curry is coconut milk & tumeric

masak lemak cili api...that is spicy...

Its agonisingly difficult to watch your video. I wish im there to explain everything to you. Gosh. Haha.

No one eats at a ramadan bazaar....u can eat discreetly in an alley nearby...

Try nasi ayam geprek if you dare for spicy😀

Nice 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

Paru=Lung

Is it hot?

If you want spicy but not sweet, must try Negeri Sembilan foods, the salai lemak and many other dishes. In Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan has the most spiciest cuisines and the spiciness is on-par with Thai spiciness and Negeri Sembilan cuisines uses a lot of bird eyes chilliies like the Thais.

Dang , you sweating loads, why you sitting on the sun 😢

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I personally do not recommend to go back to kampung baru bazaar , its because there are lots of typical malays which dosen't know english language at all. Its be best to stroll along in the educated freethinkers places

Who doesn't just love being around a bunch of Muslims looking at you, like what are you doing here? 😂😂😂

That Chicken ice cream you ate, looks like it's glazed with Honey.

try ayam penyet or geprek, it surely very spicy

What am I missing, I thought they were not to eat while it's Ramadan Fasting )

What is roti john???

you can eat outside of that ramadan bazaar bro but not inside. like when you go to a side street to eat the food away from people, that's ok

Gerai mean stall...tok ti name of stall owner business

I love you

Ya..Thai foods are really2 spicy...and very sweet..and sour. I don't like the combination.

You ve been sweating a lot in this weather. Needs all of that electrolyte in the drinks to keep the water inside your body. You wouldnt want to be hospitalised because of dehydration.