Malaysian Hamburgers

Okay, I may be 100% off by saying Malaysian hamburgers on this one but I was in Malaysia and I ate what were hamburgers to me.  If you didn’t know, like most major Asian cities,  Kuala Lumpur is a multi-national, multi-cultural city with a wide variety of ethnic foods.   These hamburgers were absolutely amazing.

I was actually quite shocked about how good they were and also amazed by the price which was only 1.5 ringgits (40 cents USD).  There were either chicken or been and you had the choice of adding cheese and a friend egg as well.   These burgers were marinated in some sort of sweet sauce which went incredibly well with the cucumber, onions and sauce which they put on.  I’m sorry for not providing a Wolfgang Puck/Betty Crocker recipe description but take my word for it, these “burgers” are worth the trip to KL.

Yes that was an exaggeration but people actually do come from all over Asia to KL’s Chinatown for cheap knockoffs so if you feel like something other than Chinese food, all you have to do is walk about 20 meters and you’ll be in hamburger heaven.

Where to Find these Delicious & Cheap Hamburgers

If you haven’t been to Asia lately you may be surprised that often the best way to describe the location of a place is by using American fast food restaurants and 7/11 as reference points.   You can actually triangulate the location of most places with the location of a 7/11, KFC and McDonalds!  This works especially well because (as with Thailand)  most of the best food is not in restaurants but on the street!

This time was no exception.  It was directly in between a McDonalds and KFC but is actually easier to find because it’s located by one of Kuala Lumpur’s major tourist attractions.  All you have to do is go to the entrance of Petaling Street which is the main street in the center of KLs Chinatown and walk to the right, until of course you see a KFC to the right and a McDonalds to the left on the other side of the street.

You will see a stand w/ a grill in front of a taxi line and most likely a line of people waiting for their “burgers.”  The stand is yellow and says Halal Berish Bermutu on one side and Pakistan Baru Beli on one side.  The guys working the stand were very nice and let you sit on their plastic chairs and put your drink on their stereo speakers.

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