Malaysia is nirvana for the food lover. It’s at the confluence of so many culinary threads – Indian, Chinese, Portuguese, Thai and Indonesian. The flavours are bold, spicy and rich and are infused into diverse cooking styles. It’s possibly the ultimate ‘fusion’ cuisine. One of the best (and loveliest) spots to contemplate this first hand is the historic city of Malacca, where this dish loosely hails from. If we were eating this in Malacca, we’d probably wash it down with a fresh coconut milkshake from Klebang, on Jalan Klebang Besar.