The Best Chinese Food in Malaysia
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The best Chinese food in Malaysia, according to the experts: The 50 and the Michelin Guide have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Gēn comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
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Foong Lian and Green House Prawn Mee & Loh Mee (223 Jalan Burma) hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.
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Rank 1. Gēn
Chinese
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #89 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 #89 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Foong Lian
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Foong Lian (this place) 74.256
- #2 Green House Prawn Mee & Loh Mee (223 Jalan Burma) 74.256
- #2 Hor Poh Cuisine 74.256
- #2 Jalan Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice 74.256
- #2 Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng (Jalan Kelang Lama) 74.256
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Rank 2. Green House Prawn Mee & Loh Mee (223 Jalan Burma)
Minnan Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Foong Lian 74.256
- #2 Green House Prawn Mee & Loh Mee (223 Jalan Burma) (this place) 74.256
- #2 Hor Poh Cuisine 74.256
- #2 Jalan Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice 74.256
- #2 Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng (Jalan Kelang Lama) 74.256
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Rank 2. Hor Poh Cuisine
Hakka
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Foong Lian 74.256
- #2 Green House Prawn Mee & Loh Mee (223 Jalan Burma) 74.256
- #2 Hor Poh Cuisine (this place) 74.256
- #2 Jalan Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice 74.256
- #2 Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng (Jalan Kelang Lama) 74.256
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Rank 2. Jalan Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Green House Prawn Mee & Loh Mee (223 Jalan Burma) 74.256
- #2 Hor Poh Cuisine 74.256
- #2 Jalan Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice (this place) 74.256
- #2 Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng (Jalan Kelang Lama) 74.256
- #2 Sek Yuen 74.256
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Hor Poh Cuisine 74.256
- #2 Jalan Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice 74.256
- #2 Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng (Jalan Kelang Lama) (this place) 74.256
- #2 Sek Yuen 74.256
- #2 Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles 74.256
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Rank 2. Sek Yuen
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Jalan Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice 74.256
- #2 Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng (Jalan Kelang Lama) 74.256
- #2 Sek Yuen (this place) 74.256
- #2 Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles 74.256
- #2 Sister Yao’s Char Koay Kak 74.256
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Rank 2. Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles
Hakka Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Nasi Ayam Hainan Chee Meng (Jalan Kelang Lama) 74.256
- #2 Sek Yuen 74.256
- #2 Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles (this place) 74.256
- #2 Sister Yao’s Char Koay Kak 74.256
- #2 Teksen 74.256
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Sek Yuen 74.256
- #2 Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles 74.256
- #2 Sister Yao’s Char Koay Kak (this place) 74.256
- #2 Teksen 74.256
- #2 Wong Mei Kee 74.256
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Rank 2. Teksen
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Sek Yuen 74.256
- #2 Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles 74.256
- #2 Sister Yao’s Char Koay Kak 74.256
- #2 Teksen (this place) 74.256
- #2 Wong Mei Kee 74.256
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Rank 2. Wong Mei Kee
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
There are 10 places with the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Sek Yuen 74.256
- #2 Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles 74.256
- #2 Sister Yao’s Char Koay Kak 74.256
- #2 Teksen 74.256
- #2 Wong Mei Kee (this place) 74.256
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Rank 12. 888 Hokkien Mee
Minnan Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 888 Hokkien Mee (this place) 68.544
- #12 Bali Hai Seafood Market 68.544
- #12 Bao Teck Tea House 68.544
- #12 Elegant Inn 68.544
- #12 Fatty Loh Chicken Rice 68.544
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Rank 12. Bali Hai Seafood Market
Teochew Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 888 Hokkien Mee 68.544
- #12 Bali Hai Seafood Market (this place) 68.544
- #12 Bao Teck Tea House 68.544
- #12 Elegant Inn 68.544
- #12 Fatty Loh Chicken Rice 68.544
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Rank 12. Bao Teck Tea House
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 888 Hokkien Mee 68.544
- #12 Bali Hai Seafood Market 68.544
- #12 Bao Teck Tea House (this place) 68.544
- #12 Elegant Inn 68.544
- #12 Fatty Loh Chicken Rice 68.544
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Rank 12. Elegant Inn
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Bali Hai Seafood Market 68.544
- #12 Bao Teck Tea House 68.544
- #12 Elegant Inn (this place) 68.544
- #12 Fatty Loh Chicken Rice 68.544
- #12 Goh Thew Chik Hainan Chicken Rice 68.544
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Rank 12. Fatty Loh Chicken Rice
Hainanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Bao Teck Tea House 68.544
- #12 Elegant Inn 68.544
- #12 Fatty Loh Chicken Rice (this place) 68.544
- #12 Goh Thew Chik Hainan Chicken Rice 68.544
- #12 Jie 68.544
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Elegant Inn 68.544
- #12 Fatty Loh Chicken Rice 68.544
- #12 Goh Thew Chik Hainan Chicken Rice (this place) 68.544
- #12 Jie 68.544
- #12 Jit Seng Hong Kong Roasted Duck Rice 68.544
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Rank 12. Jie
Innovative Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Fatty Loh Chicken Rice 68.544
- #12 Goh Thew Chik Hainan Chicken Rice 68.544
- #12 Jie (this place) 68.544
- #12 Jit Seng Hong Kong Roasted Duck Rice 68.544
- #12 Li Yen 68.544
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Goh Thew Chik Hainan Chicken Rice 68.544
- #12 Jie 68.544
- #12 Jit Seng Hong Kong Roasted Duck Rice (this place) 68.544
- #12 Li Yen 68.544
- #12 Ling Long 68.544
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Rank 12. Li Yen
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Jie 68.544
- #12 Jit Seng Hong Kong Roasted Duck Rice 68.544
- #12 Li Yen (this place) 68.544
- #12 Ling Long 68.544
- #12 Sambal 68.544
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Rank 12. Ling Long
French-influenced Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Jit Seng Hong Kong Roasted Duck Rice 68.544
- #12 Li Yen 68.544
- #12 Ling Long (this place) 68.544
- #12 Sambal 68.544
- #12 Shanghai Restaurant 68.544
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Rank 12. Sambal
Contemporary Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Li Yen 68.544
- #12 Ling Long 68.544
- #12 Sambal (this place) 68.544
- #12 Shanghai Restaurant 68.544
- #12 Shu 68.544
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Rank 12. Shanghai Restaurant
Shanghainese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Ling Long 68.544
- #12 Sambal 68.544
- #12 Shanghai Restaurant (this place) 68.544
- #12 Shu 68.544
- #12 Teochew Lao Er 68.544
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Rank 12. Shu
Modern Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Sambal 68.544
- #12 Shanghai Restaurant 68.544
- #12 Shu (this place) 68.544
- #12 Teochew Lao Er 68.544
- #12 Tok Tok Mee Bamboo Noodle 68.544
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Rank 12. Teochew Lao Er
Teochew
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Shanghai Restaurant 68.544
- #12 Shu 68.544
- #12 Teochew Lao Er (this place) 68.544
- #12 Tok Tok Mee Bamboo Noodle 68.544
- #12 Yun House 68.544
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Rank 12. Tok Tok Mee Bamboo Noodle
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Shanghai Restaurant 68.544
- #12 Shu 68.544
- #12 Teochew Lao Er 68.544
- #12 Tok Tok Mee Bamboo Noodle (this place) 68.544
- #12 Yun House 68.544
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Rank 12. Yun House
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 16 places with the exact same Score, so they share #12. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #12 Shanghai Restaurant 68.544
- #12 Shu 68.544
- #12 Teochew Lao Er 68.544
- #12 Tok Tok Mee Bamboo Noodle 68.544
- #12 Yun House (this place) 68.544