The city of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor is home to many good foods no matter if you are looking for local, international or fusion dishes. Then, there’s Chinese Muslim cuisine, offering different cooking methods consisting of steamed, deep-fried, stir-fried and more. Foods like beef, lamb, chicken, fish and prawns dominated the menu and here, we have listed the Top 10 Chinese Muslim Restaurants in KL & Selangor worth visiting.
1) Amber Chinese Muslim Restaurant
Amber Chinese Muslim Restaurant, which has two outlets in Bangsar South and LGM KLCC Junction, specialises in authentic Northwest China-style Muslim cuisine from Lanzhou. Beef and lamb are their specialities, offering tasty dishes like Roasted Lamb Chops, Lamb Kebab, Fried Sliced Beef and Sauteed Minced Beef with Cumin. You can order their a la carte options or go for one of the rice/noodle sets or their highly recommended hand-pulled noodle (mee tarik) with beef.
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2) Golden Valley
The Level 3 of Melawati Mall houses Golden Valley, a restaurant known for its delicious Chinese Muslim cuisine. Using only halal ingredients where they don’t skimp on quality, their menu covers everything from meat to seafood dishes. Try their succulent Hong Kong-style Roast Duck or Peking Duck. Those who prefer chicken meals can look forward to choices like Lemon Chicken, Thai-style chicken and Kung Po Chicken paired with rice. They have value-for-money family sets for 2, 5 and 10 pax. Seafood lovers are in for some treats too, namely the assorted Seafood Jamboree, Mud Crab with mantou and Sizzling Cantonese Style Seafood Noodles.
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3) Lamb Shepherd Restaurant
Savour the taste of authentic Xinjiang cuisine at Lamb Shepherd Restaurant, offering plenty of flavourful dishes worth trying here. Sitting at the top of their must-order menu would be the lamb dishes and one of them includes the signature Roast Lamb Chops. They also cooked their lamb in different styles, covering Stir-Fried Lamb Tripe to Fried Lamb with Potato Noodles, Stew Lamb and Poached Lamb. Their menu also consists of other dishes such as chicken, beef and seafood.
4) Mohd Chan
Operating since 2007, Mohd Chan is no stranger to many locals looking for scrumptious Cantonese-style Chinese Muslim cuisine. They have several outlets in Klang Valley from Ampang to Kelana Jaya, Sungai Buloh and Glenmarie @ Shah Alam. Take a sip of one of their best soup dishes, namely the Crabmeat Soup with Abalone Slices or Spicy & Sour Sze Chuan Soup. Moving on to the fish, you can’t go wrong with their appetisingly zesty and spicy Ikan Stim Thai Chili Lime using ikan siakap (barramundi) or if you prefer deep-fried, try their Siakap Goreng 3 Rasa, Garlic Siam or Szechuan Cili-Cili. Other recommended dishes include Black Pepper Beef, Soft Shell Crab with Salted Egg Sauce and Yam Basket with Kong Boh Chicken, just to name a few.
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5) Jibby Chow
Jibby Chow is part of the Serai Group, a company known for other brands like Serai, Chum Chum Pizzeria and Jibby & Co. Jibby Chow has two branches in Bangsar Village 2 and KLIA Terminal 1, where its speciality lies in its contemporary style of old-school Chinese cuisines. For starters, indulge in the Lollipop Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Wing or snack on the Brinjal Chips with Fried Shallots. The savoury-sweet combo of Roast Duck & Watermelon Salad is equally tempting too. Fancy a plate of Oriental-style pasta? The Squid Ink Spaghetti comes highly recommended, complete with grilled calamari and other ingredients like semi-sundried tomatoes and green peas. Not to forget signatures such as Duck Rice, tender Hainanese Chicken Rice and BBQ Glazed Lamb Belly.
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6) Anas
Located at Danau Kota, Anas’s Chinese Muslim dishes cover various meat and seafood cooked in different styles. Take their lamb, for example. They offer Signature Roasted Lamb and Stir-Fried Lamb Chops. You can pair them with thick/thin handmade noodles or naan bread for a complete meal. Some of the other menu options include Peppery Chicken, Mutton Noodles with Fungus and Sweet & Sour Fish. If possible, leave some room for their handmade desserts such as Pumpkin Pie with Sesame Bean Paste, Pumpkin Balls or Fried Sweet Buns with Honey.
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7) Restoran Haslinda Sim Abdullah
Choices are aplenty at Restoran Haslinda Sim Abdullah at Bandar Teknologi Kajang, Semenyih. Start with their Fried Dumpling or Wantan before moving on to their delectable entrees including meat and seafood dishes. Whether you prefer steamed or deep-fried, take a pick from Asam Fish to Teow Chew Fish Masak Asam Limau, Mango Sauce Fish and Sweet & Sour Sauce Fish. Their meat-based menu consists of Portuguese-style chicken, Butter Chicken, Black Pepper Beef and Ginger & Onion Beef among others. Single-serving meals are also available like Fish Meat Mee Hoon Soup and Kung Po Chicken with Rice.
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8) Homst
Homst has several branches from TTDI to Kampung Baru, Kajang and Shah Alam. Enjoy their delicious morsels of dim sum and they have over 30 of them to choose from, covering steamed and deep-fried varieties. You will find familiar choices like Chicken Siew Mai, Steamed Har Gao Prawn Crystal Dumplings and Deep-Fried Prawn Fu Chuk. Their Chee Cheong Fun menu offers you the choice of a dark sauce and others like BBQ, curry and tom yum. They serve set and a la carte dishes and if you pick one of their chicken meals, Homst uses only 100% seaweed-fed, healthier Beacon chicken that is free from nasties like hormones and antibiotics.
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9) Mohammad Chow
This family-run Chinese Muslim restaurant has been a mainstay in Damansara Perdana since 2013. They cater to individuals, families and large groups with a variety of dishes available on the menu. Let’s start with their assorted single-plate meals like the spicy Belacan Fried Rice, Singapore Fried Mee Hoon and Kam Heong Rice with a choice of chicken, beef, fish fillet, squid or prawns. If you prefer a la carte style, don’t miss their Golden Sea Main — a combination of meat or seafood of your choice cooked in creamy buttermilk sauce. Or taste their spicy-sour seafood of Nyonya-style fish fillet, squid or prawns.
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10) Chopsticks by Muhammad Oon
The casual eatery at Chopsticks by Muhammad Oon operates at TTDI, Bangsar and Cyberjaya with various halal Chinese menus to satisfy your taste buds. Beginning with their appetisers, they offer comfort-food options of Fried Chicken Lobak with Tofu and Otak-Otak. Meat-based dishes like Black Pepper Beef, Sizzling Mongolian Beef and Creamy Butter Chicken are available while those who love seafood can try one of their staples like Signature Nyonya Fish Fillet and Creamy Butter Prawns.
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That’s not all! More Top 10s in Malaysia are waiting to be discovered!
