Kuala Lumpur Food Tour: Culinary Exploration in Petaling's Chinatown with Over 14 Tastings

Embark on a Kuala Lumpur food tour in Petaling’s Chinatown and discover over 14 mouthwatering tastings. From Michelin-rated eateries to grandmother’s recipes, indulge in a culinary adventure like no other.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Petaling Street Market - Our feasting tour of 14+ tastings invites guests on a culinary experience around the backstreets Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown led by our team of professional foodie guides. We’re Kuala Lumpur’s #1 food tour company on TripAdvisor. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine and there are limitations of street food vendors, so we unfortunately cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here’s an honest appraisal of the tour so no-one is disappointed ✘ Unsuitable for vegetarians, vegans or halal diets ✘ Unsuitable for severe allergies to peanuts, tree nuts or shellfish ✘ Unsuitable for severe gluten intolerances, there are traces of gluten in soy sauce. Other intolerances and dietary requirements are generally possible, but guests may need to skip some dishes along the way. If you are feeling adventurous for a foodie journey, read on!
What's Included
  • Complimentary bottled water and local soft drinks
  • Over 14 food tastings, highest in KL
  • 4-hour culinary exploration in KL’s Chinatown
  • Guided by expert foodie guides
  • Top-rated Kuala Lumpur food tour on TripAdvisor
  • Small-group experience with a maximum of 8 guests
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks excluded
  • Pick up and drop off from your hotel excluded
Additional Information

Hidden down the Petaling backstreets and markets of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown is a sizzling world of culinary secrets forged from over a century of Malay-Chinese fusion.

This is ground zero for deliriously good street feasting, though not all is made equal. It pays to know the culinary ropes.

Fear not, you’ve come to the right place. Prepare for your taste buds to be tickled across 14+ tastings from Michelin rated eateries to grandmother’s generational recipes which have been feeding hungry locals for decades. These are the food heroes.

Tuck into steamy bowls of lala noodles and legendary laksas, fluffy baos and baked char siu pows, coffee cham and peanut muah chee from Madam Tang, egg tart telurs and hand-wrapped popiahs, buttery rice and plenty of spice. Get set for a wild culinary ride.

  • This tour isn’t suitable for vegetarians or vegans due to limitations of street vendors. Other dietary restrictions may require a few tastings to be missed.
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately, and bring an umbrella if rain is likely
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult. Infants aged 0-2 years go free, as meals are not included
  • The tour isn’t suitable for severe allergies due to the risk of traces and cross-contamination. Other allergies may require some tastings to be missed.
Location
Central Market
Your guide will be waiting outside the entrance of Central Market (Pasar Seni), in Chinatown. It is located nearby to Petaling Street. To travel by taxi, we recommend downloading the Grab app. You can also get to the meeting point via the MRT subway, arriving at the station Pasar Seni.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Rebekah_n
Aug 20, 2024
Delicious and plentiful local food! - I decided to do this tour after have a great experience on their other food tour, the tastes of Sambal. This tour around Chinatown did not disappoint! Kiran was an excellent guide who provided a lot of information about the area and the food. This tour was a great mix of local sight seeing and tasting the local food. There was a lot of food provided, I recommend you don't eat anything before this tour. This tour is definitely enough for breakfast and lunch, and for me personally it was also enough for dinner! Very enjoyable and delicious tour. Thanks Kiran!
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Urvstravels
Aug 12, 2024
Great experience! - Sam was a great guide and very well informed. My wife and I greatly enjoyed ourselves trying food from stalls we wouldn't have noticed otherwise. The laksa was the highlight!
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401g_raldineb
Aug 6, 2024
The Best way to discover Kuala Lumpur. - Very good time shared with Sam, it's great to discover the city this way, the food was excellent, we enjoyed this moment. Thank you very much
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Jayw859
Jul 27, 2024
Amazing streetfood with a fantastic guide - We had an amazing day out with Kiran. She was very knowledgeable about the food and history and kept us engaged throughout the day. The street food was all so delicious. We tried many things that we would never have known about if wasn't for the perfectly organised tour. 100% would recommend.
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Dhunt2015
Jul 25, 2024
The Best - Had the best time tasting local food and going to places that as a tourist you would usually pass by. Siddoz and his team were great and made us feel very welcome and safe. We would highly recommend this food tour.
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696khalilp
Jul 21, 2024
Excellent! Highly Recommend - The food was amazing and the guides did a fantastic job of explaining the food and history of Kuala Lumpur. Highly recommend!!
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875annikaz
Jul 20, 2024
Amazing introduction to Malaysia's cuisines - We had such a lovely time with our guide Sam and the tour was such a good introduction of what Malaysian food is about and the kind of melting pot, KL literally is. We at - soooo much! And it was very interesting to compare different type of baos and laksa. It was not just yummy but also very good to get an insight into the history of the cuisines and how they developed over time. Sam was so nice and very knowledgable and no, you will never finish this tour hungry.
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Shaun
Jul 14, 2024
A great day of eating! - Amazing tour. Our guide had so much knowledge and great stories for each vendor. He curates the tour to showcase local small businesses that make Chinatown such a special experience. We were struggling to find Laksa on our own and he managed to blow our minds with both a curry Laksa and the Asam Laksa. I highly recommend this tour, great value, great food, great guide. Thank you
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Consuelot191
Jul 14, 2024
Great experience! - Very nice tour, I recommend it 100%! Our guide, Stephen, was great. He kept us interested and active at every moment of the tour, he gave us context for every food we ate and everything was incredibly delicious!! Of course we didn't go hungry with everything they offer to eat, lots of variety! It was a unique experience that we would have liked to do at the beginning of the trip, instead of at the end of it, since we would have taken advantage of what we learned and savored much more, but we are happy we did it! :) Can’t wait to try in other asian countries! Thanks Malysia for the great flavours and Stephen for the knowledge shared.
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Voyage63761176257
Jul 12, 2024
A food tour to recommend - The food was really good. Malaysian cuisine is very varied due to the many cultures. Sam our guide gave us a very good insight into Malaysian cuisine, which is very diverse. He also explained a lot about the history of Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia.
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