She’s collaborated on multiple occasions with her friend Siska Silitonga of ChiliCali, pairing Malaysian and Indonesian dishes side by side so diners could sample the differences between the two ...

You really can't go wrong with anything in Dun Huang Plaza. According to the Web site, there are 62 businesses currently operating out of Dun Huang Plaza on Bellaire.

The second course, a yuba salad, similarly transforms a familiar dish from her childhood. “It’s actually a soup,” she laughs. “Growing up in a village, nothing is elevated.

Its aim: to bring Malaysian food into mainstream Los Angeles cuisine. Lee, who was born in China but grew up in Lincoln Heights, is considered one of the premier Asian chefs in Los Angeles.

Just 10 years ago, there was no such thing as modern Malaysian cuisine. There was Malaysian food – the delicious, everyday stuff we all grew up with – from nasi lemak to roti canai to laksa ...

About half of the menu at 18 Malaysia consists of Malaysian dishes. The rest is a mixture of Asian dishes that represents the country’s melting pot.

James Wozniuk was first drawn to Malaysian food during a layover in Kuala Lumpur. The stopover inspired three more trips and the chef’s Washington, D.C., restaurant, Makan .