Malaysian Food Calories

How many calories are really in your favourite hawker and kopitiam food. Honest numbers, the macros, and how to eat it lighter without giving it up.

Rice Meals →

per 1 standard bungkus

per 1 plate (steamed chicken)

Nasi Goreng Kampung

Nasi Goreng Mamak

per 1 plate (banjir + fried chicken)

per 1 plate with chicken

per 1 plate with ayam percik

per 1 plate with gulai ikan tongkol

Nasi Goreng Cina

per 1 plate (rice with herbs and dried shrimp/fish)

per 1 plate with ayam masak merah

per 1 plate (rice + dalca + kurma, kenduri-style)

per 1 portion (single-pax share from communal platter)

per 1 plate (rice + sambal + ulam + ikan bilis + egg)

Nasi Ayam Penyet

per 1 plate (rice, fried chicken, sambal, tofu, tempeh)

Claypot Chicken Rice

per 1 claypot (single serve)

per 1 parcel (rice ball, plain, no accompaniments)

per 1 serving ambuyat with basic cacah dip (per person)

per 1 piece (ketupat nasi)

per 2 slices (typical hawker/Raya serving)

Banana Leaf Rice

per 1 standard meal (rice + 3 vegetable sides + dhal + 1 curry protein + rasam + papadom + 1 rice refill)

per 1 plate (steamed rice + 1 piece ayam goreng berempah + sambal + sides)

Nasi Campur (Economy Rice)

per 1 plate (rice + 3 dishes)

Yong Chow Fried Rice

Nasi Goreng Pattaya

Noodles →

Mee Goreng Mamak

per 1 plate (dry)

Penang Hokkien Mee

per 1 bowl (soup)

per 1 bowl (soup)

Bee Hoon Goreng

per 1 plate (crispy)

Sabah Beef Noodles (Ngiu Chap)

per 1 bowl (soup)

Mee Kari (Curry Mee)

Mee Bandung Muar

Kuey Teow Kung Fu

Fish Ball Noodles

per 1 bowl (dry noodles with minced pork, side soup)

Claypot Lou Shu Fun

per 1 claypot (individual portion)

Chee Cheong Fun

per 1 plate (3-4 rolls, KL sweet sauce style)

per 1 bowl (soup, yellow mee)

per 1 bowl (dry tossed)

Dim Sum →

per 1 basket (4 pieces)

per 1 basket (4 pieces)

per 1 plate (6 pieces)

per 1 plate (3 pieces)

per 1 basket (5 pieces)

Chicken Feet (Phoenix Claws)

per 1 plate (about 6)

Spring Rolls (Chun Guen)

Steamed Pork Ribs

per 1 small plate

Mamak & Bread →

per 1 plain piece + dhal

French Toast (Roti Bakar)

per 2 slices with kaya + butter

per 1 piece (daging/beef, mamak standard)

per 1 piece plain

per 2 pieces with sambar and coconut chutney

per 1 piece (plain)

per 1 piece (mamak stall)

per 1 piece (full cone)

per 2 pieces with aloo curry and dhal

per 1 set, 2 slices

Soups →

per 1 bowl (pork + soup, no rice)

per 1 bowl with 2 slices French bread

per 1 bowl (2-3 bones with broth)

per 1 bowl (oxtail soup, no rice)

per 1 bowl (1 large knee bone with broth)

per 1 bowl (tomyam campur, clear broth)

Yong Tau Foo (Soup)

per 1 bowl (8 pieces, clear soup, no noodles)

Hakka Lei Cha (Thunder Tea Rice)

per 1 serving per person (mixed meats, seafood, noodles, veg, clear or mild broth)

per 1 bowl (clear sup ikan, fish pieces + tofu + veg + broth, no rice or noodles)

Sup Herba (Herbal Chicken Soup)

Meat, Grills & Lauk →

per 1 stick (chicken)

per 1 serving with fish

Masak Lemak Cili Api

per 1 serving with chicken

per 2-3 tablespoons

per 1 piece in sauce

per 1 portion in sauce

per 1 lauk portion (100g)

per 2-3 tablespoons

per 1 piece (chicken thigh with percik sauce)

per 1 piece (thigh or drumstick quarter)

per 1 serving (3-4 thin slices)

Daging Harimau Menangis

per 1 hawker plate (grilled beef slices with dipping sauce)

per 1 side dish (lauk) serving

per 1 plate (hawker/kopitiam portion, ~8-10 medium prawns)

per 1 piece (whole small fish or portion of larger fish, with sambal)

Ikan Masak Lemak

per 1 hawker lauk portion (fish + gravy)

Ikan Patin Masak Tempoyak

per 1 piece patin with gravy (hawker/restaurant portion)

per 1 serving (ladle of curry + 1-2 pieces protein, no rice)

Kari Kepala Ikan

per 1 serving (fish head portion with gravy and vegetables)

Salted Egg Crab

per 1 serving (about half a crab)

per 1 serving (about half a medium mud crab)

per 1 serving (about half a crab with sauce)

per 1 piece (grilled, banana leaf)

per 1 bag / ~8-10 pieces (fried)

per 1 plate (2-3 pieces)

per 2 tbsp (small side portion with rice)

per 1 small plate

per 2 tbsp condiment portion

per 1 serving (2 small fish + broth)

per 1 portion sliced smoked wild boar (hawker stall, ~200g)

per 1 serving (1 medium fish with broth)

per 1 piece (thigh or drumstick, bone-in)

per 1 serving (2-3 pieces, side dish at nasi campur)

per 1 hawker serving (cockles in sambal or kicap sauce)

per 1 hawker plate (approx 400g shell-on clams, ~150g edible serving)

per 1 piece (medium, e.g. kembung, tilapia slice, or cencaru)

per 1 whole fish (siakap or ikan merah, mid-size), as served at restaurant or kopitiam

per 1 medium squid stuffed with glutinous rice in coconut gravy

per 1 piece + sauce (bone-in chicken, hawker serving)

per 1 piece bone-in chicken with sauce (ayam masak merah, no rice)

per 1 hawker plate (sambal petai with prawns)

per 1 plate (typical mamak/kopitiam serving)

Kari Ayam (Chicken Curry)

per 1 serving, 1 bone-in chicken piece with coconut curry gravy (hawker / nasi campur style)

Kari Kambing (Mutton Curry)

per 1 mamak/kopitiam serving (meat + gravy, no rice)

Tandoori Chicken

per 1 quarter piece (leg or breast, bone-in)

per 1 plate (hawker/mamak portion, ~8-10 pieces)

per 1 serving (hawker/restaurant portion)

per 1 serving (mixed bone-in chicken pieces with broth and aromatics)

per 1 restaurant serving (steamed whole, shared from 1.5-2kg fish, individual portion)

per 1 serving (3-4 slices pork belly with mui choy and gravy)

Ayam Masak Arak (Rice Wine Chicken)

per 1 serving (2-3 bone-in chicken pieces with wine sauce)

per 1 restaurant portion (6-8 medium-large prawns, shell-on, with egg floss)

per 1 serving, about half a medium mud crab with sauce

Ikan Pari Bakar (Grilled Stingray)

per 1 serving, hawker stall (stingray wing in banana leaf with sambal)

Wild Boar (Babi Hutan)

per 1 serving wild boar dish (meat + gravy, no rice)

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken

Marmite Chicken

Char Siew (BBQ Pork)

Siu Yoke (Roast Pork)

Roast Duck (Siu Ngap)

per quarter duck

Sotong Goreng Tepung (Fried Calamari)

Telur Dadar (Malaysian Omelette)

Ayam Kapitan (Kari Kapitan)

Vegetables & Sides →

Kangkung Belacan

per 1 hawker serving

Kailan Ikan Masin

per 1 plate / hawker scoop

Sawi / Broccoli Sos Tiram

per 1 plate (hawker/kopitiam)

Taugeh Ikan Masin

per 1 plate (side dish)

per 1 serving (4 pieces)

per 1 plate with sambal belacan

per 1 condiment serving, raw sambal tuhau

per 1 condiment serving, jeruk bambangan (pickled)

Sayur Manis (Cangkuk Manis / Sabah Veg)

per 1 plate (goreng telur, stir-fried with egg)

Latok (Sea Grapes)

per 1 small plate

per 1 typical hawker/nasi campur side portion

per 1 plate (hawker/kopitiam, stir-fried belacan style)

per 1 plate, stir-fried (goreng belacan / sambal)

Daun Ubi Tumbuk

per 1 hawker/warung side-dish serving

Snacks & Kuih →

Karipap (Curry Puff)

per 1 piece (~55g)

per 1 piece (~50g)

per 1 piece (~60g)

per 5 pieces (~75g)

per 1 piece (~60g)

per 1 roll (~65g)

per 1 wedge (~100g)

per 5 pieces (~80g)

per 1 piece (~40g)

Kuih Cara Berlauk

per 2 pieces (~60g)

per 1 piece (~50g)

per 1 piece (~28g)

per 1 piece (hawker stall)

per 1 piece (medium, hawker-stall size)

per 1 stick (average mixed item with sauce dip)

Yong Tau Foo (Fried)

per 1 piece (fried stuffed tofu / beancurd skin)

Kuih Badak Berendam

per 1 piece (ball in santan)

Kuih Jala (Roti Jala)

per 2 pieces with curry

Kuih Penjaram (Pinjaram)

per 1 piece (medium, pasar tamu size)

per 1 piece (ring cookie)

per 1 serving, plain pulut with santan (steamed glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk)

per 5 pieces (typical mamak/Indian restaurant snack order)

per 1 piece (medium, ~10cm diameter)

per 1 small handful (~6-8 pieces)

Kuih Ros (Kuih Loyang)

per 1 piece (small banana-leaf cup)

per 1 small handful (about 25g)

Kuih Kapit (Love Letters)

per 1 small bag / hawker plate (~50g crackers + sweet chili dip)

per 1 grub (grilled)

Kek Lapis Sarawak

Coffee Bun (Rotiboy)

per 1 plate (hawker portion)

Pasembur (Mamak Rojak)

per 1 plate (hawker portion)

Cempedak Goreng

per 1 serving ubi kayu rebus (boiled cassava with grated coconut and palm sugar syrup)

Jagung (Sweet Corn Cup)

per 1 cup (hawker portion)

Begedil (Bergedil)

Cekodok Pisang (Jemput-Jemput)

per 1 handful (30g)

per 1 small packet (40g)

Kaya Pau (Steamed Kaya Bun)

Sata (Terengganu)

Akok (Kelantan Kuih)

Western & Burgers →

per 1 burger special

Drinks →

per 1 glass (iced)

per 1 glass (kopitiam standard)

per 1 glass (iced, hawker)

Soya (Soy Milk)

per 1 cup (sweetened, typical hawker order)

per 1 glass (with ice)

per 1 whole young coconut (air + isi)

per 1 glass (plain cincau with syrup)

per 1 glass (mango lassi)

per 1 cup (standard hawker/kopitiam serve, kopi putih with condensed milk)

per 1 glass (hawker/kopitiam)

Teh O Limau Ais

per 1 glass (hawker, normal sweet)

Air Mata Kucing

per 1 glass (hawker/kopitiam, iced)

per 1 cup (Melaka-style, ~400 ml)

Bubble Tea (Pearl Milk Tea)

per 1 medium (500ml)

Soya Cincau (Michael Jackson)

Jus Tembikai (Watermelon Juice)

Chrysanthemum Tea (Teh Krisan)

Neslo Ais (Nescafe + Milo)

Three Layer Tea (Teh C Peng Special)

Desserts →

Ais Kacang (ABC)

per 1 bowl (hawker standard)

per 1 bowl (hawker / kopitiam standard)

Sago Gula Melaka

per 1 bowl (hawker/kopitiam)

Ais Krim (Local Ice Cream)

per 1 stick (potong)

per 4 seeds (~120g edible flesh)

Ais Krim Potong

Tau Fu Fah (Soy Bean Pudding)

Bubur Pulut Hitam

Mango Sticky Rice (Pulut Mangga)

Kuih Bingka Ubi (Baked Tapioca Cake)

Ais Krim Goreng (Fried Ice Cream)

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