Food Calories
Soup is your best friend when you are cutting. Water has zero calories, it takes up space in your stomach, and a big bowl of sup ayam keeps you full for hours at a very low cost. I ate soup constantly on my way from 128kg to 86kg.
The catch: some Malaysian soups are soups in name only. Anything built on coconut milk plays by different rules. The ranking below sorts the genuinely light bowls from the ones wearing a disguise.
Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical hawker or kopitiam serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.