My First Day in Malaysia 🇲🇾 as a Chinese Muslim

Added: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]as Chinese Muslims Malaysia is always our first choice when traveling abroad.

[00:00:05]after visiting three times already, we are back again.

[00:00:08]this time from spring in Kunming to summer in Kuala Lumpur on our first day a friend showed us around and we got to experience local life and food.

[00:00:18]this gave us a totally fresh and unforgettable experience.

[00:00:24]dua ice cream.

[00:00:28]good morning from the airport in Kunming China yunnan province.

[00:00:33]we are going to KL.

[00:00:38]last time it was one year ago, we went to Malaysia with our family.

[00:00:45]kind of miss nasi Lemak.

[00:00:48]and durian.

[00:00:49]we're going to eat a lot of durian.

[00:00:53]but is it in durian season?

[00:00:55]i don't know now it's April is it during season i don't know let's go oh this is changshui airport in kunming.

[00:01:08]we came here a lot of times.

[00:01:10]so this year we receive so many tourists from Malaysia Singapore in this airport.

[00:01:20]yeah.

[00:01:21]a lot.

[00:01:23]so finally we can come to their country.

[00:01:38]we arrived in the airport in here.

[00:01:41]and when me and viona we first come out, wow the flavor so strong the flavor of Malaysia.

[00:01:54]the combination of the perfume and nasi lemak.

[00:01:59]makes me want to eat some nasi lemak.

[00:02:03]okay let's go okay let me call my friends right now.

[00:02:07]syafiq.

[00:02:10]he can speak Chinese very well hi, wasalam.

[00:02:16]where are you?

[00:02:27]where are we going?

[00:02:31]let's go to take the baggage by taking the train.

[00:02:37]why it's so far?

[00:02:39]so big the airport.

[00:02:44]very new everything is so new in the airport.

[00:02:47]yes.

[00:03:02]excuse me.

[00:03:03]i cannot find my luggage.

[00:03:05]downstairs immigration first and then luggage.

[00:03:08]thank you.

[00:03:17]oh it's so hard to get the luggage back.

[00:03:21]because this is a international airport.

[00:03:23]not like a village airport.

[00:03:27]we don't have it.

[00:03:28]very big, and you see the people they are from different countries.

[00:03:33]not like in Kunming most of them are still Chinese.

[00:03:38]although from this year many Malaysia Singapore Muslim tourists come to our place to travel.

[00:03:47]but compared to Kuala Lumpur actually it's the number of foreingers is quiet small.

[00:03:55]yeah here is so many.

[00:03:59]from different country culture language races.

[00:04:07]you can find a chair to carry the baby carry the disabled people this kind nice in kunming airport this kind nice in kunming airport we don't have it.

[00:04:17]very friendly to old people.

[00:04:20]as a tour agency, i feel so sad you know?

[00:04:26]about my country, my airport.

[00:04:33]where is Chinese flag?

[00:04:36]here.

[00:04:37]my first language here: sila tunggu.

[00:04:41]please wait.

[00:04:43]i should study Malay.

[00:04:48]Alipay!

[00:04:50]so if you go to China, you download alipay you can use it in China.

[00:04:55]you can use it everywhere very convenient.

[00:04:59]i didn't expect they have the ads here.

[00:05:05]China influence.

[00:05:08]okay we get out.

[00:05:12]wow Malaysia is so hot i'm still wearing my coat.

[00:05:21]salam.

[00:05:23]this is my first time see him in Malaysia.

[00:05:26]every time i saw him in China.

[00:05:44]you want you you want to go swimming already in the swimming pool.

[00:05:49]wow suddenly it rains so heavily.

[00:05:54]we arrived at our friend's house.

[00:06:00]come on go go go.

[00:06:05]wair for me.

[00:06:11]no no.

[00:06:24]suddenly the weather become like this.

[00:06:33]they drive inside.

[00:06:38]wow check this.

[00:06:45]wow you're soaked.

[00:06:48]the sky know that Chinese people come in always complain Malaysia hot.

[00:06:54]and now they're welcoming you with cooling system.

[00:07:06]and then here is normally my office.

[00:07:09]oh your office.

[00:07:11]you work here.

[00:07:12]normally Malay house have this so we put on the ground so maybe twenty people friends cousin come just in the living room.

[00:07:20]they can sleep on the floor sleep over.

[00:07:23]we can sleep over many people.

[00:07:25]because Malaysian we have big family.

[00:07:27]my aunt if everybody comes.

[00:07:30]one hundred people.

[00:07:35]so they cannot live here.

[00:07:36]we have another like guesthouse next by.

[00:07:39]oh so what's your first impression of Malaysia?

[00:07:45]the first about the flavor you know i need to talk it again the flavor of Malaysia.

[00:07:52]it's like the combination of nasi Lemak and the hot weather.

[00:07:57]and the perfume from different countries.

[00:08:01]and second about the rain while it rains very suddenly and very strong.

[00:08:07]actually i have been to Malaysia more than ten years ago.

[00:08:12]i met such a ring during that time hmm i'm i'm like i was swimming in the water i'm swimming in the rain.

[00:08:21]hmm so how many times have you been to Malaysia this is maybe fifth time.

[00:08:28]i'm an old Malaysian.

[00:08:29]and third, look at their houses is actually compared to our village is quite simple.

[00:08:36]they have only two two floors.

[00:08:38]and people just live together like this.

[00:08:42]just like in in a village.

[00:08:44]and one more thing is good here.

[00:08:47]you don't have to compare others.

[00:08:50]you know like in our village we built the high building house.

[00:08:55]and then my building higher than you which means what?

[00:08:59]i'm richer than you.

[00:09:01]yeah so many people they build the higher and higher buildings.

[00:09:05]but here it's like everyone's equal.

[00:09:09]and they don't care about who is richer or what.

[00:09:12]so this is a different value of Malaysia and Chinese.

[00:09:17]in China we like to how to see competition with each others if you lose compete with each others.

[00:09:22]if you lose the game of the society then sometimes you feel you cannot happy.

[00:09:30]just like syafiq just said he said your Chinese responsibility on making money.

[00:09:38]we responsibility are relax, and help others.

[00:09:44]yeah.

[00:09:47]totally different.

[00:09:49]which one do you prefer?

[00:09:51]i want the combination of Malay and Chinese which is Chinese Muslim.

[00:09:59]we can work harder but we can still keep some you know the the warm heart.

[00:10:09]hahaha yeah we can also help each other.

[00:10:11]that's nice.

[00:10:13]okay.

[00:10:14]some Chinese you know i check the Chinese social media they said, Malay is lazy.

[00:10:21]so this is different.

[00:10:22]like Malay, they said the Chinese they only focus on the money.

[00:10:27]they don't care about afterlife.

[00:10:30]but maybe we can combine together.

[00:10:33]good, good point.

[00:10:41]syafiq took us to the masjid for maghrib prayer.

[00:10:51]even the masjid in the suburb area is very beautiful.

[00:10:55]what?

[00:10:56]i give a Malaysian prayer clothes.

[00:10:59]it's a branded.

[00:11:02]thank you.

[00:11:04]you can try.

[00:11:05]because the the culture here when they pray, they wear this.

[00:11:53]actually i like praying the masjid in Malaysia.

[00:11:56]i don't like praying the Chinese masjid.

[00:11:59]why?

[00:11:59]you know what i'm talking about if you have ever traveled to China.

[00:12:05]look at here.

[00:12:07]if you do wudu here, it's very eady and smoothy.

[00:12:11]you do wudu here, and then you don't need to do anything.

[00:12:16]then this is the prayer room.

[00:12:18]very easy.

[00:12:19]it's linked together.

[00:12:20]what's your feeling?

[00:12:22]i feel even even just like this is like a village.

[00:12:26]but the masjid very beautiful and peaceful.

[00:12:30]you can see there's a bonding among the neighborhood.

[00:12:34]the kids the man the woman they all come here to pray.

[00:12:39]and after pray, they may have some time to spend with each other.

[00:12:44]very very good.

[00:12:45]because in China everyone pray and go home.

[00:12:48]yeah yeah and you can hear the motors' sound.

[00:12:54]look at here there's a playground.

[00:12:59]that's why the kids love the masjid.

[00:13:01]that's why i said this is not like a masjid, like a the community.

[00:13:06]interesting.

[00:13:07]now we're going to Makan Makan Jalan.

[00:13:11]Makan Jalan.

[00:13:12]jalan jalan, Jerry makan.

[00:13:17]celup tepun mameen.

[00:13:20]okay right now we are going to eat the local food recommended by syafiq.

[00:13:25]syafiq, we are his first Chinese friend to bring here.

[00:13:31]we're going to eat the celup tepung.

[00:13:34]celup tepung.

[00:13:36]wow they eat very late actually.

[00:13:38]yeah what's the time now?

[00:13:40]now it's uh eight thirty.

[00:13:45]it's like they are they just eat their dinner.

[00:13:49]in China, we basically eat at five or six pm.

[00:13:51]yeah yeah this is the kitchen so the kitchen is opening.

[00:13:56]yeah.

[00:13:57]so you can see what are they making.

[00:13:59]and is it cleaner.

[00:14:00]and someone spit in the food you can see it.

[00:14:05]and if you order they will cook directly.

[00:14:08]it's freshly ordered, freshly cooked.

[00:14:12]yeah let's see what they are cooking.

[00:14:14]we can go inside.

[00:14:15]let's check them if someone spread some... something in our food.

[00:14:23]before in China some restaurant if you you know make some trouble with the servant in the restaurant, he will spit in your food.

[00:14:34]no just joking just some... they are frying something.

[00:14:49]what's this?

[00:14:52]oh this is squid and shrimp.

[00:15:00]what's this?

[00:15:02]i don't know.

[00:15:05]wow and the fried fish.

[00:15:11]this is the way that they want to smoothen the process.

[00:15:16]you can think here you think here.

[00:15:17]don't think there.

[00:15:19]okay.

[00:15:22]mommy salute order sheet.

[00:15:27]your apple juice.

[00:15:28]a little bit sour.

[00:15:30]maybe the season is not right.

[00:15:37]wow very clear the the you know the air very clear.

[00:15:42]very refreshing.

[00:15:44]wow the lychee.

[00:15:46]wow is it famous the lychee in Malaysia?

[00:15:54]Our lychees are imported.

[00:15:58]oh maybe from Thailand.

[00:16:03]what is this?

[00:16:03]what do you think the shape is?

[00:16:06]like fried banana?

[00:16:08]no this is fish made out of fish, fresh fish with flour.

[00:16:13]Malaysian weird food.

[00:16:14]we have this actually it's a sauce.

[00:16:16]sweet spicy sauce.

[00:16:18]let me try okay.

[00:16:21]the fish cake.

[00:16:28]little bit sauce.

[00:16:35]what's your feeling?

[00:16:36]i think they grind the fish what the flour.

[00:16:41]they grind they grind the fish.

[00:16:45]hmm good.

[00:16:50]oh this is my first time try the flavor.

[00:16:53]the flavor to me very very how to say first time.

[00:17:00]oh quite good.

[00:17:01]quite good, right?

[00:17:02]the fish flavor very authentic.

[00:17:05]i want try this.

[00:17:07]mushroom fried mushroom.

[00:17:13]so good.

[00:17:14]so good.

[00:17:16]sedap.

[00:17:17]sit up this is the Terengganu Kelantan special.

[00:17:24]You can suck the bubble.

[00:17:27]hmm, this is so good.

[00:17:32]what's the name?

[00:17:35]Damai Duri Lelai.

[00:17:37]Damai Duri... milk tea, honey and bubble.

[00:17:50]i love eat the seafood in Malaysia.

[00:17:53]it's always very fresh.

[00:17:55]yeah this is a fried fish.

[00:17:58]yeah their food you know always looks very simple, but the flavor very good.

[00:18:08]but it's good when you see the way they making the food, you thought: okay, maybe the food not very good.

[00:18:14]just a very simple flavor.

[00:18:16]but when you eat it, it quite surprise surprise me.

[00:18:22]okay so this one has two different sauce.

[00:18:25]so this is a lime sauce.

[00:18:27]you can try.

[00:18:28]this is also seafood sauce.

[00:18:31]we call it seafood Malay sauce.

[00:18:33]this is fried squid.

[00:18:47]the lemon sauce very good.

[00:19:09]very crispy on the outside.

[00:19:12]and the flavor of the sauce is very good.

[00:19:18]this is dipping sauce from our hometown Yunnan.

[00:19:22]let's mix it with the Malay food.

[00:19:26]okay.

[00:19:27]you can dip.

[00:19:28]Yunnan style.

[00:19:36]is it okay?

[00:19:37]feels not that suitable.

[00:19:40]okay first time try bubur special in my life.

[00:19:44]boo boo special.

[00:19:45]what's this?

[00:19:47]some rice with the soup.

[00:19:49]porridge.

[00:19:49]and i think this is beef right?

[00:19:52]this is beef.

[00:19:53]beef, egg.

[00:19:55]okay let me try first.

[00:20:11]the sound of Malaysia.

[00:20:13]what's the flavor?

[00:20:14]it's quite like the beef rice in China you know.

[00:20:18]but with the different flavor different ingredients.

[00:20:22]and they put the lemon inside.

[00:20:27]first time in your life.

[00:20:30]coriander and with soup.

[00:20:32]what's the name?

[00:20:34]poo poo special.

[00:20:36]poo poo special.

[00:20:38]the name very interesting.

[00:20:47]a soup has a very strong flavor of the sea, sealife flavor.

[00:20:54]is it okay?

[00:20:56]um... not okay.

[00:21:01]maybe because i'm from non sea area.

[00:21:05]i'm from inland so i'm not used to the sea flavour.

[00:21:08]okay she'll probably only eat this one bite.

[00:21:15]the fish is so crispy that you can even eat the head of the fish.

[00:21:20]because in China usually we don't eat the head.

[00:21:23]but here look.

[00:21:26]oh very oily.

[00:21:31]it's... i think you cannot eat it often.

[00:21:37]like eating a chip.

[00:21:39]very crispy.

[00:21:41]with eyeball.

[00:21:43]I don't think you should eat it often.

[00:21:45]it's not that healthy right?

[00:21:47]um hmm.

[00:21:49]but it's really good.

[00:21:53]and drink some this.

[00:21:55]this is quite good.

[00:21:58]neh mah do lala neh mah do lala poo poo special oh poo poo special.

[00:22:10]wow.

[00:22:16]all the Malaysian people they like the nightlife.

[00:22:19]now it's over nine pm.

[00:22:24]you can still see so many people.

[00:22:27]more and more people coming.

[00:22:30]uh huh.

[00:22:31]this is just starting.

[00:22:33]this place is open until late night.

[00:22:35]i think because of the weather here in the day it's too hot.

[00:22:40]so people prefer go out in the in the early morning, and the night.

[00:22:45]the temperature is better.

[00:22:47]much much better.

[00:22:49]oh hahaha are you okay?

[00:22:53]can we sleep with this belly?

[00:23:00]so you know in the night i'm not feeling i'm in Malaysia.

[00:23:05]because... yeah the weather is like in yunnan.

[00:23:08]not cold here.

[00:23:10]yeah very cool.

[00:23:12]how are you viona?

[00:23:13]how are you?

[00:23:14]my pants are exploded.

[00:23:17]my my stomach also gonna explode.

[00:23:22]how can we sleep with this belly?

[00:23:25]just sleep i will make my mission to make viona have more meat inside the body.

[00:23:34]i'm gonna make viona bigger.

[00:23:37]hahaha okay let's go to eat.

[00:23:41]oh let's go to eat.

[00:23:42]let's go to sleep.

[00:23:44]okay.

[00:23:52]okay now let's try using Malay to order ice cream in family mart.

[00:23:58]dua ice cream.

[00:24:02]matcha.

[00:24:05]huh?

[00:24:06]matcha pistachio?

[00:24:08]matcha pistacio.

[00:24:11]dua.

[00:24:21]wow, good.

[00:24:23]鼓掌hahaha how to say how much?

[00:24:26]ini berapa?

[00:24:29]ini berapa?

[00:24:40]wow success!

[00:24:42]How to say "success"?