KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 11 -- A plate hits the table and frankly, it doesn't look appealing; it's just a mound of black and white sesame seeds covering a thick brown sauce, with green shoots peeking out from underneath, dotted with golden brown fried crackers.

A closer look at the plate reveals translucent sprigs of jellyfish and those fried crackers are actually Chinese crullers or you tiao.

This is Sotong Paku Pakis, a riff on Sotong Kangkung (cuttlefish salad), which is usually eaten as a snack.

Find it at the cavernous Win Kee Food Garden, which houses so many food stalls that you won't leave hungry.

This stall, called Sotongpaku Kepong, was previously at Sam Gor Kopitiam, Taman Kepong, which consolidated its second stall inside Win Ke...