Drinking
Tap water is safe to drink in Malaysia, though it's wise to stick to bottled water (RM2 a litre) in rural areas, and in Sarawak and Sabah. Using ice for drinks is generally fine, too, making the huge variety of seasonal fresh fruit drinks, available in hawker centres and street corners, even more pleasant. You'll often find that sweet condensed milk is added to tea and coffee unless you ask for it without. In city centres look out for the sweetened soy milk and sugar cane juice touted on street corners. Only in certain places on the east coast of the Malaysian Peninsula is drinking alcohol outlawed. Elsewhere, despite the Muslim influence, alcohol is available in bars, restaurants, Chinese kedai kopi, supermarkets and sometimes at hawker's stalls. Anchor and Tiger beer (lager) are locally produced and are probably the best choice, although Carlsberg and Heineken are being marketed heavily. Locally produced whisky and rum are cheap enough, too, though pretty rough. The brandy , which is what some local Chinese drink, tends to be better. Wine is becoming more plentiful and competitively priced too. There is a thriving bar scene in KL, Kuching and Penang; less so in other towns. Fierce competition keeps happy hours a regular feature (usually 5-7pm), bringing the beer down to around RM5.00 a glass. Some bars open all day (11am-11pm), but most tend to double as clubs, opening in the evenings until 2 or 3am. All night clubs are a relatively new development, and again liberal licencing seems to apply.
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