A.k.a., 5 dishes I've never heard about before, much less had any idea of their origin.

Where would I live that I'd have encountered these in a non-Malaysian restaurant, and be reading an article about it in English? India? London? Northern California?

Heck, I'm not sure there's even a single Malaysian restaurant in my mid-West greater metropolitan area. Now I'm going to have to go look. While none of the names are familiar, some of these dishes look super tasty.