The mamak breakfast stalls around Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfields are among the most reliable in KL for the city's most essential morning meal: roti canai (a flaky griddle bread) with dhal, fish curry, or sambal, and a glass of teh tarik (pulled tea with condensed milk). Several stalls open from 6 am, catering to the early-shift workers at KL Sentral, the hospital nearby, and the neighbourhood's permanent residents.
Roti Canai Transfer Road has long been a KL institution, though various stalls in the Brickfields streets maintain the tradition. The mamak experience — eating at outdoor plastic tables, watching the bread being stretched and cooked on a griddle — is one of the most authentic and cheapest meals available in KL, usually under RM6 for roti and tea. Best on weekday mornings before 9 am.