Arriving in Malaysia on Saturday just after the end of Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss started his six-day visit with a personal mission - to find food in a country where there are limited options that strictly meet his religious requirements.

Other than supplies packed from home in Monsey, New York - a major centre of Orthodox Judaism in the United States - Weiss said he wanted additional fruits and vegetables that are considered kosher or permissible.

Malaysiakini met with Weiss