Kuala Pilah District

The Kuala Pilah District is a town, a district and a parliamentary constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Commonly called Pilah by the mainly Malay Minangkabau inhabitants, it is also the name of a district. It is an old valley town with many of the pre-war Chinese shop houses still fronting the main streets surrounded by traditional style Malay village houses built on stilts nestled among extensive rice fields. Among the local specialties are Minangkabau food, including masak lemak cili api and daging salai masak kicap.