KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — First, it was nasi lemak with cheese. Now, another classic Malaysian dish has received the cheese treatment.

The most popular — and definitely most controversial — menu item at Spark Cheese, a food stall in Cyberjaya, is their cheesy char kuey teow.

For RM7, customers can dig into a dish consisting of kuey teow goreng basah, essentially the Malay version of Chinese char kuey teow, topped with generous drizzles of a bright yellow cheese sauce.

Pictures shared by Twitter user ShibliVision showed the concoction in all of its cheesy glory including a photo of one patron giving the meal a thumbs up.

"Cheesy char kuey teow, first in Malaysia!

"It might sound weird but it’s delicious,” wrote ShibliVision.

Other users immediately responded to the tweet with a vast majority expressing disgust and bewilderment over what they deemed to be the bastardisation of a Malaysian classic.

Despite the online outrage, real-life foodies seem to be taking quite well to the new offering.

ShibliVision reported that the stall, which opens at 6.30pm, had sold more than 100 plates of their cheesy creation by 9pm on the day he visited.