Chicken Wing @ Melvic
The Chicken Wings are marinated in secret recipe, then BBQ’ed over slow fire. Available only at food stalls. The chef are fully trained to cook these wings to perfection. This humble stall grew from 1 stall, to 7 stalls all around Kota Kinabalu food courts within years.
You can find these stalls at these locations – Lido food court, Taman Dah Yeh, Damai food court, Bundusan – Jin Shi Lou restaurant
Direction (Lotus Restaurant) | Available from dinner time until sold out | Price: RM1.80 ea.
Ikan Bakar @ Lotus Restaurant
Normally, typical grilled stingray is seasoned with curry paste and seasoning. But this stall, the owner adds a layer of flour and pan-fry until the fish until it has a layer of crunchy flour, which adds a dimension to the texture. Then, the owner added secret sauce to complete the cooking.
To finish it up, he added more toppings on top – fried onions and extra vegetables to complete the dish. Ah, puuuurrrction! it’s so good!
Direction (Lotus Restaurant) | Available during dinner time only |Price: RM20? (depends on size of fish)
ZenQ My Signature @ ZenQ Desserts
3 scoops of ice cold grass jelly ice cream hidden under layers of smooth glass jelly. If you love your ‘cincau’ or ‘leong fun’, you’ll love this dessert. Besides the triple flavoured Q Yuan (freshly made daily), it’s topped with pearls and crystal noodle, then you shower it with a layer of condensed milk cream. Yumm.
Direction (ZenQ Desserts) | Price: RM7.90 per bowl | Available from 11:30am to 11:30pm daily.
Bak Kut Teh @ Yu Kee Restaurant
Yu Kee Bak Kut Teh is known as one of the best BKT restaurant in Kota Kinabalu. Albeit too over-rated sometimes.
Pork cooked with Chinese herbs. Once you start devouring the different cuts of pork with their heavy aromatic soup… you can’t stop. Many tourists stopped by because of the heavy smell that you won’t forget once you smell it.
Direction (Yu Kee Restaurant) | Available during dinner time only. 4pm – 11pm | ~RM20 per head
Seafood Claypot @ Yu Hing Restaurant
My favourite seafood claypot. This dish originates from another town called Beaufort. You can find it in almost every restaurants that serves Beaufort food.
Every restaurant has it’s version of ingredients, but they taste similar. The claypot usually contains fresh prawns, cuttlefish, fish slices, carrots, baby corn and fried tofu. The sauce is thick and flavourful. Usually served in pipping hot claypot where the it sizzles all the way to your table.
Direction (Yu Hing Restaurant) | Available during lunch time and dinner time only | RM35 per dish
Fish Noodle @ Yung Hwa Restaurant
This restaurant serves one of the most special noodle in KK, and it sold out quickly – I am only able to taste this noodle on my 3rd visit because it sold off so quickly! (TRUTH: I can’t wake up before 8am..)
What is so special about this restaurant? The fish noodle is actually fish paste. The soup is clear but flavorful. You’ll drink one spoon after another.
Direction (Yung Hwa Restaurant) | Available from early morning until afternoon only. | RM6.00 per bowl
Steamed Prawns @ Salut Seafood Restaurant
Seafood is one of the biggest attraction in Sabah. Whoever came Sabah without tasting any of Sabah’s seafood… is (fill in the blank with bad bad words)..
One of the all time local favourite seafood restaurant, Salut Seafood Restaurant, is located about 30 minutes drive from city center. Like any other seafood restaurants, you have many types of seafood to choose from, prepared in any choice of yours. My favourite dish is simply boiled prawns.
Direction (Salut Seafood Restaurant) | Afternoon until late | Price depending on season and availability
Soup Noodle @ New Towering Restaurant
This noodle is not widely known by local. The noodle were first stir fried then cooked into soup. Thus, the name 炒煮面 (Chau Zu Mian; directly translated as stir-fry-cook noodle).
The stall owner started business at a small hut near Kepayan, then in later date, he moved to current restaurant with proper water supply and electric (yup he started off with almost nothing but a wok). It has been more than 15 years since I had the first bowl.. And fell in love with it. I’ve visited this restaurant at least a 100 times.
Direction (New Towering Restaurant) | Available from dinner time until late. | Price: RM6.00
Yong Tau Fu @ Waterfront
There isn’t many shop here that specialise on Yong Tau Fu here in Kota Kinabalu. While majority of the Yong Tau Fu served in KK are stewed in tasty broth, this particular restaurant deep fried their Yong Tau Fu instead of stewing it like other places else. Who doesn’t like deep fried food? Especially after a good night out?
My favourite choice would be deep fried lotus slices with fish paste. Goes well with beer.
Direction (opposite The BED) | Available during dinner time until late | Price: RM16 for 12 pcs.
Grill Fish @ Philippine Night Market
Filipine market serves great grilled seafood. This market also sells fresh vegetables, dry market and wet market, and even fresh sea produce. This market is now filled with tourists, you’ll be fascinated with the size of the seafood, as well as choices to choose from.
It’s a rowdy market when the sun sets. A must-visit place for KK first timers. Tip: try negotiate price with the hawker in different languages ;)
Direction (opposite Le’ Meridien hotel) | Available after sunset | Price: varies
ABC @ Tun Fuad Stephens Park
This is probably the biggest reason why you see many fat people at Kota Kinabalu (some even gained fat after doing sports). This ABC stall is located conveniently at the center of jogging track at Bukit Padang. It’s soooo convenient that most people get a bowl of ABC as ‘reward’ as after sport.
“I’ve run a few rounds – now I deserve to eat this dessert!”
Besides the famous ABC there, you can also try their deep-fried yaw char kuay and banana fritters. A satisfying meal for RM3-RM5 per person.
Direction | Available during 4:30pm to 6:30pm (close at Monday?) | Price: RM4
For more foods visit https://www.eatbah.com/50-kota-kinabalu-must-eat-foods/
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