TEMPAT MAKAN DI SABAH, MENU MASAKAN ALA CINA

1. Cantonese Dim Sum @Tasty Wok, Venition Club Kota Kinabalu
SERVE NO PORK | ALL-DAY DINING | 8AM-12AM | 088-728188

Dim Sum at Tasty Wok Venition Club is among the new dim sum place in KK. The best of all? Tasty Wok is a Serve No Pork restaurant! So you can enjoy Chicken Sao Mai, Steamed Beef Ball with Orange Skin, Lao Sar Pao and Prawn Dumpling at this air conditioned restaurant. What else? Tasty Wok engaged two dim sum chef from the "Home of Dim Sum" -- Canton, China, to ensure the original taste and recipe being offered to KK people!

Coconut & Peanut Bun (RM5.99)

Coconut & Peanut Bun

Black Pepper Lamb (not in Dim Sum Menu)
Best!

Satay Ox Tripe (RM5.99)
The beef stomach absorbed all the flavours and very tender

2. Mee Sup KB Ah Thong @ Donggongon Square, Penampang

SERVE NO PORK | 6.30AM - 3.00PM | BREAKFAST & LUNCH | 012-823 9063

Ah Thong KB Noodle House (Mee Sup KB Ah Thong) is originally from Kota Belud ("KB" here refers to Kota Belud, not Kota Bahru of Kelantan), a small town 65KM north of Kota Kinabalu.

Started small and humble somewhere back in 1965, this noodle stall is part of the memories of many people in KB. Even until today, the family is still selling noodle at the Tamu Besar (Farmer's Market).

As I mentioned earlier, KB is merely 65KM away from KK. However, there is no PLUS Highway connecting the cities. Most driver spend around one & a half hour to reach KB. Lucky for all noodle enthusiasts, Ah Thong KB Noodle House has now opened a new branch at Donggongon, Penampang, which is very near to KK.

Famous Mee Sup from KB has now opened at Donggongon Square!

Ah Thong KB Noodle House is famous for their Ayam Kicap (Braised Chicken in Soy Sauce) and self-made noodle. I found that self-made / home-made noodle is quite common among the noodle house in Sabah. For example, Restoran Lok Kyun (the famous Mee Tuaran) at Tuaran Town and my uncle's friend who is selling noodle at Bornion Center, are making their own noodle everyday! Probably people here preferred freshly made noodle!

Want to choose your food? Look at the wall!

3. Uncle Fang's Hainam Chicken Rice @ Kepayan Point, Kota Kinabalu
SERVE NO PORK | LUNCH | CHICKEN RICE | KEPAYAN POINT

Hainam Chicken Rice is not a native of Sabah but thanks to the locale's passionate of chicken rice, Sabah is never short of a good one! For me, one of the most delicious version of chicken rice is the Hainanese Chicken Rice due to the "actual" chicken flavor you can expect from every piece of chicken. However not all chicken rice can be considered as the Hainam's (should spell as "Hainan") version, some people just fake it. There are a few standard which the cook/hawker must strictly adhere, let me name a few here:

Use only boiled chicken, not fried, roasted or steam.
Use only high standard chicken meat (eg. matured, yellowish skin chicken); the original recipe use only "Wenchang Chicken （文昌鸡）” but I don't think any farm in Sabah provide this species here.
Butter rice, not plain rice. Butter rice is cooked with the chicken fat, chicken broth and fried onion.
Ginger and chillies sauce, made by chicken fat / broth

I do not agree Hainan Chicken Rice comes from Singapore, as many suggest, especially Singaporean would proudly tell you about this. You can't just make claims of everything available in your country, right? Chicken rice is very common among the Hainanese, even back in the Hainan province of China, the way the people there preparing the chicken or chicken rice is not much different than the Malaysian or Singaporean version! And they have been eating this for generations!

Uncle Fang's Hainam Chicken Rice fulfilled the requirements. First, the chicken meat is chewy and not soft like spring chicken. The butter rice also met my expectation as its not too oily, and not too salty - yet you can taste the essence of chicken in every rice.