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Walk by Gaya Street in the evening, one will not miss this nice herbal smell from a popular restaurant called Syarikat Yu Kee. Located towards the end of Gaya Street and immediately opposite to Jesselton Hotel, Yu Kee Restaurant is easily spotted, especially around 7pm to 9pm, where crowds can be seen gathering by its road side waiting for seats. Night after night this restaurant is packed to its limit with locals and tourists alike. So what’s cooking? Bak Kut Teh is the key word here. Everyone comes to Yu Kee Restaurant for one thing only and that is the very delicious Bak Kut Teh. And lately many visitors from China have been dining here to find out what this tasty Bak Kut Teh is all about.

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Drive around the scarcely limited parking area of Lintas Plaza, one will not miss this always crowded eatery called Kedai Kopi Jia Siang. “Jia” means home, and “Siang” means smell nice in Mandarin. A good name is always important for any business, with “Jia Siang” being such a nice name no doubt business is booming. People come here for the ever so tasty pork-mixed noodle, just come once, and there is a guranteed return. For the past few years, Jia Siang Kopitiam has become very popular, and its legion of fans has been growing steadily ever since.

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Tanjung Aru area is probably one of the oldest suburbs of Kota Kinabalu. Lies just 10 minutes away on foot from the Terminal 2, the old International Airport of Kota Kinabalu. Tanjung Aru used to be a trendy township. During the colonial time this was where the British Crown housed their civil servants. Today these housing has been demolished for new development, and just a few of these houses survived, which would be good for historical conservation. Tanjung Aru township consists of a post office, a police station, a small market in the centre and a few blocks of shoplots. This is also where the popular Daily Express newspaper printing factory is located. More than a dozen eateries operate at Tanjung Aru, which cater for the many government and private offices around this area.

Of all these kopitiams at Tanjuna Aru township, Wah Juan Kopitiam would no doubt be the most popular. Wah Juan Kopitiam opens day and night, but what people come for, especially KK Lites, is the pork mixed noodle. This tasty mouth watering pork mixed noodle is only available in the morning, from 7 am to 11 am. At times one must be prepared to wait for a table, which can take up to almost half an hour long, but the faithful customers are always seen patiently happy waiting for their table.

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kedai kopi melanian

Kedai Kopi Melanian has made a name for themselves by serving up this very tasty “Sang Nyuk Men” which literally means freshly cooked sliced pork meat and noodle in Hakka. This mixed pork soup comes with fleshly boiled sliced pork meat, pork intestine, and the ever delicious meat balls. The meat ball is a mixture of pork meat and squid, the right amount from each portion is needed to roll them to a beauty. The secret behind the tasty “Sang Nyuk Men” is the fresh ingredients used by the chef.

mixed pork soup

Kedai Kopi Melanian 2 is located at the Inanam Business Centre, just next to the City Bus Terminal (North), which is a transit centre for long distance coaches that travel to Kudat, Sandakan, Tawau, Lahad Datu and Semporna. Kedai Kopi Melanian 2 occupied a corner shop lot. Next to and opposite Melanian 2 are three other corner shops that are also occupied by Kopitaims, so there are a lot of things to eat at this area. It is a bonus to the travellers who use this terminal depot, as they can enjoy good food while waiting for their bus or just arriving from other distant towns.

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