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Food

General Information on Food and Restaurants in Sabah

General Information

Most famous local dishes:

Hinava: this is a fish marinated in lime juice with herbs

Sayur Manis: a green vegetable stir fried with shrimps paste

In Sabah you will be able to find Malaysian, Chinese, many different local cuisines as well as a selection of restaurants serving Western food.

Sea food: large selection of excellent sea food. At particular times of the year sea food cannot be eaten due to "Red Tide". Read the local newspapers and ask if there is a break out of Red Tide.

Kota Kinabalu "KK" Restaurants

Mixed Western and local cuisine

Most of the large hotels have good local and international cuisine. Very popular among the business people is the Jesselton Hotel.
Sutera Harbour and the Magellan Hotel next door: both hotels have several restaurants. The Endangered Species Cafe and Swim up bar serve international and local dishes and is the ideal place for a very hungry visitor as its portions may prove as too huge for many people.
Shangri-la's Tanjung Aru Resort's Garden Terrace: Suparman bin Yahya, who has been voted Sabah's best chef creates its famous dishes there.

Within 20 - 30 minutes from Kota Kinabalu

Chinese Restaurants

Port View: near Hyatt
Neptune

Food Markets

Sedco Open Market: known as a good value place to eat

Pubs, bars, etc.:

Several hotels have very nice pubs.

Shannigans: part of the Hyatt hotel is very popular among the expatriate and business community. It has a life band and is open until 2:00 a.m.

Pan Pacific Sutera Harbour: Its bar has also a life band and they have a ladies night with half price drinks for ladies.

Lintas Square: The Havanna Bar: also open until 2:00 a.m.

Restaurants Directory
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Location	Type of Food	Name of Restaurant	Address	Tel	Fax

KK		The Endangered Species	Sutera
KK		Swim up	Harbour
KK	Chinese	Port View
KK	Chinese	Neptune
KK		Sedco Open Market
Tanjung Aru		Shangri-La's Resort "Garden Terrace"