Always thinking should you go and get some light food to munch on at Kota Kinabalu? Besides packet snacks that you’re thinking of now, these snacks are for sure the better option you should have! Let’s get them now!
(The restaurants are listed in no particular order. Some of the establishments below are not halal)
1. Popia Stall @ Lido Plaza
Do you fancy eating mochi? Then this snack might be something special to eat at Kota Kinabalu! Traditional Chinese ‘Ma Chi’, made from glutinous rice flour and peanuts coating, they can be super additive after the first bite! Chewy, sweet and crunchy peanuts, they are just the same like the ones from Penang! Made fresh daily, give this a try!
2. Dong Xing Lou
Look for something that helps to replenish nutrients and at the same time can be a great bowl of good snack? Recommended to try this Chinese restaurant at Kota Kinabalu for their Dumpling soup, as it is wrapped Century egg in dumplings the Sandakan style and serve in Herbal soup (Chinese Dang Gui & Wolfberries). So nutritious!
3. Kedai Kopi Hin Loi
Don’t miss this as they serve the best famous fried chicken at Tanjung Aru that is crispy and super juicy! Long queue spotted at this stall whenever they are open. This is indeed one of the must try fried chicken when you’re here! One piece will never be enough for sure!
4. Liya Restaurant
You’ve always tried our local skewers snack, but have you try it the Mongolian style? Come to Liya Restaurant at Kota Kinabalu and enjoy these great food! Enjoy skewers like crab sticks, garlic, lamb, chicken and more! Taste and ingredients are carefully selected in order to suit the locals’ taste buds!
5. Kedai Kopi Pinn Xiang
A place at Kota Kinabalu that is popular for tea time with your buddies and accomplice, they have dim sum, steamed buns, cakes, dumplings and other snacks! Then, remember to try their grilled fish and grilled chicken wings! Grilled till perfection, they are really delicious! Crispy chicken wings and juicy meat texture and fresh fish meat, eat them up with the special homemade chili!
6. Dubai Grill
Fried banana fritters or better known as ‘Pisang Goreng’ now comes in even more flavors! Tastes superb delicious with cheese shavings on top of each goreng pisang, they comes in a few choices of Pisang cheese white chocolate, Pisang cheese chocolate, pisang cheese oreo and few more flavors to try! One of the best snack at Kota Kinabalu, this is surely a must try!
7. Good Pancake
Namely the Chinese pancake, they are fluffy and come with ingredients inside of peanuts and sugar! Cooked in a metal flat plate with the flour mixture they are often eaten as snacks! Upon cooked, it is flipped into half and it resembles the shape of a cresent. Thus it is also known as ‘Kuih Terang Bulan’ by the Sabahans!
8. Ching’s Recipe
Fancy for some homemade recipe snacks? Then come to Ching’s Recipe at Kota Kinabalu! Serves delectable pork sausage, they are really packed with the ‘meaty’ feel! Marinated meat that surely suits your taste buds, this pork sausage is juicy and good!
