D and I visited the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia during a 5-day trip in March. We crossed out Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan (again) off our list of 13 Malaysian states.
Five days is a lot of food so I will only be highlighting some of the best yummies we had.
Glutton in Kuantan, Pahang
We visited only Kuantan while in Pahang. On our first day, we visited the famous Akob Patin House which was (almost) right behind our hotel.
The Malay eatery is a medium standalone stall/house. It serves ready-cooked food for customers to scoop into their own plates.
The most famous dish there is their patin fish. I got a small piece cooked in tempoyak (fermented durian). The fish melted in my mouth but the fermented durian tasted strange (sort of like stinky tofu in Taiwan).
D found something strange in her plate of mixed rice. The strange food looked like a sliced cucumber but was mushy. Then D discovered that it was green durian cooked in curry. BANANA COOKED IN ITS SKIN!!
For dessert, there was tapai which was sticky glutinous rice wrapped in leaf. Sticky liquid dripped out. It turned out to be rice wine which was really strong and hit me in the head. BAM.
Find Akob Patin House: Tapak PCCL Jalan Besar 25000 Kuantan Pahang
Glutton in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
In Chinatown of Kuala Terengganu, Madam Bee’s Kitchen serves peranakan food. D and I head there for a late lunch and tea on different days.
Some of the items on the menu were not available that day (watch out for the orange round sticker!)
The food was tasty but very down-to-earth. The menu did not have fancy peranakan food such as buah keluak or kong ba pao.
Find Madam Bee’s Kitchen: 177 Jalan Kampung Cina, Kuala Terengganu 21100, Malaysia
D and I stumbled upon Warung Pak Aziz while looking for breakfast in Kuala Terengganu. (McDonalds was not open until 9am!)
This little stall was in the middle of a carpark, next to office buildings. All the patrons looked like office people and we were the odd one out.
The best food here was the keropok lekor which was a deep fried fish cake. (I usually think of keropok as being thin.)
The owner, Pak Aziz, was delighted that D wanted to have another serving of keropok lekor. (Yes, I ate a lot of them too.)
Warung Pak Aziz address on Foursquare: Parking Kotitab
Glutton in Kota Bahru, Kelantan
Right opposite our hotel in Kota Bahru was a 24-hour hawker center. For our late-late-lunch, we had martabak and nasi air.
Martabak is a pancake-like dish with great filling. I had beef with mine.
Nasi air was a new discovery for D and I. It’s an interesting porridge-like bowl of rice and soup. The rice always seem to be in an interesting lump, instead of the watery grains found in Chinese cooking.
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