
Food guide
Best Food in Kota Kinabalu: What to Eat and Where
The dishes worth planning a KK trip around, from ngiu chap breakfasts to Kadazan-Dusun lunches and seafood by the kilo, and how to fit them into a day.
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Short, practical guides that answer one question each: where to eat, what to order and how to do it well.

Food guide
The dishes worth planning a KK trip around, from ngiu chap breakfasts to Kadazan-Dusun lunches and seafood by the kilo, and how to fit them into a day.
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Food guide
Where and what KK eats before 10am: beef noodles, fried egg noodles, kaya toast, kuih and kopi.
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How to order seafood by weight in KK, which styles to choose, and when the night market is the better deal.
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Cafes for Sabah-grown coffee, kuih, brunch and a cool place to sit out the afternoon heat.
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How to find halal and Muslim-friendly food in KK, what 'pork-free' really means, and which local dishes are naturally halal.
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Dim sum mornings, bay seafood and the old-town coffee shops worth a detour on Sabah's east coast.
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Nasi kuning breakfasts, Bugis cooking, Sabah chocolate and seafood in the south-east.
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Breakfast with a Mount Kinabalu view, highland vegetables, fresh dairy and hot food for cool evenings.
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A field guide to Sabah's traditional dishes, from hinava and pinasakan to tuhau, linopot and latok: what they are, how they taste and where to eat them.
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Fried egg noodles from Tuaran and Tamparuli, Beaufort's noodles in gravy, and two meaty noodle soups: what each is and how to order it.
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Food & travel
All food trips
3-day planFood & travel
Three days in and around KK: city noodles, a Kadazan-Dusun day in Penampang, and a Tuaran noodle run.
2-day planFood & travel
Two days of dim sum, old-town coffee shops and bay seafood, with time for Sepilok in between.
1-day planFood & travel
One day in Tawau: nasi kuning for breakfast, the harbour market, chocolate and seafood.