Sabah : Tawau Food Guide - 2 Days 1 Night (V.2) 【斗湖美食篇】 两天一夜

Tawau Food Guide - 2 Days 1 Night

Food discovery started immediately after we landed Tawau as early as 8.00 am. :) Here we are with most of the recommended restaurants and coffee shops in Tawau. Delicious!

Click on the links and read more on those which you might love to taste. Tawau, a place where nearest to Indonesia. And as we all knew, Sabah where all the culture blended together.

1. Kedai Kopi Yuan Yuan 源源茶餐室

2. Aladin Noodle House 亚拉丁面食之家

3. Long Chuan Tofu 斗湖 龙川豆腐 

4. Kedai Kopi Hong Hong 鸿鸿茶室

5. Hokkien Mee by Kedai Kopi Chui Ting 翠亭茶室之福建面 

 

6. The Local Markets/ Pasar - Tanjung Market, Sunday Market and Sin On Market

7. Olive Bistro

8. Union Cafe 友联

That's all for the recent trip we went. :)

There are many others that recommended as well, time is a limit and should we go for another food trip soon! By the way, Mangolian Chicken also one of the best and must eat in Tawau, but we opt for other than those we had before or CHICKEN! My dad also cook Mangolian Chicken and smells just like it too! :)

For more photos : Tawau Food Guide Album
V.1 - Guide to Food and Places in Tawau
 

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Tawau : Olive Bistro. One of the oldest here.

Tawau Food Discovery
Serve No Pork

We intended to have a cup of coffee/ dessert before returning to the hotel. Olive Bistro located nearest to our relative home in Tawau and we visited here for Tiramisu. :)

- Olive Bistro -

One of the oldest bistro in Tawau. I like the cozy design of the bistro where they did us upcycle concept as well for the wine bottles settings. One side of the corner with wall, there were graffiti art, bit of hint from western country.

- Tiramisu -

Tiramisu taste nice with hint of alcohol and all Tiramisu should have it! :) The authentic taste you know right?

- Cappuccino -

Skilled barista. :) Glad that Tawau having nice cafe for us to indulge.

Facebook :
Olive Bistro

Location :
TB2540, Taman Tawau, Jalan Chong Thien Vun, 91000 Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.

Contact :
+60 89-770 093
 

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Tawau : The Local Markets/ Pasar - Tanjung Market, Sunday Market & Sin On Market

Tawau Lifestyle Discovery

The Market/ "Pasar"/ 巴刹

- Tanjung Market (The largest in Sabah), Town Central

- Sunday Market at Takada (Pasar Pagi Takada), Jalan Kuhara and Jalan Apas

- Sin On Market, Jalan Sin On

"If you want to get in depth with the culture or the lifestyle of the locals, do visit their local market."

Mama Vun always remind us the same and same goes to Mr. Travel Lee, a friend of ours who love to see the authentic/ original of a country, also invited us to go for early market sight seeing every time we go travel with him.

Indeed, some scenes that we can't see after 8.00 or 9.00 am. Just like the monk offerings that we experienced during our trip in Laos or the beautiful flower market at Bangkok, where we also have the chance to hop in to the classic bus which only cost us RM0.30.

In Tawau, there are a few recommended local fresh/vegetables market which also the local knew where to go for "marketing" for the Chinese and Malay etc. Not to say there's discrimination, it's because of the area we go to.

Pasar Tani Takada/ Sunday Market :

Tawau Sunday market, also called Pasar Tani Takada and even named at "Tamu". It held weekly on Sunday morning and smaller than our Sunday market in Kota Kinabalu. A mixture of wet market and night market, where we could see many of the locals and even Indonesian, our neighbour are here too.

It does surprises me where the local sellers selling thousands of the fresh vegetables from the cultivation. Amazing and this is a scene that not many could be seen now a days, especially in Kota Kinabalu itself. We need to travel to the nearest one and it takes about 45 minutes to reach, say Tamaparuli and Tuaran.

Sin On Market :

Sin On Market is more like a market to the local Chinese and nearer to housing area. Freshly picked vegetables from their farm. :) We could see freshly homemade soy bean desserts too.

Tanjung Market :

Tanjung Market known as the largest market in Sabah.

Wet market, dried market, food stalls are well managed and well divided in Tanjung Market. We could search for salted seafood which are one of the recommended items to bring home.

Food court which placed at the highest floor and it is definitely clean and such a crowded place for the local here.

The food stalls area with take away deli are placed towards the last exit which surprised me, it was colourful and so many delicious local delicacies which we can buy! I saw there's plenty of NASI KUNING and it was actually one of the must eat food in Tawau, which originated from Indonesia. Can't deny Tawau's culture is blended with hint of Indonesian.

That's all for today! :)

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Tawau : Hokkien Mee by Kedai Kopi Chui Ting 翠亭茶室之福建面

Tawau Food Discovery
Non Halal

The locals always know where's the best food would be, the locals knows well!

- Kedai Kopi Chui Ting 翠亭茶室 -

Located at one remote area in Tawau, surprisingly there is an old coffee shop that still having the best Hokkien Mee in Town and additional with its recommended Braised Fish! Tasty and tasted authentically.

- The Vintage -

By looking at the walls of posters and menu, the brands was no more existing and even changed their designs and guess, it was from the 80's? or 70's, perhaps?

- Sambal -

Homemade sauces and best with anything served.

- Hokkien Mee -

The noodle fragrant, the pork lart. Oh gosh. 

I found out that we can add on with pork inner upon required too, that's something new to me from KK. Thought that there's only pork meat, pork lart, pork oil and fat noodle with special sauces to cook it!

- Hokkien Mee -

- Braised Fish -

Different type of cooking and taste as compared with the one we had at Kedai Kopi Hong Hong, which we were having tasted even better, although the slices of fish might be smaller here. The gravy was wondering!

I would recommend the Hokkien Mee here and ofcourse the Braised Fish. :) One tasty food find out!

Operating Time :
7.00 am to 1.00 pm
(Closed on Monday)

Location :
Jalan Tawau Lama

GPS : 4°14′43″ N 117°53′46″ E

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Tawau : Kedai Kopi Hong Hong 鸿鸿茶室, Taman Megah Jaya

Tawau Food 
Serve No Pork 

Morning is for breakfast! Waking up around 7.00am and went to the local market before heading for breakfast.

There's a quote that expresses the locals there.

 "It's all about the relationship between one and another in Tawau." 

Tawau is a small town and guess what? Everyone knew each other there!  

- Braised Grouper -

It was great to taste the best Wa Tan Ho 滑蛋河 in Tawau with Grouper 龙趸. Grouper is a type of large sized fish, a huge size of 石斑.

Grouper may cost a bit and Hong Hong Coffee Shop only operates when they caught grouper.

- Noodle soup -

- Wa Tan Ho -

Fried Ho Fun with runny eggs. I love having Wa Tan Ho and it is one of the fattest Chinese meal!

Fresh fish is always the best in Sabah and the local always make sure their seafood is fresh! Better still after catching freshly from the sea.

Location :
Taman Megah Jaya

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Tawau : Long Chuan Tofu 斗湖 龙川豆腐

Tawau Food Discovery - Part 3
Non Halal

We heard about the delicious taste and the portion that their bean curd which is loaded with minced meat.

From one stall for take away only, now has moved to a restaurant which offers us sit in or take away.

- Long Chuan Tofu -

Best seller in the house!

I believe that when there's pork, certainly that restaurant would be crowded.

- Yong Chap -

Besides tofu, they offered other stuffed vegetable like bittergourd and brinjal as well. Varieties to be selected by customers from day till evening.

- In the frying pan -

Fry to harden the tofu before inserting to another pan for sauce.

- The restaurant -

We did not sit it to dine, we did was to take away and meeting other relatives while having one or two with the family.

- Tawau view -

We saw the fog surrounding those hill further away and such a quiet town to live. :)

Location :

Between Jalan Sin Onn and Jalan Timur

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Tawau, Sabah - Aladin Noodle House 亚拉丁面食之家

Tawau - Part 2
Non Halal

Often heard about the delicious local dishes else where other than Kota Kinabalu offered. Shall I say, KK food often influenced by other provinces? And other provinces includes Tawau and Sandakan as well! :)

After the Sandakan food discovery, we went to Tawau for family trip and family trip meant for food too! I have a brother in law who love to eat. (lol). One of the local find out was at one of the oldest area in Tawau, having our Nasi Lemak time and Prawn Noodle time. 

Interesting that they are doing well although the restaurant located at first floor and it was delicious! Tasted Malaysian with hint of Malay cuisine and Chinese! 

- Nasi Lemak, Prawn Noodle and Fish slices soup -

Nothing to complain about. It taste really good. :) It's a must visit in Tawau.

- Aladin Noodle House -

It was nice having lunch at Aladin, where all that looks like the old Kota Kinabalu that once had. The people, the environment and all. :)

Location :
328, First Floor, Jalan Haji Karim, Tawau, 91000, Tawau, Sabah, 91000, Malaysia

Contact : 
+60 89-777 684
 

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