Gayang Seafood Restaurant (佳扬海鲜餐厅) - Sabah

Seafood is something not to be missed in Sabah. They are quite a variety of seafood and are cheap and fresh.

The seafood served at the city area are usually more expensives, the locals will opt for seafood restaurants further away. Previously, Salut Restaurant at a "kelong" and prawn ponds setting was the most popular, now it seems that Gayang had overtake it.

Gayang is about 15~20 minutes drive from the city center. It can get crowded on weekends especially when there are big groups of tourists.

At the entrance, you will be greeted by tanks and buckets of live seafoods. There are big fishes, clams, crabs, lobster, mantis prawn etc.  Price usually go by weight, you can choose from the cooking styles offered by the restaurant. They also have a variety of vegetables including some wild plants that are not so common, displayed on a table for customers to choose.

Dinning Area

Steam Prawns
Rating : 4/5

Other than eating it raw, the best way to savour live prawns is steam. They offer a dipping sauce with some garlic and chilli which helps to bring out the freshness of the prawns.

Salt-Pepper Mantis Prawn
Rating : 4/5

The salt-pepper mantis prawns was great!  Cripsy coating on the outside and juicy flesh inside. It was so good that we order for another 2 more.

Dried Chilli Eel
Rating : 3/5

Food         : 3.5/5
Ambience : 4/5
Service      : 3.5/5

佳扬海鲜餐厅
Gayang Seafood Restaurant
Kampung Baharu, Jalan Sulaman,
Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia
tel: +6088 229 066
Operation Hours: 11 am to 10 pm (Daily)
website: http://gayangseafood.showroom.sabahexpress.com/

You may want to reference the following Sabah food recommendations
- Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)
- Bah Ku Teh

Sin Kee Bah Kut Teh (新記肉骨茶) - Sabah

The soup base of this bah kut teh is herbal, not the peppery type.  You can choose to have only pork ribs or pork ribs with a variety of items - meat balls, pork belly, pork organs, beancurb ..etc.
Its quite popular among the locals even though the price is considered steep in sabah.

The must try is the Pork Liver/Kidney in Yellow Wine (黄酒). It's a kind of rice wine which most Sabahans (older generation) know how to make in their homes. The yellow wine goes well with the liver/kidney, the whole dish is fragrant and soothing.

Signboard

Sin Kee Stall

Sin Kee is a stall in the Kwong Tung Chai Kolombong coffee shop. Its only open at night.

Mixed Bah Ku Teh & Yellow Wine Pork Liver

We will usually add lots of chilli and raw chopped garlic to the thick soy sauce as a dip.

Food : 4/5
Cleanliness : 3/5
Service : 3/5

Sin Kee Bah Kut Teh (新記肉骨茶)
Kota Kinabalu City Center
Business hours: 4:30pm - 11pm (closed on Monday)

Reference Sabah Tourism for other recommendations on Bah Kut Teh.


You may want to reference the following Sabah food recommendations
- Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)
- Gayang Seafood

Kedai Kopi Kim Hing Lee (金興利茶室) - Sabah

Kim Hing Lee (金興利茶室)

The best Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Seldom see restaurants with newspaper cuttings in sabah, this coffe shop even blow up the newspaper article to a banner and hang in the shop. You can even find a japanese posting on this noodles on the internet.

Kim Hing Lee Coffee Shop

Simple coffee shop settings. All customers are here for the Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)

soup version (RM5.50)

Dry version (RM5.50)

The soup here is not the thick/creamy type, but clear with a light fragrance, its simply great! The meat is thinly sliced and is very tender. You can choose to order meat slice only or meat slice with meat balls and liver/intestines/kidneys.
The dry version of sang nyuk mian is with the nice black sauce which is very common in Malaysia. I usually prefer my noodles to be dry, however, in order not to let the black sauce overshadow the soup, I will usually go for the soup version. Well, you will still have a decent bowl of soup for the dry version.

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Food           : 4.5/5
Cleanliness : 3.5/5
Service       : 3.5/5

Kedai Kopi Kim Hing Lee (金興利茶室)
Blk F, Lot 7, Sinsuran Complex,
Sinsuran 新苏兰街
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
(Its somewhere opposite of Le Meridian Hotel)
Business hours :
Mon - Sat : 6:30am - 3:00pm
Sun           : 6:30am - 2:30pm

Map :

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You may want to reference the following Sabah food recommendations
- Sang Nyuk Mian (生肉麵)
- Gayang Seafood