My day job brings me to Kota Kinabalu quite often these days, which is a bit of a blessing when it comes to work travel as this North Borneo city does offer a full package of beautiful ocean & beaches, the magnificent mount KK, and a host of rather unique hawker dishes not easily found this side of Klang Valley. I’m also particularly blessed to have friends who would bring me to explore these places.
Kedai Kopi Wah Juan, Kota Kinabalu
During my last visit, I had to go offshore for a short stint. For Sabah, that meant using the old Terminal 2 at BKI airport (who has flown Air Asia flight via this side before?). On my return trip, my friend Yann May picked me up and we decided to stopped by this rather busy looking kopitiam located by Tanjung Aru, between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 of the airport.
As it turned out, this was the famous Kedai Kopi Wah Juan that offers mixed pork (or pork offal) noodle which if I remember correctly, is an addiction of a friend who claimed to eat clean otherwise.
We ended up ordering a plate of noodle with roast &Â bbq pork (as the lady doesn’t eat pork offal, WHYY!?), a bowl of beef ball soup, a plate of noodle with pork offal, and an additional small plate of pork offal.
Well, the result? It was awesome!
Can’t say much about those BBQ & roast pork, but the pork offal was on point, soft, flavorful, and properly braised to perfection. In addition, the home made noodle were superb as well, subtle in taste which compliments the other ingredients, and soaks up those sauce just nice. The beef ball soup too did not disappoint, and would be something I order again.
If I had to nitpick, they could do with slightly better chili paste, that’s about it.
pork offal noodle, roast/bbq pork, beef balls, pork offal (small)
If you’re at Kota Kinabalu and does eat pork innards, this is surely a place to check out.
Address:
Kedai Kopi Wah Juan
Jalan Lee Thau Sang, Pekan Tanjung Aru,
88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
GPS: 5.952751, 116.056229
Tel: 016-830 6160
I’ve been to this shop before and there’s a famous restaurant nearby too. Too bad I don’t remember if I have eaten the pork offal noodle before. Well, I’ll try it out in October.
CleverMunkey: ahh, famous restaurant serves what tho? @.@
Ahhh.. i’ve googled the name. It’s called Thien Thien Restaurant in Tg Aru. I mostly go there with a group of family and friends for dinner.
CleverMunkey: thanks!
Very tempting but the presentation of the pork offal noodle…..look at the oil at the side of the plate.
Teck: I have a feeling this is why it was good. hahaha.
It is called lard, found in most dishes at michelin star restaurants. That is why they get michelin stars #LOL #realnews #larddddd
kekeke: nothing wrong with that 😛
It’s like kolo mee which I like, gives me strength to hold the door. Afterwards, I go relax in Tg Aru and go Korean bikini sightseeing #mybeach
Hodor: sightseeing is the key!
i want lots of pork liver!!! 🙂 btw, if you’re ever looking for an interesting cafe in kk, go to one called chiu’s – tell mr chiu that sean sent you 😉
Sean: OoO interesting, I go to Delicious Curry House at the same taman quite often.
Why ah….don’t eat chee chap…it’s the best! 😉 Roast/bbq pork…so boring lah…..kekeke! 😀
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I don’t eat pork offal too, hehe 😛
Choi Yen: bazir!