While Sarawakian street food has been making its way to Klang Valley, Sabah hawker fair is still largely confined to Northern Borneo. So if you find yourself at Sabah, one of the dishes you should definitely try is Tuaran Mee.
Tuaran mee is a type of noodle originated from Tuaran, located some 30 kilometers away from Kota Kinabalu. While the original version that comes with chicken, meat, or seafood is plenty good, my favorite has got to be the version served up at Kentin Bakut – specifically their Fried Tomyam Tuaran Mee.
Kentin Bakut is some 25 or so kilometers from town, but conveniently it is situated along Jalan Tuaran Bypass, the road that you would take going from KK town to Kundasang, and if you’re going to KK, you should visit Kundasang anyway, so this place makes a good natural food/rest stop.
Kentin Bakut actually serves quite a number of different dishes, they have fried rice, hor fun, mee hun soup, kon lou mee, and even bitter gourd soup with fish fillet.
But if you have only space for one meal, make it the fried tomyam tuaran mee. Yeap, it is as you would expect, the unique springy texture and flavor of tuaran mee packed with spicy tomyam paste, expertly fried with charred bits plus those prawns and deep fried fish filet makes for a plate of rather unique goodness I’ve never had from anywhere else. Remember to squeeze the lime for that extra kick as well, it’s good! So good I would drive that distance just to have it.
I also tried their seafood tomyam meehun, which did not disappoint either. Spicy tomyam with fresh Sabah seafood, you can’t really go wrong here.
The dishes cost RM 7.50 and RM 8 each, and yes, I’m going to go over again when I have a chance. This place is pork free and you fit for Muslim friends.
Address:
Kentin Bakut
KM28.7, Jalan Tuaran,
Kampung Bakut,
89208 Tuaran, Sabah
GPS: 6.133141, 116.215213
Tel:Â 088-788 593
Hours: 6:30 am – 3 pm
The seafood would be 100% fresh, that’s for sure. Sabah has the best seafood, can’t deny them that!
suituapui: yes, can always expect good seafood while at KK.
The fried tomyam Tuaran mee macam best je… There’s a few Sabah food shops and stalls opened in KL but sadly they couldn’t last long since they suck. Hahahaha
CleverMunkey: yaaa that’s unfortunate! Time for some new blood to come over!
smart monyet from sepilok knows best #bebest
kekeke: mana dapat?
I bet that was super tasty.
Monica: yes if you love spicy food! 😀
KY,is the fried tomyam spicy? My cousin would like it for he is a noodle person.
Vickie: yes, it’s spicy, he’ll love it. 😀
spicy, sour and tangy. The type of dish that is banned in Trumpland #buildwall
the noodles look very tempting – each strand seems soaked with flavour 🙂 sad that my last time in sabah was probably more than 10 years ago, probably closer to 15 years.
Sean: time to make a trip!
woahh.. see the fried tomyum and tomyom also lau nua
taufulou: quite best one!
RM8 with so many prawns, very worthy!
Choi Yen: the only thing that’s cheaper in KK is seafood. haha.
this tuaran mee got no lard? you sure??? hehehehe…
kekeke: many types ok!