Jothy's Fish Head Curry and Banana Leaf Restaurant

Lot 1, G9, Api-Api Centre
Lorong Api-Api
Jalan Centre Point
Kota Kinabalu
 

We read about "Jothy's Fish Head Curry and Banana Leaf Restaurant" in a guidebook before we decided to head across town and give it a try. It was a bit of a challenge to find, but that was probably down to our lack of local knowledge, once we got close enough it was quite easy to spot!

Inside the décor was fairly basic, but the welcome was warm. Any meal could be had on a banana leaf which also included several sides, including cucumber, green beans, greens and a tofu and bean shoot dish.

We opted for a fish curry not being quite brave enough for the fish head option, it was well cooked and the sauce was flavoursome.

We also had a couple of chapatis which were served with curry sauce and dahl.

The atmosphere was welcoming to westerners without being to tourist orientated. I've always enjoyed banana leaf curry's in Malaysia, and this was no exception.


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Kota Kinabalu Night Market, Sabah

Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens

Kota Kinabalu, 

Sabah

We made two visits to the night market while we were in Kota Kinabalu.

It is right on the sea front, with sunset views across the fishing boats.

It is a hard location to beat, just a few meters from the vessels that brought in your dinner!

The first time we visited this was our menu.

The fish had been what tempted us, both cooked...

... and fresh out of the ocean.

This was our silver snapper, which was well cooked with enough flavours to compliment the fresh flavours.

We also had a few local greens.

On our second visit we ate at Nadirasa Resipi, although most of different eateries were fairly similar.

There was plenty on offer on the menu....

...and more on the bbq.

We had some good grilled sweet corn.

The greens were served with onion, chilli and fried shallots.

Our fish took a bit longer than expected, I think that was just because it was cooked to order. It was covered in a layer of a sambal like paste and served on a banana leaf, and was worth the wait.

The night market is a great spot to head down to in KK, the location, sights and sounds make the experience special and the food is great and well priced.

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