The stall at Tuaran

A peek of Mt. Kinabalu enroute to Tuaran

Tuaran is an idylic little town that is half an hour away from Kota Kinabalu.
We come up here often to visit my ah-yi and to eat at a stall above the Tuaran market place. The food is yummy and fresh (literally like seafood just out of the ocean and vegetables just harvested from the backyards).

Our recent jaunt there produced an exciting discovery. The original chef had left for greener pastures, and her mum (also her guru) had taken over the kitchen. The menu stayed the same, but we were in for an even better treat than we were used to. Yumz. Mums are truly the best.

Fried Sabah Veggie with Egg

Fish head with beancurd skin and bean paste

Belacan fried wing beans

Wet butter prawns

Fish fillet, lips and skin with a special spicy sauce (I know, it sounds weird, but actually tastes really yummy!)

Translation of name card from top:
Tuaran Market Upstairs

Fui Lee

0168053479

All kinds of Cooking Style: >Tuaran Noodles and Rice

> fish, prawns, char-siew, chicken and fresh meat

> fish mix, fish head, drunken prawn

Operation Hours: 8am to 2.30pm

Note: Be forewarned, it is a stall with restaurant prices.

Love, Heather

Oysters delight

This afternoon, driving along Jalan Tuaran towards Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort, we stopped by the coconut stalls to have something , anything.

So we picked one of the many stalls , just any stall.

On offer-- coconut pudding, fresh coconut, baked coconut.

The Coconut pudding

Then, something grabbed our eyes and caused us to drool: rock oysters!

Yeah man!!! Thousands of kilometers from Sydney.

Tuaran rock oysters and also mussels.

Apa lagi! Bakar dia bah!

At Rm5 per tumpok, 'bakaring' included...

it's a steal!

I tell you man, you gotta check it out...

Posh food along Tuaran road, grilled on a zinc roof.

Stylo milo.
While waiting for the shells to cook we checked out the coconut pudding...cool, smooth and not too sweet. Just perfect for the hot weather

The Posh 'Gerai'

Tuaran rock oysters and mussels

'Bakaring' on the zinc top

Tambah sikit, banyak pun boleh

Drool...