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Eating
Locals love splurging on the buffet lunch at the
Belmont Marco Polo
which, for RM18
(RM33 on weekends), is a steal considering the variety of tasty bites. The interior court-
yard around the Kingston Hotel has a few local haunts serving up tasty dishes, and there's
cheap Chinese
kedai kopi
along Jalan Bunga; most open around 7am and close around
10pm. You may notice severe posters around town with pictures of mutilated fish that say
Bom ikan. Bom ikan
means 'bomb(ed) fish,' a reference to fish that have been harvested
from dynamited coral reefs. The posters warn of the illegality of possessing or selling
'bombed fish'.
Musantara)
across from the Old Central Market, for everything from picnic lunches to
DVDs of dubious authenticity.
Sabindo Hawker Centre $
(Jln Waterfront; dishes from RM5; 11am-10pm)
Located along the Tawau waterfront,
Sabindo is the place to come for impeccably fresh street stall food, which, as is often the
case in Asia, is the tastiest stuff around. Prices run the gamut from cheap-as-chips soup
stalls to Chinese seafood emporiums.
HAWKER
Restoran Azura $
( 012-863 9934; Jln Dunlop; dishes RM3-6; 8am-9pm)
Recommended for its tasty
South Indian food and snicker-worthy menu, Azura serves up a killer fish-head curry and
sundry 'tits-bits'. The noodles are pretty good too. There's another branch at the Sabindo
Hawker Centre.
INDIAN
TAWAU TREATS
Thanks to Tawau's proximity to Indonesia and large population of Indonesians, Filipinos, Bajau and Hakka
Chinese, the town has developed some worthwhile culinary specialities. All of the following can be found in al-
most any of Tawau's
kedai kopi
(coffee shops)and in the Sabindo Hawker Centre: