Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Mee Jawa
Javanese-style noodles, the Javanese take on Asia's ubiquitous noodle soup. This version comes with a
yellowish broth swimming with bean sprouts, groundnuts, bean curd, fish balls, the occasional prawn and some-
times (interestingly), sweet potato, plus the usual garlic, shallots, chillies and shrimp paste.
Gado gado
A deliciously simple Indonesian speciality: vegetable salad with prawn crackers and peanut sauce.
The glory of
gado
is the variations of the standard recipe - every cook and hawker puts a different spin on it.
Nasi Kuning
Rice cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, hence the English translation of the name: 'yellow
rice'. In Tawau, it is often wrapped and served in a banana leaf with deep-fried fish and eaten on special occa-
sions.
Soto Makassar
Oh yes! Soto (also spelled 'coto' and pronounced 'cho-to') Makassar is buffalo/beef soup from
Southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. The dark broth is made incredibly rich by the addition of buffalo/cow blood, and
enriched by a plethora of some 40 spices, plus beef heart, liver, tripe and brain. If you have a weak stomach, ig-
nore those ingredients and trust us: this stuff is
delicious
, like liquid essence of beef spiced with all the wonderful
herbs and spices of Southeast Asia.
Information
Banks
HSBC
(Jln Perbandaran)
ATM.
Maybank
( 762333; Jln Dunlop)
Internet Access
City Internet Zone
( 760016; 37 Kompleks Fajar, Jln Perbandaran; per hr RM2-3;
9am-midnight)
Tourist Information
Maliau Basin Conservation Area Authority
( 759214; maliaubasin@gmail.com;
2nd fl, UMNO Building; Jln Dunlop)
Can provide information on and help arrange visits
to the Maliau Basin.
Getting There & Away
Air
Malaysia Airlines
( 089-761293; Jln Haji Sahabudin)
and
AirAsia
( 089-761946;
Jln Bunga)
have daily direct flights to KK and KL.
MASwings
( 1300-883 000)
flies
to Sandakan twice daily, the afternoon flight continuing to KK.
